[Review] Weleda Almond Soothing Facial Cream for dry & sensitive skin

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Weleda Almond Soothing Facial CreamPrice: ~$18 - $28 for 1oz (30ml) Ingredients: Water (Aqua), Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Sweet Almond) Oil, Alcohol, Glyceryl Stearate SE, Hydrolyzed Beeswax, Prunus Domestica Seed Oil, Glycerin, Xanthan Gum, Lactic AcidSkincarisma breakdown Special Info: fragrance-free, cruelty-free Review: This guy showed up in the Whole Foods bag, which is great because I’m always looking for new moisturizers to try! Weleda claims that this is a rich, deeply moisturizing cream for dry & sensitive skin - so, right up my alley. Ingredients of note: Short & sweet, it’s mostly all good stuff, easy to tell if there’s something in here your skin isn’t fond of. Beeswax & oils are always cool.Alcohol is pretty high up there though, no? A bit weird for a cream, but alcohol doesn’t typically bother my skin and I’ve had excellent luck with Skin Food (which also has alcohol pretty high in the list). I assume it’s necessary for improving the cosmetic acceptability of these thicker, more occlusive formulas (or maybe not, idk, I’m not a cosmetic chemist). So while my skin doesn’t mind alcohol, it’s something to be aware of. Texture & scent: Thick, smooth cream. Negligible scent. Packaging: Aluminum tube, nice Experience: For reference, my skin type is overall ‘normal.’ Dry in the winter, oily in the summer. I have a bit of irritation going on at the moment, but generally my skin is pretty hardy.Right off the bat, this cream is basically everything I’ve been looking for - it’s a luxe, smooth cream that you can immediately tell will be Very Moisturizing. To me, it’s very quintessential night cream - super smooth and pretty damn shiny.BlopAnd it certainly lives up to its claims - I’ve found this to be more moisturizing than most of the moisturizers I’ve tried. It’s very much an oily cream - thick & shiny - and I imagine this will be great for anyone who notices a lot of benefit from using facial oils.SchmearDespite the alcohol content, this is only moisturizer that hasn’t caused any tingling on super irritated areas - Trader Joe’s, CeraVe, First Aid Beauty, etc. all cause just a tiny bit of sting if my skin is irritated, but nada with the Weleda. The gentleness is honestly impressive, and I can see this cream being suitable for those with sensitive skin who have had trouble finding something that works for them.Shiny!It certainly feels like it’s bringing all the best qualities of oils & occlusivity together in a beautiful cream format - if I could layer this on constantly, I’d never have need for another moisturizer. Which brings me to my first minor gripe -I can’t layer this over anything. Everything freakin gunks up and pills. I like to layer a couple moisturizers/lotions when my skin is feeling dry and this doesn’t play well with any of them. Thankfully it does layer perfectly well over itself, but as someone who usually has at least an additional layer going on in the PM, pilling is not a quality I’m fond of. I imagine this is largely dependent on what products you use, and user error is probably a huge contributing factor (for the life of me I can’t manage to apply oils after moisturizer like apparently everyone else can), but it’s something I had to mention.But my main gripe is the size - 30ml!! For a cream!!!! I don’t know man, 30ml is fine for a serum, but creams are thick and goopy and I apply a lot of them. As I mentioned, I got this in the Whole Foods beauty bag, and figured it was a nice lil sample. Of course it was only after falling in love with the formula that I realize Weleda sells this shit at $30 for 30ml. Other sites (like iHerb) offer more manageable prices, but even then I want a full size moisturizer to be more than just 1oz, yknow? This cream is fantastic, but not fantastic enough that I can justify replacing my other (more affordable, larger sized) moisturizers with it.But really, that’s a personal thing. I imagine this cream would be fantastic for anyone with dry and sensitive skin, and I’d highly recommend trying it out if it’s piqued your interest. It does what it says it will, and it does it quite well! tl;dr: Fantastic thick, smooth cream that’s highly moisturizing; quite oily; seems like an excellent choice for dry and/or sensitive skin; 30ml is a dinky lil size for a cream imo Other reviews: It’s important to read multiple reviews if you can find them! As always, ymmv - my experience will likely be different from someone else's.Unfortunately I couldn’t find many reviews on this, but here are some tiny snippets anyway. Interestingly both mini-reviews mention using it as a day cream, which I can’t fathom - it really is quite shiny!Review: Weleda Almond Soothing Facial Cream - geekskinTop Natural Face Moisturizers - Gurl Gone Green Rating: 7.5/10 
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