What is Augustinus Bader Rich Cream?

A luxury peptide-enriched moisturizer designed to nourish and support skin renewal, formulated with a proprietary delivery system and rich emollient base.

Is Augustinus Bader Rich Cream worth it?

The gurus are split. 10 of the 17 gurus give it their stamp of approval while 5 would skip it, which lands it in the middle at a Guru Score of 65%.

What is Augustinus Bader Rich Cream's Guru Score?

Augustinus Bader Rich Cream holds a Guru Score of 65%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 17 expert reviewers we have collected. At least one expert has named it a Top Pick in its category.

Who is Augustinus Bader Rich Cream best for?

Augustinus Bader Rich Cream is generally suited to dry skin and mature skin.

Augustinus Bader Rich Cream: a Guru Score of 65%

What the gurus are saying.

Every take we've logged from this product's reviews across YouTube. Click any row to watch the moment they said it.

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Dr. Sam Ellis

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~Mixed

"They have their own unique proprietary peptide that I think is meant to justify the super high price point. If you notice some insane difference in your skin when you use this, by all means. We just don't have enough data around that specific peptide compared to things like retinoids, vitamin C, good sun protection that makes it worth it."

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"The Augustinus Bader Rich Cream is excellent. It is incredibly nourishing and contains a patented peptide olopeptide 177 which is designed to promote skin cell renewal. [...] Drier and more mature skin types tend to find it particularly luxurious and effective. [...] It has a very similar texture to Augustinus Bader's butter because both are reverse emulsions, meaning that there are water droplets suspended in oil, which gives that rich but not greasy feel."

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"They're wonderful moisturizers that feel good on your skin, but you could achieve similar results with something that is so much more affordable. If you're someone who is saving up for your skin care or for your skin care procedures, this is not the place to invest. However, if you're someone who has a lot of disposable income and you like these products and you enjoy using them and there's something that feels good about using a luxury product or a luxury brand, go ahead and keep using them. But I don't think you can expect miracle results from these types of moisturizers."

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"It has a bit of a unique texture. This particular cream is what we call a reverse emulsion, where you have drops of water suspended in oil, and when you do that it gives a very luxurious texture that a lot of brands don't offer. Particularly for mature skin that tends to be a bit more dry, these oil-dominant formulations can just feel extra moisturizing for them. It is a really beautiful, effective moisturizer, but for me personally, having that extra TFC8 complex in there really isn't enough for me to want to spend $300 on it. If you're [...] trying to stretch your budget or have to be financially conscious for certain reasons, this might not be the place I'd choose to spend the most in my anti-aging skin journey. I will say I have received this product as a gift from the brand a couple of times, and do I use it up every single time? I sure do."

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"So I'm using the new Augustinus Bader firm. This is my most used, most beloved eye cream. This is a pretty creamy eye cream. If you are prone to milia, maybe think about something else, but if you don't have any issues with the under eye, in terms of that, you kind of want something rich and nourishing that's going to help kind of with the fine lines and a little bit of the pigmentation. I really love this one."

AliceintheRabbitHole

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~Yay

"For the rest of my face I'm using my Augustinus Bader cream. I love this product, the only thing I don't like about it is I don't know when I'm going to run out, it's a pump system so I thought I'd finished it but there were actually ten more uses left. I know a lot of people don't like jar packaging, but the benefit of a jar is you can get the very last bit out, whereas with a pump you probably end up leaving some behind, especially when you can't see it."

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"The Augustinus Bader Rich Cream is a gorgeous moisturizer, but it does not work for me, which is why I use In Beauty's Extreme Cream as a dupe instead."

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"That may be a great cream for some people, but I had a horrible reaction to it. I am so grateful I was able to return that product. It did not work out for me, and it did not have any fragrance in the ingredients, so to this day I don't know why it didn't work out for me."

Skin Obsessed Mary

33k subs

~Yay

"There is one Bader product I do consistently repurchase, which is, I'm sure y'all know, it is the Rich Cream, which is outrageously expensive and annoyingly excellent."

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"There is one Bader product I do consistently repurchase, which is, I'm sure y'all know, it is the Rich Cream, which is outrageously expensive and annoyingly excellent."

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"I try a lot of products, and to this day, no moisturizer beats it. Believe me, I wish something would. [...] What I can say is nothing is more perfect on my skin. I would bathe in Bader if I could afford it. But it's insanely expensive. [...] I have been buying this for 5 years. I buy it once a year at full price, and then I look for sales."

