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Skin Essentials Cica Care Balm 40ml
This contains Rovectin’s Barrier Repair Complex TM to help restore and repair your skin barrier. It aims to soothe and protect damaged, sensitive and irritated skin which has been impacted by conditions such as hormonal breakouts and rosacea and contains a number of star ingredients including but not limited to:
💖Calamine - A pink powder that’s useful in calming irritation caused by breakouts
💖Madecassoside - one of the main active ingredients derived from Centella Asiatica, established healing and soothing properties
💖Glycerin - a great humectant that draws water from the air into our skin
This doesn’t have a classic balm texture, it’s more lightweight and sits somewhere between a balm and cream. It’s pale pink and while there’s no artificial fragrance there are some extracts that give it a very sweet scent, I can’t decide if it’s fruity or floral though 🧐
I found it hard to gather my thoughts on this one because what disappointed me is also what makes it special. Ok let me explain…I like balms a lot! They’re thick, greasy, occlusive and that’s what makes them so effective for me…but…they’re definitely only for night time or for when you will be at home not seeing anyone 🤣 This isn’t like that at all! It’s lightweight and wearable and actually has quite a matte finish. So on one hand I was a bit let down that this wasn’t a ‘balmy balm’ but on the other hand I’ve discovered something new that I also like. It does calm irritation but more on the breakout front. I don’t find it does as much for dry/sensitive type irritation although it certainly doesn’t make it worse.
Where does that leave my rating? I’m going to say 4/5 but if you’re looking to soothe acne irritation this could be a HG for you!
My preference for balms remains the heavy duty greasy type. Although this is beautiful in its own right I’m not sure I could replce my favourites with it.
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beyoubeautifull
Dry/Resilient
Thanks for sharing your experiences! 🙃💗💕
LoveYourSkin
Oily/Resilient
Super interested to try this and see how it works for me!
lizmariee
Oily/Resilient
Thank you for being super honest about this. And I actually DO understand your balm comment /comparison.
magda3081
Oily/Sensitive
I'm curios about this ingredient _calamine
Gugusunshine
Dry/Resilient
Thank you for sharing this ♥️
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