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Magic Water Cream.

Charlotte Tilbury Magic Water Cream
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About this product

A lightweight gel cream moisturizer formulated with niacinamide, peptides, and other hydrating ingredients designed for combination to oily skin types.

Best for

Oily skinCombination skin
Moisturizers

The Guru Index verdict

66%

Mixed

~Mixed · 66%
6Reviewers
4Approved
1Mixed
1Skip

What the gurus are saying

Gurus consistently praise the texture, hydration, and elegant feel of this cream, with many noting it's lightweight and fragrance-free. The core complaint is price: multiple reviewers call it overpriced for what it delivers, saying comparable results exist at lower price points. A few enthusiasts recommend it for Charlotte Tilbury fans or those with specific skin concerns, but the community largely feels you're paying a premium for the brand name rather than exceptional performance.
Synthesized from 6 expert reviews

Key actives & flags

Vitamin CNiacinamideHyaluronic acidVitamin EPeptidesSqualaneFragrance-freeAlcohol-free

Full ingredients

Aqua/​Water/​Eau, Glycerin, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Caprylic/​Capric Triglyceride, Squalane, Propanediol, Pentylene Glycol, 1,2-Hexanediol, Glyceryl Glucoside, Niacinamide, Mannitol, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Carbomer, Camellia Oleifera (Camellia) Seed Oil, Rosa Canina Fruit Oil, Caprylyl Glycol, Acrylates/​C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, Sodium Gluconate, Sodium Hydroxide, Tocopherol, Beta-Glucan, Sodium Hyaluronate, Backhousia Citriodora Leaf Extract, Vaccinium Macrocarpon (Cranberry) Fruit Extract, Plumeria Rubra Flower Extract, Ascorbyl Palmitate, Acetyl Tetrapeptide-11, Citric Acid, Acetyl Tetrapeptide-9, Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Benzoate

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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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Dimma Umeh
Dimma Umeh
523k subs · 59k devotees
✓Approved
"The moisturizer that I just used for this is the Charlotte Tilbury Magic Water Cream. I really like it."
Allie Glines
Allie Glines
830k subs · 34k devotees
✓Approved
"I'm going to do a little bit of the Charlotte Tilbury Magic Water Cream because I feel like my face is feeling dry now that I just wiped everything off."
All 3 takes from Allie Glines
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"I already had this in my collection they sent it to me a while ago I actually really do like this it's a lot lighter than the original and I love that it's fragrance free so that's a plus for me."
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"I've got this Charlotte Tilbury Magic Water Cream on my desk which I actually think I like a little bit more than the original. I really do like the texture of the original, but what I really like about this one is it doesn't have fragrance, so that's a plus for me."
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"I'm going to do a little bit of the Charlotte Tilbury Magic Water Cream because I feel like my face is feeling dry now that I just wiped everything off."
Dr. Jenny Liu
Dr. Jenny Liu
315k subs · 6k devotees
✓Approved
"The Magic Water Cream is a gel cream that is very hydrating and contains niacinamide, peptides, and a few other ingredients that can help to offer some sebum control and improve the appearance of pores over time with use. It's ideal for more combination and oily skin. It's not heavy, not sticky, and does not look very shiny. I think it's really lovely and worth the splurge."
The Style and Beauty Doctor
The Style and Beauty Doctor
219k subs · 8k devotees
✕Skip
"As much of a Charlotte Tilbury lover that I am, I really, really love that brand, but this $100, a whole Ben Franklin, this is going to be a sadly a nope getter for me."
James Welsh
James Welsh
1.58M subs · 122k devotees
~Mixed
"This is the Charlotte Tilbury Magic Water Cream, and I got to say, it is a really nice cream. It's a super hydrating lightweight gel cream moisturizer. As far as the results go, moisture, hydration, it does a great job, but it's the way it feels on the skin, it glides on and it feels elegant. The formulation is lovely and your skin looks good once you've used it. Ingredients are good. They're not unheard of in a gel cream moisturizer. However, this definitely doesn't get you far. It's really, really expensive. I have found several more affordable moisturizers that I like more than this one. So whilst this is still an amazing product, I do think it's overpriced. I think with this you're paying a lot for name. Results are good, what you should expect from a gel cream, but there are cheaper alternatives."
All 2 takes from James Welsh
Rhode Should Focus On Lips - A SOULLESS Body Wash - Best And Worst Skincare Of October 💜 James Welsh
"This is the Charlotte Tilbury Magic Water Cream, and I got to say, it is a really nice cream. It's a super hydrating lightweight gel cream moisturizer. As far as the results go, moisture, hydration, it does a great job, but it's the way it feels on the skin, it glides on and it feels elegant. The formulation is lovely and your skin looks good once you've used it. Ingredients are good. They're not unheard of in a gel cream moisturizer. However, this definitely doesn't get you far. It's really, really expensive. I have found several more affordable moisturizers that I like more than this one. So whilst this is still an amazing product, I do think it's overpriced. I think with this you're paying a lot for name. Results are good, what you should expect from a gel cream, but there are cheaper alternatives."
Rhode Should Focus On Lips - A SOULLESS Body Wash - Best And Worst Skincare Of October 💜 James Welsh
"I've just been scraping at the size of this for the last month or so and really been enjoying it. It's that same really elegant sink into the skin kind of texture that at first you think this is maybe a little bit too heavy, especially for my oily zone, but then just kind of disappears without leaving your skin parched. But I really, really like it. So while the Charlotte Tilbury product isn't shit, it's not shit, it's Charlotte Tilbury. They create nice products. Good, nice. I just don't think it's worth the money. Like there are some luxury products I'm like, this is really nice, both in result formulation and appearance on the skin that I would pay this money for. Charlotte Tilbury, maybe not so much."
Sincerely Miss Ash
Sincerely Miss Ash
194k subs · 3k devotees
✓Approved
"I really like it. I love the way that my skin looks and feels with it. A little bit goes a long way especially with this one because it does spread nicely. We do have some peptides in here as well, and yes they are further down in the ingredient list, but we do have a vitamin C derivative in here, there is shea butter, there's caffeine, there's niacinamide as well, so great if you do have that uneven skin tone, and it's wonderful. If you're looking for something new and you're a big fan of Charlotte Tilbury, I would say give this a go. This will be great for fall and winter."
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