Medicube Collagen Jelly Cream: a Guru Score of 50%

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 jelly cream really does look like jelly. It was really fun to apply and I actually didn't expect to like it as much as I did. The fragrance was much more toned down and very nice, sensorial experience applying it, and it wasn't overwhelming. After applying it, after each hour, I felt like that glow was sustained. My skin is a bit oilier than hers and it was really nice to just run my fingers over my forehead because it was just gliding over it like baby smooth skin. It has niacinamide, squalane, hyaluronic acid, adenosine, and also has humectants as well. The cream really does have a nice glowy effect. However, if you're really oily and with active acne, be careful with this because you're going to occlude all the inflammation, bacteria, and trap sebum that's feeding the bacteria in your pores. So maybe just more for dehydrated, mature skin or for those who just really want to glow up and you only use this like every once in a while. I'll probably only use this on special days before speaking engagements, if I want to glow up before a big event. I'm going to use this cream. I have to give it a pretty high score because it was so fun to use and it really did have a nice glowy effect."

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CYoung

94k subs

✕Nay

"This has the highest hydration level of all sixteen moisturizers I tested, but it feels almost like Vaseline. I cannot understand why people love this. If you have oily combo skin you will really hate it, it just feels like putting on Vaseline. It has a thick, occlusive texture but I do not feel like it is actually moisturizing on the inside. It is just a viral product, so if you only listen to one thing from me, save your money and skip this one. It is the worst of all the products I tried."

All 3 takes from CYoung

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"This has the highest hydration level of all sixteen moisturizers I tested, but it feels almost like Vaseline. I cannot understand why people love this. If you have oily combo skin you will really hate it, it just feels like putting on Vaseline. It has a thick, occlusive texture but I do not feel like it is actually moisturizing on the inside. It is just a viral product, so if you only listen to one thing from me, save your money and skip this one. It is the worst of all the products I tried."

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"I reviewed the Medicube jelly cream last year and it's still so hyped on social media, so I tried it again and I hate it so bad, it's too heavy and too sticky. If you have oily or combo skin, stay far away. It's more like Vaseline, it feels oily and sticky on your skin for three or four hours, so you can only wear it at home and never before makeup. Unless you have really mature, thin, dry skin in your fifties or sixties, please skip it and don't waste your money."

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"I have dry skin, but whenever I put this on my skin it literally feels like putting honey on my skin, so sticky, and it doesn't absorb well. The formulation is heavy but it is not effective enough to change the skin. You can only use it at night because of the texture, not for oily or combo skin, only for very dry skin in winter, and only if you don't toss and turn too much in your sleep, because even an hour after applying it, it still feels like honey, very sticky, so it ends up all over the pillow."

Dr. Vanita Rattan

1.23M subs

✕Nay

"You really need to avoid fragrance in all your skin care. [...] For skin of color please avoid this product."

James Welsh

1.58M subs

✕Nay

"When I use this pink collagen cream, I was meant to be going to an event. I did go. I wore a lot of makeup, but my skin was hot. It was [...] raining, it was cold. Hydrolyzed collagen always seems to be a guaranteed for me [...] to flare up my rosacea. When it does flare up, my rosacea flares up to the point where it burns and is almost painful. I can guarantee you hydrolyzed nano collagen hyaluronic acid is on that ingredient list. It's the only consistent thing. [...] I'm so disappointed. I didn't like these products."

All 2 takes from James Welsh

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"When I use this pink collagen cream, I was meant to be going to an event. I did go. I wore a lot of makeup, but my skin was hot. It was [...] raining, it was cold. Hydrolyzed collagen always seems to be a guaranteed for me [...] to flare up my rosacea. When it does flare up, my rosacea flares up to the point where it burns and is almost painful. I can guarantee you hydrolyzed nano collagen hyaluronic acid is on that ingredient list. It's the only consistent thing. [...] I'm so disappointed. I didn't like these products."

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"This pretty viral Medicube Collagen Jelly Cream ruined my skin for about a week. Immediately after use my skin looked incredible, glowy and well hydrated, but two hours later it had reacted badly. I am not totally sure what happened, but one of its selling points is freeze dried hydrolyzed collagen, broken down small so it penetrates deeper, and I think my skin has a problem with ultra low molecular weight ingredients. It has some fragrance in it, but my skin does not normally react to fragrance, so I suspect the collagen or that unique fragrance mixture irritated my rosacea."

Dr Dray

2.68M subs

✕Nay

"It's sticky and tacky. I didn't really find it to be amazing as far as a moisturizer. [...] I didn't see a noticeable difference using the collagen jelly with or without the device. The texture may appeal to people, but I have reservations about this product for a few reasons. There's fragrance in it, and fragrance is a common allergen in skincare products and it can be irritating. Using this and then trying to drive those fragrance ingredients further into the skin with an electroporation device, I have reservations about."

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

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 Medicube Collagen Jelly Cream?

A gel-cream moisturizer formulated with hydrolyzed collagen and hyaluronic acid, designed to hydrate and plump the skin.

Is Medicube Collagen Jelly Cream worth it?

Mostly no. Only 1 of the 5 gurus who reviewed it approve, which leaves it a Guru Score of 50%.

What is Medicube Collagen Jelly Cream's Guru Score?

Medicube Collagen Jelly Cream holds a Guru Score of 50%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 5 expert reviewers we have collected.