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"I've been using the Augustinus Bader Rich Cream forever. I really like this moisturizer. It's quite heavy and I feel that it's quite reparative. For me I want something a lot thicker at night and this is the one I go for."

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"We couldn't have a favorites video without my beloved Augustinus Bader Rich Cream. This is proper splurge stuff, but it's one that I've repurchased many times. It's rich, it's hydrating, and my skin just loves it. I truly wish it didn't, but it does. I keep searching to find something that works better on my skin than this, and I have yet to find it, so I keep purchasing it. Now, this is not the normal size, [...] they did gift this to me, which they don't do very often. This is 100ml. Their standard sizes are the 30 and the 50; I tend to buy it in the 50. They launched this big whopper and I could never afford to buy this one myself, but she's been going on for a long time."

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"I ordinarily finished off my routine with my beloved Augustinus Bader Rich Cream. You'll know how much I love that product and I am never without it. However, I find that I don't need both because they are so hydrating, so I moved my Augustinus Bader Rich Cream to the morning, which is really unusual."

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"Favorite moisturizer? Augustinus Bader Rich Cream. I just said that in last week's video. Hands down."

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"I know I don't need to spend hundreds of Euros on a moisturizer I know this but I love this product. I wish I didn't. I wish and I'm constantly searching for another product that I will love as much as I love this but I haven't found it so I keep buying it."

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"The first is of course if you know me it's Augustinus Bader the Rich Cream it is my favorite moisturizer of all time. They are both super rich they are not for the faint of heart they are not for somebody with oily combination skin and I love them both."

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"This is my favorite moisturizer of all time and I'm constantly trying to find something to replace it, something that I like more, because it's too freaking expensive. I am on their refill program so I get a 50ml for £200 instead of the regular £250, but that's crazy money, yet I keep doing it. If there is anything that I might like better than this, please tell me, because that's crazy money and I don't want to keep spending it."

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"I have one guilty pleasure, Augustinus Bader's The Rich Cream. It's obscenely expensive and I hate to repurchase it, but I do occasionally."

No BS Beauty

89k subs

~Yay

"It's got their trigger factor concentrate what they call TFC8, which is also oolog peptide 177 and it's just a tissue protecting peptide. So this stuff is really nice to use. I have pretty dry skin, but sometimes I'll use it in the spring and summer. And the Rich Cream is probably a little bit more my favorite for winter, but this stuff's pretty nice for summer. [...] I like that it has no scent to it, but the little bit of alcohol in there for some people could be an issue or a no-go, but probably just depends."

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"I don't feel like I need a serum underneath it. I feel pretty hydrated. [...] This stuff's so expensive, but it's nice."

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"I couldn't find it so I'm going to use this drunk elephant de bronzing drops mixed with the skinfix moisturizer this is the one for dry skin."

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"I really like this stuff. If it were like half the price, I'd buy it more, but it's really really expensive. This little tube is probably got $40 worth of product in it, but it's really nice and really hydrating and has no scent, which I love."

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"I have a handful of these little samples now so I'm going to have to use these up because this product is ridiculously expensive so I can't afford it."

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"The Augustinus Bader Rich Cream retails for 180 for one ounce. I've had the pleasure of using it, it's nice, but I can save you guys some money here."

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"It's got some really nice ingredients, got Resveratrol, pomegranate, it's got peptides. It's just a really nice hydrating serum. I really like this."

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"I love this stuff but it's so darn expensive. It's very tiny, 7 milliliters. I really like it, I just can't per mentally purchase it again because if I'm going to spend that much money it's going to be the Skin Medicics TNS serum that I'm going to buy and not this. But this is nice too, and if people love it and it works for them, go for it."

Dr. Mamina

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~Yay

"I love the Rich Cream. They have their famous ingredient, the TFC8 complex, a proprietary molecule or formula that includes stem cell properties, and they also use a lot of antioxidant rich ingredients in their product. I definitely do see benefits with the Rich Cream. I just wish it wasn't so expensive. Because I do think the Rich Cream does work, I'm going to give it a four, but it's just very expensive. I don't want people to feel pressure that they have to get it."

Beyond50Skin

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~Yay

"My friend Mary at Skin Obsessed Mary is literally obsessed with their Rich Cream. She has used this for years, swears by it."

Dr. Shereene Idriss

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~Yay

"Augustinus Bader is a brand I love and respect. It's very expensive so I limit how often I recommend it, but the sale is a time to explore it. This is their Rich Cream with TFC8, a patented technology that optimizes the skin's renewal process, discovered [...] in burn victims, so it can really help your skin regenerate and renew, especially if you're sensitive to retinols. It has a blend of amino acids, high-grade vitamins and molecules that work with your skin's stem cells to boost repair, hydration and resilience."

