Daughters of Malaya - Trulyyourskin review for Summertime Ceramide Liquid Moisturizer

🗝 Key Ingredients ❁ Niacinamide - help balance oil and sebum production to decrease breakouts, minimizes redness and pore appearance. ❁ Glycerin - Moisturizes, heals, and protects skin. It also acts as a preservative to preserve other ingredients in the skin care product. ❁ Squalane - penetrate pores and improve skin at the cellular level, but it does not feel heavy on the skin. It also has anti-inflammatory properties that can reduce redness and swelling. ❁ Ceramide (NP, AP, EOP) - restore proper skin barrier function, improve dehydrated skin, reduce irritation and inflammation, and improve skin condition, Protect against intrinsic aging and extrinsic aging. ❁ Cholesterol - supports and boosts skin's natural barrier function while improving the moisture content. ❁ Acetyl Glucosamine – helps to reduce and reverse signs of ageing including age spots, hyperpigmentation, wrinkles, dryness, and loss of skin volume ❁ Alpha Arbutin - skin-brightening, depigmenting agent. ❁ Panthenol - Delivers anti-inflammatory benefits and an amazing humectant which attracts moisture and helps skin absorb and retain it. ⚠️ Fragrance & Essential oils - Has no fragrance and essential oils. No scent presence as well. 🧼 Texture - Whitish coloured runny lotion. 🧜🏾‍♀️ Personal opinion - This is my first time trying a Malaysian brand ceramide moisturizer. When I first read about this moisturizer, I was curious and honestly surprised as it has many good ingredients for moisturizing and brightening in one product whilst being toner-moisturizer hybrid. Besides, it was also sold out on its official website and almost everywhere. I was lucky to get my hands on this moisturizer from an authorized seller on Shopee. This ceramide moisturizer comes in a transparent white airless pump bottle with the brand details of the moisturizer in blue. The older packaging came in a 100 ml bottle and this newer version has 65% more moisturizer. It is amazingly easy to apply this moisturizer. As it is lightweight and easily layered, I do not have to massage or wait so long for it to sink in. I can also layer it according to my skin’s needs. I usually apply it (about 1 layer) after my toner and serum. At certain nights if I am lazy to do my routine, after cleansing, I straightaway layer about 2-3 layers of this moisturizer. It replaces the need of using toner as it is a toner-moisturizer hybrid. Throughout the night, my skin stays comfortable and moisturized. Besides, it does not pill when layered with serum or sunscreen. As for the brightening effect, it was very mild to be noticed. This is a perfect summer moisturizer as it is named after, but I would say it is perfect throughout the seasons as it can be layered or mixed with other skin care products for an optimal skin barrier maintenance and anti-aging for all skin types.