
About this product
A lightweight moisturizing balm designed to hydrate and refresh skin with electrolyte-infused water.
Full ingredients
Water/Aqua/Eau, Squalane, Propanediol, Niacinamide, Olive Oil Glycereth-8 Esters, Coconut Alkanes, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Water, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil, Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/VP Copolymer, Glycerin, Mannitol, Sclerocarya Birrea Seed Oil,Sclerocarya Birrea Seed Butter, Sodium PCA, Opuntia Tuna Fruit Extract, Linum Usitatissimum (Linseed) Seed Oil, Sorbitol, Quercetin, Trehalose, Zea Mays (Corn) Oil, Cetyl Alcohol, Sucrose, Creatine, Inositol, Pentylene Glycol, Ferulic Acid, Hydroxytyrosol, Behenic Acid, Linoleic Acid, Cholesterol, Ceramide NS, Ceramide AP, Ceramide EOS, Ceramide NP, Ceramide EOP, Phospholipids, Sodium Hyaluronate Crosspolymer, Magnesium Pca, Microcrystalline Cellulose, Adenosine, Sodium Hyaluronate
Guru Score
Mixed
Early verdict · Few reviews so farWhat they liked
What they flagged
No single complaint stood out. The mixed and skipped takes below carry the reservations.
What the gurus are saying
This balm earns mixed takes on whether it justifies its price point. Those who've tried it find it works well enough as a daily moisturizer, using it both day and night, though experts note it comes in at the premium end of the market. Not enough gurus have weighed in yet to get a fuller picture of how it stacks up.
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Independent of what the gurus think, this is what the published research supports about the main active ingredients here.
Niacinamide has evidence behind it for redness, uneven tone and supporting the skin barrier, and it is usually well tolerated even by skin that reacts to most things.
Source: DermNet
Ceramides are part of the skin's own barrier, and moisturisers built around them have evidence for holding water in and settling the tightness and flaking that come with a damaged barrier.
Source: DermNet
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
A lightweight moisturizing balm designed to hydrate and refresh skin with electrolyte-infused water.
The gurus mostly approve it, but with enough reservations to keep it in the middle at a Guru Score of 70%.
Drunk Elephant F-Balm Electrolyte Waterfacial holds a Guru Score of 70%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 3 expert reviewers we have collected.
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