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"This guy by Augustinus Bader, this is their body cream. I love their body cream. It's very expensive, [...] 190 bucks, [...] but you could take a little bit and make it go a very long way by using just a little bit of this on your neck, using a tiny bit of this even for your under eyes if you wanted, because it's a much thicker moisturizer. [...] This is super thick and it kind of reminds me of Nivea, which is a complete insult because it is not Nivea and it's much more expensive, but you do not need to be using this much all the time. [...] This has bisabolol, which helps to support your skin's barrier function, shea butter as well. It's extremely rich. I mean, this just feels lux, and sometimes skincare is aspirational."

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"There is also a product by Augustinus Bader that it costs a bajillion dollars. I've used this, I've tried it, I actually like it and I tell my patients if you want an eye cream to help with plumping of your eyes and fine lines or if you have crepey skin buy the small bottle because it's literally half the price and a little bit goes a long way. But I was also very excited to learn when I was going through the ingredients that it does contain panthenol. I buy the small one, I never buy the big one and especially around the eyes in winter when it gets really really dry or if you have irritations I do a tiny little dab to get it all in because it does definitely help with the elasticity of your skin."

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"The Augustinus Bader Rich Cream costs 280 dollars. It does have hyaluronic acid in it. I am not saying hyaluronic acid is the devil, but you never need a hyaluronic acid serum. If you're looking for something with hyaluronic acid, if you're looking for something that is luxe to give, I would say give this one a shot. I personally really like their body cream that comes in the jar, and I don't have it here that round tub versus this one, and I like it very much so on my neck and chest. I think you can get way more bang for your buck from that one."

Dr. Vanita Rattan

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~Nay

"They added in myel alcohol which is irritating plus ketogenic, so I would avoid this if you have acne-prone skin or sensitive skin which can occur pre or post menopause. Plus a retinol percent is quite low at 0.6%, and this is meant to be the hero ingredient that you assume you're buying enough of at this price point. I mean it feels lovely on the skin and there is no irritation, which is what you'd expect at 0.6% retinol."

Caroline Hirons

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~Yay

"I love a bit of the Rich moisturizer. I like it. It gives you a glazed donut look, which is good for a glazed donut look."

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"I love a bit of the Rich moisturizer. I like it. It gives you a glazed donut look, which is good for a glazed donut look."

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"I love the feel of this, it feels like silk on the skin. [...] When you put it on you get instant gratification, instant brightening. It does target fine lines and wrinkles."

Allie Glines

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~Yay

"I'm so in love with it. It makes me so excited to try more from this brand. I just love this texture. My skin also seems to really be enjoying it and you get so much in here. It's similar to the Augustinus Bader cream which is so expensive. I have tried that before and it's a very unique texture. I do feel like this is so similar and gives such a similar vibe to the skin and you get so much in here for a fraction of the price."

Hyram

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~Nay

"The ingredient list of the Rich Cream is definitely more stacked than the serum. [...] You have a lot of great natural oils like avocado oil, sunflower seed oil, shea butter, [...] green tea, peptides. [...] But I just don't know if anything could push me to pay that much for a skincare product that's going to run out in like 3 months. [...] You could tell me it adds years onto my life and I still wouldn't buy it."

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"When it comes to Augustinus Bader products, I have always stood behind their formulas. I feel that they definitely use really good high-quality ingredients because they do have really good formulas. They're just like super overpriced and I personally would not spend that much on a product. Looking at the ingredients, there's lots of hydrating agents. Glycerin is the second ingredient. There's also squalane which is one of like the best moisturizing ingredients you can find. A lot of good natural extracts, sodium hyaluronate, ginseng, green tea, pomegranate wine peptide complex. Do I look at this ingredient list and do I drool a little bit? Yes, I do. But the price point makes that drool go right back up into my mouth. I just can't stand behind their price points. But their formulas are good."

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"That moisturizer is from the brand Augustinus Bader, it's a luxury skincare brand. This one is 265 dollars for one fluid ounce, that's really really expensive. But looking at the ingredient list, the second ingredient is sunflower seed oil, a great nourishing oil for the face that I love. It also has squalane, one of my favorite moisturizing oils out there. It has avocado oil, it has shea butter, evening primrose oil, panthenol, even a little bit of lactic acid, and it's free of undisclosed fragrance, and I don't see any irritating essential oils. Overall the ingredient list looks great, I totally would use this product. I don't know if I would spend that much money, however I do like the ingredient list."

