Mad About Skin vs Abbey Yung on The Ordinary Rice Lipids + Ectoin Micro Emulsion

Two independent experts reviewed The Ordinary Rice Lipids + Ectoin Micro Emulsion 4 days apart and disagreed: Mad About Skin calls it yay, Abbey Yung calls it nay. Here is what each of them actually said.

71%
Guru Score from 8 independent experts
Yay or Nay?
14 May 2026
Yay
This is the perfect moisturizer option for people that have very oily skin. [...] If you have oily skin like me, this is your moisturizer and you won't need anything else. If you have a more dryness prone skin type, you can use this almost like as a prehydrator.
10 May 2026
Nay
The main issue I have with this is just how it works. For me personally, this is not moisturizing enough to replace my nighttime moisturizer. I feel like I'd wake up in the morning and just be like, my skin just feels a little dry, like I didn't have enough moisturizer on last night.

Where they part company

Mad About Skin calls The Ordinary Rice Lipids + Ectoin Micro Emulsion yay. Abbey Yung calls it nay. Two experts, one product, takes 4 days apart, and opposite conclusions. Their own words are above; we are not going to tell you which of them is right.

What the whole panel says

These two are not the only voices on The Ordinary Rice Lipids + Ectoin Micro Emulsion. Across every independent expert take we hold, it carries a Guru Score of 71% from 8 experts, which is the share of them who approved it. The other 6 experts we hold takes from are counted in it too. See every take on it →

Why we only pair takes from the same month

A formula gets reworked, a price moves, and a product people loved in one year is not the product they are handed in the next. Two takes far apart in time can look like a disagreement when they are really a description of a product that changed. So a face-off only pairs experts whose videos went up within a month of each other, and neither take here is sponsored.

Common questions

Do Mad About Skin and Abbey Yung agree about The Ordinary Rice Lipids + Ectoin Micro Emulsion?

No. Mad About Skin calls it yay and Abbey Yung calls it nay.

What is the Guru Score for The Ordinary Rice Lipids + Ectoin Micro Emulsion?

71%, drawn from 8 independent expert reviews. That is the share of the experts we hold takes from who approved it.

Are either of these takes sponsored?

No. A face-off excludes any pair where either expert's take is a paid placement, because a sponsored take set against an independent one is not a fair comparison.

When did each of them say this?

Mad About Skin on 14 May 2026, and Abbey Yung on 10 May 2026, 4 days apart.

More on this product: every expert take we hold, or browse the experts themselves.