Avène Thermal Spring Water: a Guru Score of 65% from 10 experts

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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~Yay

"The first thing I like to do is use the Avene Thermal Water. It's sterile inside the canister, and when you're really hot after a laser treatment, that feels great to spray on your skin. This has been shown, because of the high mineral content, to improve microbial diversity on the skin, so it promotes more growth of good bacteria and more diversity of bacteria, so you're less likely to deal with infections."

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"The first thing I like to do is use the Avene Thermal Water. It's sterile inside the canister, and when you're really hot after a laser treatment, that feels great to spray on your skin. This has been shown, because of the high mineral content, to improve microbial diversity on the skin, so it promotes more growth of good bacteria and more diversity of bacteria, so you're less likely to deal with infections."

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"The Thermal Spring Water from Avène is something I often recommend to my patients with really dry skin. Spritz it on the skin first because there's high mineral content, and it's been shown in studies to increase the microbiome diversity on the skin, giving more varied types of good bacteria, before you follow up with your moisturizer."

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"I like the Thermal Spring Water from Avène. It's essentially spring water from France, but it has a lot of minerals in it that are really helpful for your skin microbiome. I use it on my face after laser procedures, for myself and for my patients, and you just spray a light mist of it on your hands, that's really all you need."

Dr. Daniel Sugai

722k subs

~Yay

"If you want to spray your face down with the Avène Thermal Spring Water, go ahead."

Hyram

4.34M subs

~Nay

"I really don't understand the hype behind that product. I mean it's just like I don't want to pay $8 for a bottle of water. It's water."

Dr. Jenny Liu

323k subs

~Yay

"You can spritz on eczema-prone skin to calm eczema as well as rosacea-prone skin. If your skin feels hot and overheated, this is a great way to calm that down. You can even use it to set makeup. So there are so many different ways of using this Thermal Spring Water. It's a really nice on-the-go product to kind of instantly calm and soothe and hydrate your skin, as long as you pat that watery in and then follow it with the moisturizer."

All 2 takes from Dr. Jenny Liu

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"One that I really like that's a great multitasker is Avène Thermal Spring Water that you can spritz on the go to instantly freshen up and hydrate your skin. When it's dampened you can moisturize to rehydrate after a long day in the sun when you've been sweating a lot and getting too much sun."

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"You can spritz on eczema-prone skin to calm eczema as well as rosacea-prone skin. If your skin feels hot and overheated, this is a great way to calm that down. You can even use it to set makeup. So there are so many different ways of using this Thermal Spring Water. It's a really nice on-the-go product to kind of instantly calm and soothe and hydrate your skin, as long as you pat that watery in and then follow it with the moisturizer."

Alexandra Anele

1.44M subs

~Mixed

"I didn't have anything for my sink where I wash my face a lot of the time so I like to pat off the nasty LA water and then rehydrate with something that's [...] cleaner. Avène in general is expensive and in comparison to the Bioma, I think I would probably go with my Bioma Mist to be honest with you. [...] I'm just going to kind of hold off and maybe finish it before I decide."

Skin Obsessed Mary

33k subs

~Yay

"I use this with my devices so when I'm doing things like microcurrent or radio frequency and if the gels or the serums are starting to dry up I just spray a little bit of this on to reactivate."

All 2 takes from Skin Obsessed Mary

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"I think it's lovely, it's fine. I don't really use it as frequently as some of my other ones. I tend to use this when I'm doing devices and I need a little bit of a spritz, if I'm doing microcurrent or if I was doing radio frequency and my skin was dry out, that's what I use this for. So am I going to repurchase? Probably not, I mean unless I find myself stranded and need it, which might happen, but it's not sort of an active part of my routine."

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"I use this with my devices so when I'm doing things like microcurrent or radio frequency and if the gels or the serums are starting to dry up I just spray a little bit of this on to reactivate."

Dr. Shereene Idriss

1.73M subs

~Yay

"This is purely a mineral water that can help calm any inflammation that you have on your skin but also keep you calm and hydrated especially when it is really really hot and if you have rosacea which tends to flare up in the heat this is great not only because it will cool you down but the mineral waters will also be very helpful. Avène traditionally has been better for people with rosacea."

All 4 takes from Dr. Shereene Idriss

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"This is purely a mineral water that can help calm any inflammation that you have on your skin but also keep you calm and hydrated especially when it is really really hot and if you have rosacea which tends to flare up in the heat this is great not only because it will cool you down but the mineral waters will also be very helpful. Avène traditionally has been better for people with rosacea."

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"Avène is a well-known brand for redness sufferers because it is made with mineral waters that have magnesium, silica, and calcium in them. Those minerals have been shown to have some sort of anti-inflammatory effect that we believe helps in chronic conditions like rosacea."

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"Avène has a face mist. Their whole principle of their brand is based on the fact that the minerals in their water help to reduce redness, so this is a good one [...] if you're feeling super fancy because you should pamper yourself throughout this time."

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"If it's a very humid environment, face mists like Avène Thermal Spring Water are okay—it's a light spritz and easy to use."

Dr Dray

2.69M subs

~Mixed

"Compounds in Thermal Spring Water are anti-inflammatory as they come from certain thermophilic bacteria. It's a great little set though if you're looking to do a skin care reset, something I recommend doing if you are in the middle of a skin problem and you don't know exactly what's going on. It's a way to just pair down your skin care routine to the bare essentials: a really mild cleanser, a moisturizer, and a sunscreen."

Kelly Driscoll

90k subs

~Mixed

"I use La Roche-Posay a lot, and this one's from Avène but it's not different. They're all the same to me and they all perform the same. [...] I want to give this the yawn emoji, but don't misunderstand my ranking: it's not because it's bad, it's not because it's not useful, it's not because I don't want to use this anymore. It's just I don't really have anything else to say about it. Convenient, handy, nice to have, not necessary, and for a lot of people probably kind of boring."

The Budget Dermatologist

724k subs

~Yay

"The Avène Thermal Spring Water is not just like every other water. It's Thermal Spring Water from France. The deal with this water is that it's really soft. It has a really low mineral content, so it's really good for people with sensitive skin because harsher, harder waters can really irritate the skin. This is awesome to just have to freshen up the face."

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Frequently asked.

What is Avène Thermal Spring Water?

Avène Thermal Spring Water is a spring water spray from the French skincare brand Avène, designed to mist, hydrate and soothe the skin.

Is Avène Thermal Spring Water worth it?

The gurus mostly approve it, but with enough reservations to keep it in the middle at a Guru Score of 65%.

What is Avène Thermal Spring Water's Guru Score?

Avène Thermal Spring Water holds a Guru Score of 65%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 10 expert reviewers we have collected.