GarnierSkinActive Moisture Rescue Refreshing Gel-Cream for Normal/Combo Skin, Oil-Free, 1.7 Oz (50g), 1 Count (Packaging May Vary)

It's been about a year and a half since I buckled down on skin care. I'm a 41 female, and grew up in the time when washing your face with noxema or using ponds to clean your face instead of bar soap was considered, "skin care," at the time. Shortly followed by olay for sunscreen and moisturizer.No dig on those who use olay still. But the regiment was a bit lacking.Last year I jumped at a change at another brand's skin care set that was on sale. The cleanser and exfoliate was great. The night time moisturizer cream was great. The day time moisturizer...aeeeeeaaa. Well, it left my face sticky AND greasy and was too heavy for me. I ended up becoming a cat-hair magnet anytime I used it after washing my face. Yuck!I was looking to try something new, since I stopped using the daily and started using the "nightly," both morning and night after cleansing. Saw this had a lot of decent reviews, and I finally had some extra cash. It also says it's for normal to combo skin and I do have combo (oily nose and brow, dry cheeks.)This moisturizer arrived in perfect condition. The safety seal on the outside as well as the inside was unbroken and whole.PROS:- Being a prime member meant that I ordered it 3 days ago and it arrived yesterday.- It IS very light and yet SUPER moisturizing without being greasy. I washed my face and tried this last night after getting it and my skin absorbed it quick, my face felt moisturized, not dry, my T zone didn't feel remotely oily or greasy. Bonus points: not a single cat hair stuck to my face.- Very, very very light and cooling/refreshing. It looks and reminds me of aloe vera lotion. Using it on my face gave it a cooler sensation but without that tingly/harshness of anything other natural evaporation (like, you know how some stuff has mint or tea tree oil and it gives that tingly cooling sensation? Not this!)- A little goes a long way! I took my index finger and lightly touched the gel. I dabbed my finger on forehead, nose, both cheeks, chin and neck then rubbed it in and it was the perfect amount to cover ALL those areas. With my night-time cream I had been using, I would have to dip both fingers before dotting, and sometimes go back a third time because of drier cheeks.- Light, very light scent. The scent is refreshing and very 'natural'/'nature' smelling. If strong scents trigger migraines or nausea or strong scents cause issues for you, this may not do so. However, I am NOT allergic or triggered by perfumes and added scents, so take that bit of advice with caution for you very sensitive skin/scent people out there.- Price!! It is actually a few bucks cheaper than my other basement bargain beauty brand (e.l.f.) and as someone who's in debt up to her eyeballs and previously retail part-time employed and recovering, finding a beauty product that is affordable without making my face explode is VERY important. This cream fits those needs perfectly.CONS:- The only con I have is howwww smallllll this container is. If it weren't for the fact that I have used it twice so far and I KNOW that only a tiny bit goes a long way, I would have been a bit disappointed by how small it is.That's the only down side to this moisture cream so far to me, the size.I am only the second day in using it, so if during the week things change and my skin reacts unexpectedly, I will definitely come back to edit and update. So far? HIGHLY RECOMMEND this!

this is such a lightweight yet such a moisturizing moisturizer!!!!! I really recommend this to those who have oily and acne prone skin, this really moisturizes your face and keeps it dewy and healthy! In the wintertime I went up into the mountains for a retreat with my church and I brought this body shop face moisturizer/primer because I knew that it was going to be dry and my face would be horribly dry and flaky. The body shop moisturizer actually made things worse and dried out my skin, I would literally press my face against some dark colored cloth, and my skin would flake everywhere, it was disgusting and horrible and I just wanted to go home. The dryness caused me to break out 10x more than I would ( i have a big acne problem) I would exfoliate, but it'd make things worse, because i had nothing to moisturize after with. I looked this up on amazon and saw the good reviews and decided to purchase it at a nearby target. Literally when I applied this, in one night my face was moisturized, not as flaky (it was still healing from when I came down from the mountains) and my face felt good and not dry and rough and nasty blegh. I'm out of my first one from in December when I bought it, and now ordered and received my second one. I am sooo happy with this moisturizer, it's very light and smells nice and feels really cool and refreshing and its just all around amazing!! Definitely recommend for an inexpensive yet really good moisturizer. It's GEL not a CREAM so it's really good for oily and acne prone skin, cream can clog up pores and make acne worse. The only con..not really a con, is that it's surprisingly small ahaha i expected a bigger container, but it holds a lot and I use this on a daily basis morning, noon, night, whenever i wash my face! The container is made of thick glass, so try not to drop it! A definite recommend and definite buy!

When I think of gel, I think of hair products! And since I've never known gels to moisturize the skin, using this was even more alien to me!But wow.. this has actually proven itself to pack quite the efficient punch! The gel is slightly opaque with a nice cool color of mint green. The gel feels as cool as it looks and isn't thick like a tub of hair gel, but it certainly isn't runny, though you may get some gel on the underside of the jar's lid if the jar is placed at an angle or upside down. The gel is also completely scentless!Let me just say a little goes a LONG way. Usually when I put lotion on my face, I put a little dollop in my hand, rub my hands together to warm it up, and spread it onto my face. Because this gel requires so little to go a long way and absorbs quickly into your skin, I simply dot my face with the gel and that meager amount is enough for my face.Within a minute, the gel is completely absorbed, readying my skin for some sunblock. Before I used to use Cetaphil moisturizing cream and as fantastic as that cream is, it's a little too thick and rich for my daily needs so I'd have to wait a few minutes for it to fully absorb to put on makeup otherwise if I put on makeup with the lotion still sitting on my skin, it'd LOOK like I have makeup on my skin. Cetaphil is great, but I think its richness is better for using at night.I'm very glad I bought this gel, it's perfect to use before a day out. My skin is in great condition thanks to my daily use of Vitamin C on my skin and thanks to abiding by the rules of The Japanese Skincare Revolution by Chizu Saeki so I'm used to my skin looking a nice way and didn't think my skin could look any better.Though my skin is firm and smooth with the use of my regular moisturizer, Cetaphil, I'm surprised to see a difference with Garnier! The luminosity I've gained from the use of Garnier is absolutely flattering. My skin looks so smooth and glows! All this time I thought the richer the better but this gel cream has taught me that less is more! It's so light yet my skin is quenched!