SkinCeuticals Emollience: Rich, Restorative Moisture for Dry and Sensitive Skin
SkinCeuticals Emollience is a nourishing face moisturizer designed to restore and maintain daily moisture for normal to dry skin. It is rich and restorative yet absorbs quickly and evenly, which makes it a comfortable everyday cream for skin that feels tight, rough, or depleted.
The formula combines an exclusive blend of natural extracts and essential oils. Three nutrient-rich algae extracts nourish and hydrate, while grape seed, rose hip, and macadamia nut oils help restore and maintain skin hydration. A blend of lavender, rosemary, and peppermint oils adds a cooling, nourishing feel during application.
SkinCeuticals describes the formula as elegant and gentle, with an easy application texture, and positions it as ideal for dry or sensitive skin types. It is especially suited to high altitudes and cold or dry climates, where skin loses moisture quickly. Emollience is paraben-free, alcohol-free, and dye-free, and the 60 ml size is TSA approved.
Why You'll Like It
- Rich, restorative moisture that still absorbs quickly and evenly.
- Grape seed, rose hip, and macadamia nut oils replenish hydration.
- Three algae extracts nourish dry, depleted skin.
- Essential oil blend gives a cooling, comforting feel.
- Ideal for high altitudes and cold or dry climates.
- Paraben-free, alcohol-free, dye-free, and TSA approved.
Who Is It For
- Normal to dry skin that needs daily moisture replenishment.
- Sensitive skin types looking for a gentle, elegant cream, per SkinCeuticals.
- Anyone living in cold, dry, or high-altitude climates.
- Dehydrated skin that feels tight, flaky, or looks dull.
Emollience gives dry skin the steady, comforting moisture it craves, in a cream that feels as good as it works.
Benefits
- Nourishes and hydrates dry skin.
- Restores and maintains healthy moisture levels day after day.
- Absorbs quickly and evenly without a heavy feel.
- Delivers a cooling, nourishing sensation with lavender, rosemary, and peppermint oils.
- Helps skin hold on to moisture when applied after cleansing or showering.
- Performs well in high-altitude, cold, or dry environments.
- Gentle formula suited to dry and sensitive skin types, according to SkinCeuticals.
Emollience belongs to the SkinCeuticals dermatologist-trusted moisturizer and treatment range, which matches each skin type with targeted, research-backed formulas from cleanser to sunscreen.
For skin that never seems to stay comfortable, a dependable daily cream like this one makes every other step in your routine work better.
How to Use
- Once or twice daily, apply a generous amount to the entire face, neck, and chest, ideally right after cleansing or showering once skin has been patted dry.
- In the morning, apply after a SkinCeuticals vitamin C antioxidant serum and before a SkinCeuticals sunscreen.
- At night with retinol, apply Emollience after your retinol.
Apply it faithfully morning and night, and dry skin will feel noticeably softer and more comfortable.
Ingredients
Key Ingredients:
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Algae Extracts: Three nutrient-rich algae extracts that help nourish and hydrate skin.
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Nourishing Plant Oils: Grape seed, rose hip, and macadamia nut oils that restore and maintain skin hydration.
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Essential Oil Blend: Lavender, rosemary, and peppermint oils that create a cooling, nourishing feel.
Full Ingredients: Aqua / Water / Eau, Glycerin, Sesamum Indicum Oil / Sesame Seed Oil, Propylene Glycol, Glyceryl Stearate, Vitis Vinifera Seed Oil / Grape Seed Oil, Rosa Canina Fruit Oil, Macadamia Ternifolia Seed Oil, Mangifera Indica Seed Butter / Mango Seed Butter, Stearic Acid, Palmitic Acid, Triethanolamine, Caprylic/Capric Glycerides, Phenoxyethanol, Panthenol, Carbomer, Chlorphenesin, Caprylyl Glycol, Aloe Barbadensis / Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Disodium EDTA, Allantoin, Laminaria Ochroleuca Extract, Ginkgo Biloba Extract / Ginkgo Biloba Leaf Extract, Chlorella Vulgaris Extract, Algae Extract, Prunus Cerasus Fruit Extract / Bitter Cherry Fruit Extract, Fagus Sylvatica Extract / Fagus Sylvatica Bud Extract, Lavandula Angustifolia Oil / Lavender Oil, Rosmarinus Officinalis Leaf Oil / Rosemary Leaf Oil, Prunus Armeniaca Kernel Oil / Apricot Kernel Oil, Mentha Piperita Oil / Peppermint Oil, Linalool, Mentha Piperita Extract / Peppermint Extract, Chamomilla Recutita Extract / Matricaria Flower Extract
Ingredients may change. Please check the packaging for the most current list.
A layered blend of marine extracts, nourishing plant oils, and essential oils shows how thoughtfully this cream was built for dry skin.
FAQ
What is SkinCeuticals Emollience?
SkinCeuticals Emollience is a rich yet fast-absorbing face moisturizer for normal to dry skin. It uses algae extracts, plant oils, and essential oils to nourish skin and restore and maintain moisture levels every day.
What does "emollient" mean in skincare?
An emollient is a topical product that hydrates and soothes the skin. Emollience is designed in that spirit as a moisturizer for dry skin that can be applied to the face, neck, and chest.
When is the best time to apply Emollience?
Apply it once or twice daily, ideally right after washing your face or showering once skin has been patted dry. Applying at that moment helps the cream trap moisture in the skin.
Is Emollience suitable for oily skin?
No. SkinCeuticals states that Emollience is meant for dry, normal, and sensitive skin, and that its plant and essential oils could aggravate oily skin or clog pores. Oily and combination skin types are better matched with SkinCeuticals Daily Moisture, the brand's lightweight moisturizer for normal to oily skin.
Can sensitive skin use Emollience?
SkinCeuticals positions Emollience as ideal for dry or sensitive skin types and describes the formula as gentle. Because it contains essential oils such as lavender, rosemary, and peppermint, anyone with known sensitivities to those ingredients should patch test before applying it to the whole face.
Can I layer Emollience with a barrier cream?
Yes. For very dry or compromised skin, a board-certified plastic surgeon featured on the SkinCeuticals page recommends applying Emollience underneath SkinCeuticals Triple Lipid Restore 2:4:2 for extra replenishment.
What sunscreen pairs well with Emollience?
The brand routine applies Emollience after a vitamin C serum and before a SkinCeuticals sunscreen. For dry skin, SkinCeuticals Daily Brightening UV Defense Sunscreen is a natural choice, since SkinCeuticals designed it as a moisturizing sunscreen for dry skin.
Can I use Emollience with retinol?
Yes. In an evening routine, apply your retinol first and follow with Emollience, as SkinCeuticals recommends.
SkinCeuticals Emollience combines algae extracts, grape seed, rose hip, and macadamia nut oils to nourish dry and sensitive skin, making it the daily moisturizer for dry skin your routine needs in cold or high-altitude climates. Add SkinCeuticals Emollience to your regimen today and give tight, depleted skin the restorative hydration it craves.
