Augustinus Bader Rich Cream: a Guru Score of 62%

What the experts use it for.

The concerns the experts tie this product to, in their own words. Paid and founder takes don't count.

Fine lines and wrinkles2 experts

“It does target fine lines and wrinkles.”

Caroline Hirons, watch at 7:28

Dull skin1 expert

“When you put it on you get instant gratification, instant brightening.”

Caroline Hirons, watch at 7:28

Crepey skin1 expert

“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.”

Dr. Shereene Idriss, watch at 9:45

Fine lines around the eyes1 expert

“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.”

Dr. Shereene Idriss, watch at 9:45

Calming retinoid irritation1 expert

“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.”

Dr. Shereene Idriss, watch at 8:29

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

902k subs

~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."

All 4 takes from Dr. Sam Ellis

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"I have also used this moisturizer. It is excellent. It is incredibly nourishing and contains a patented peptide olopeptide 177 which is designed to promote skin cell renewal."

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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."

Why Are These the Most Popular Anti-Aging Creams? | Dr. Sam Ellis

"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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"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."

AliceintheRabbitHole

59k subs

~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."

All 3 takes from AliceintheRabbitHole

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"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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All 10 takes from Skin Obsessed Mary

I Didn’t Repurchase Most of These

"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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"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."

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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."

⭐️ Q&A | Skin Obsessed Mary

"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."

I Didn't Expect This Much New Beauty

"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

"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."

All 7 takes from No BS Beauty

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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 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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"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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"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

283k subs

~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

32k subs

~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

1.73M subs

~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."

All 4 takes from Dr. Shereene Idriss

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"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."

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"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."

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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."

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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."

Dr. Vanita Rattan

1.23M subs

~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

250k subs

~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."

All 2 takes from Caroline Hirons

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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

829k subs

~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

4.33M subs

~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."

All 4 takes from Hyram

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"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."

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"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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"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."

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"However, I am not a fan of the price points. They've always been very, very expensive and besides the Dua by Augustinus Bader products, I personally would not dish out the amount of money that they charge for their products because we're talking like the hundreds of dollars, $300 for a moisturizer type deal. So I can't personally vouch for the experience of using their products. However, from an ingredient list perspective alone, I definitely think that they have some really good formulas."

Nipun Kapur

413k subs

~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."

All 2 takes from Nipun Kapur

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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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"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."

Mixed Makeup

1.46M subs

~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."

Dr Dray

2.69M subs

~Nay

"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."

James Welsh

1.58M subs

~Mixed

"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."

HotandFlashy

1.23M subs

~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."

Cassandra Bankson

2.46M subs

~Nay

"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."

What the evidence says.

Independent of what the gurus think, this is what the published research supports about the main active ingredients here.

Humectants and emollients

Ingredients like these draw water into the surface layers and slow how fast it leaves. The evidence is for comfort, softness and hydration rather than for changing the structure of the skin.

Source: DermNet

Peptides

Peptides are short protein fragments meant to signal repair. The evidence for them is thinner than for retinoids or vitamin C, and it varies a lot by the specific peptide, so the category is more promising than proven.

Source: NIH, National Library of Medicine

Vitamin E

Vitamin E is an antioxidant, and it is often in a formula to keep the other ingredients stable rather than as the active itself. It pairs well with vitamin C, though on its own the evidence for visible change is limited.

Source: NIH, National Library of Medicine

Frequently asked.

What is Augustinus Bader Rich Cream?

A rich, thick face moisturizer from Augustinus Bader, designed to hydrate and nourish dry skin and support skin renewal with the brand's proprietary ingredient complex.

Is Augustinus Bader Rich Cream worth it?

The gurus are split. 9 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 62%.

What is Augustinus Bader Rich Cream's Guru Score?

Augustinus Bader Rich Cream holds a Guru Score of 62%. 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.

What is Augustinus Bader Rich Cream good for, according to the experts?

In their reviews, experts say Augustinus Bader Rich Cream is good for fine lines and wrinkles (2 experts), dull skin (1 expert), crepey skin (1 expert), fine lines around the eyes (1 expert) and calming retinoid irritation (1 expert).