e.l.f.

Holy Hydration! Face Cream Fragrance Free.

Moisturizers

About this product

Fragrance-free face cream formulated with niacinamide, glycerin, hyaluronic acid, and peptides for hydration and skin support.

Full ingredients

Water (Aqua), Isohexadecane, Stearyl Heptanoate, Glycerin, Butylene Glycol, Isopropyl Isostearate, Niacinamide, Cetearyl Olivate, Trehalose, Squalane, Dimethicone, Stearic Acid, Aluminum Starch Octenylsuccinate, Polymethylsilsesquioxane, Silica, Sodium Hyaluronate, Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1, Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7, Panthenol (Vb5), Sorbitan Olivate, Cetearyl Alcohol, Glyceryl Stearate, PEG-100 Stearate, Polyethylene, Disodium EDTA, Polyacrylate-13, Polyisobutene, Polysorbate 20, Caprylyl Glycol, Phenoxyethanol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Carbomer

Guru Score

81%

Yay

3 experts · Moderate agreement

3Gurus

2Yay

1Mixed

0Nay

What they liked

Lightweight even in summer
Gel cream texture
Very affordable

What they flagged

Simple ingredient list

What the gurus are saying

This lightweight gel cream wins consistent praise as a go-to night moisturizer that doesn't feel heavy even in summer, with niacinamide, glycerin, hyaluronic acid, and peptides. At this price, it appeals especially to those starting out or budgeting their routine. However, anyone after more complex or innovative formulas might look elsewhere; just grab the fragrance-free version.

Synthesized from 3 expert reviews · most recent take May 2025

Best for

Dry skin Sensitive skin

Type

MoisturizersCream

Key actives

Niacinamide Hyaluronic acid Peptides Squalane

Formula notes

Fragrance-freeNo drying alcohol

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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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HotandFlashy

1.23M subs

✓Yay

"My night cream is usually either the Olay Regenerous microsculpting cream fragrance free or my e.l.f. Holy Hydration Face Cream fragrance free. These have very similar ingredients. They both have glycerin, niacinamide, a peptide and hyaluronic acid. They're both nice creams. This one is more like a gel cream."

Top Pick: night cream

All 5 takes from HotandFlashy

Summer Skincare Routine Vlog!

"For my nighttime moisturizer I've really been loving the e.l.f. Holy Hydration! Face Cream Fragrance Free. I just grab a little bit of that and I'm putting that all over my face, eyelid, lips, neck. Even though it's summer, I don't find it like heavy feeling or overly emollient or moisturizing. It's really great winter or summer. I really really like it a lot."

Winter Anti-Aging Skincare Routine Update! Over 40, 50, 60+

"I especially love using this one in the winter because you know our skin tends to be a little bit drier in the winter and then I go in with my heavier night cream and currently it's the e.l.f. Holy Hydration! Face Cream Fragrance Free for my night cream. I look for something that has niacinamide glycerin hyaluronic acid and peptides and that's what this cream contains in it and I really like this one. This is almost like a gel cream if my skin gets really dry I'll use the..."

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"The last product for today's video is my elf Holy Hydration Face Cream, this is the fragrance free version. I have repurchased this, this has become my Holy Grail night moisturizer, the thing that I use as the last step every single night."

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"My favorite one of the year is the elf holy hydration face cream fragrance free this contains hyaluronic acid peptides niacinamide all the same things in the Olay cream but with no molly and pilling and this actually feels more emollient on my skin it seems to hydrate my skin better I just really love this one."

No BS Beauty

89k subs

✓Yay

"This one is wonderful. It's a great one. The elf Holy Hydration fragrance free version contains peptides, hyaluronic acid, niacinamide. This one's also cruelty free, fragrance free, and vegan. It has a wonderful texture. They also make a sunscreen version with it, and if you like fragrance they have a version with fragrance in it as well. And thirteen dollars, you can't go wrong. This just destroys Olay every time. Every time I compare the two I'm always impressed with it."

Hyram

4.34M subs

✓Mixed

"This is a great simple moisturizer that does what it's supposed to do, and one of the reasons I love e.l.f. is because all their products are super affordable, you definitely cannot beat the price point. But for me personally I find that the ingredient list is a little simple for my liking, I do like my moisturizers to have innovative complex formulas with a plethora of ingredients. If you're someone who's just starting a skincare routine or trying to budget out your routine, this one is definitely a good choice and easy to find at most stores. Just remember to choose the fragrance free one, not the one that has fragrance in it."

What the evidence says.

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

Niacinamide

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

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

Frequently asked.

What is e.l.f. Holy Hydration! Face Cream Fragrance Free?

Fragrance-free face cream formulated with niacinamide, glycerin, hyaluronic acid, and peptides for hydration and skin support.

Is e.l.f. Holy Hydration! Face Cream Fragrance Free worth it?

Mostly yes. 2 of the 3 gurus who reviewed it give it their stamp of approval, for a Guru Score of 81%.

What is e.l.f. Holy Hydration! Face Cream Fragrance Free's Guru Score?

e.l.f. Holy Hydration! Face Cream Fragrance Free holds a Guru Score of 81%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 3 expert reviewers we have collected. At least one expert has named it a Top Pick in its category.