James Welsh

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~Yay

"I'm going to use Aesop barrier"

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"I absolutely love these products. I love them so much, they are so nice. My skin looked so good after using them for about a month around Christmas. The Rich Cream not only made my face look so well taken care of and nourished and plump, but also helped my skin through a very dry winter. My skin looked so good. But I can't be reviewing skincare like that. That's ridiculous. The brand says their products are expensive because of the high potency levels of ingredients and extensive research and development and testing. I kind of believe this. But their cheapest product is a 32 pound lip balm, and the most expensive is a serum at 290 pounds. I can't. I don't think I ever will buy them. I understand there's a market for luxury, and if the science is everything it's cracked up to be, then sometimes the cost might be what you have to pay for new research. But for me personally, 290 pounds on a serum, I can't justify that."

Nipun Kapur

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~Nay

"The ingredient list is patented, so you'll never really know what it has, but I somehow just don't see the value in this product. [...] It's not a bad product, it's a nice cream, and any cream can give you the same impact. A lot of celebrities use it because they get it for free. I definitely would not recommend it. This brand is not worth your money."

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"This is an upgraded version with all of those but it's a thicker more luxurious formula again $129 nah pass for me"

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Mixed Makeup

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~Yay

"I love this cream because it's rich, it's thick, it's super moisturizing, and my skin is historically just so dry and from travel, like it does dry you out. My facialist recommended this cream and I just am addicted to it. Is it overpriced? Absolutely, 100%. The patent that they have is very interesting to me. It's a delivery system and they have it patented, and you can as a consumer go look up this patent. It was created by a doctor, Augustine Bader, who did research and created this patent for medical use, and they basically translated it to an inclusive that can help ingredients penetrate your skin."

Dr Dray

2.69M subs

~Nay

"It's the Augustinus Bader Rich Cream. Right now at Nordstrom you can get a one-ounce pump and a half-ounce pump for the low, low price of two hundred dollars, yikes, versus two hundred and seventy-two dollars. I've never used this before. Objectively speaking, there's nothing wrong with the ingredients. I do imagine that people who use this and love it appreciate an improvement in moisture content, skin luminosity, and radiance. Do I think you need this cream versus any other moisturizer to get those types of results? No. This is not something I would ever buy myself. It also has a peptide in it, palmitoyl tripeptide-8. Peptides probably just mostly act as humectants. We rely on manufacturer studies, which are obviously going to be biased; it's not like they're testing these peptides in rigorous double-blind placebo-controlled trials. This particular peptide, at least in cells-in-a-dish type models, shows a reduction in inflammatory markers after UV radiation. In skin explants, so a model, not on an actual human, this peptide has been shown to be associated with a decrease in dilated capillaries. And when used on actual humans who have the skin condition rosacea, this particular peptide is associated with a decrease in persistent facial redness. However, that particular study on rosacea patients was using a product that not only had this peptide but also had caffeine, and caffeine can likewise help in minimizing redness, so whether it was the peptide or something else in this cream like the caffeine is hard to determine."

HotandFlashy

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~Mixed

"I'm gonna say I actually did enjoy using it. It's a nice feeling moisturizer. I looked up the ingredients, it's got a nice ingredient list. There are a couple of peptides but they're way at the bottom end of the list. It has basically a lot of oils in it. It's got shea butter, it's got avocado oil, it's got primrose oil, so it is gonna be hydrating. My skin wasn't any different using this, but it also wasn't any worse. I'm not really tempted to buy the full size of it. I much prefer my Olay Regenerist night creams or even CeraVe better than this, it's so much more in it that's good for your skin."

Cassandra Bankson

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~Nay

"I understand that it's vegan, I understand that they have some really good peptides, but holy crap you have to be rich to afford this Rich Cream. Three hundred dollars for this? For literally one point seven fluid ounces, two hundred sixty-five dollars? Let me pull up the ingredients because maybe I'm missing something. The base of this is a whole bunch of oils, and we do have some peptides and some zinc PCA which is really good for acne and inflammation. But I don't understand why it needs to cost close to three hundred. The whole reason that they claim this is worth three hundred is because of their patented technology comprised of amino acids and high-grade vitamins, but I don't understand why that is so expensive. I do understand patents need to protect intellectual property, but I mean it is vegan and cruelty-free. If I'm ever going to spend three hundred on something it might be this, but mark my words, I am not recommending this. There are very comparable options out there."