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Pacifica Future Youth Daily Turnaround Hydrating Moisturizer.

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About this product

A daily hydrating moisturizer from Pacifica designed to soften and nourish skin with a creamy formula.

Full ingredients

Avobenzone (3.0%), Homosalate (15.0%), Octisalate (5.0%), Octocrylene (10.0%), Aqua, Butyloctyl Salicylate, Coconut Alkanes, Glycerin, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Glyceryl Stearate, Glyceryl Stearate Citrate, Sodium Stearoyl Glutamate, Oryza Sativa (Rice) Starch, Polyglyceryl-4 Isostearate, Camellia Japonica Seed Oil, Potassium Sorbate, Acetic Acid, Biosaccharide Gum-1, Hydrolyzed Jojoba Esters, Lysolecithin, Sclerotium Gum, Coco-Caprylate/Caprate, Pullulan, Xanthan Gum, Fragaria Ananassa (Strawberry) Seed Oil, Niacinamide, Tocopherol, Saccharomyces/Xylinum/Black Tea Ferment, Oryza Sativa (Rice) Extract, Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filtrate, Palmitoyl Tripeptide-5, Passiflora Incarnata Flower Extract, Vanilla Planifolia Fruit Extract, Acetyl Hexapeptide-8, SH-Polypeptide-50, Caprooyl Tetrapeptide-3, Trifluoroacetyl Tripeptide-2, Daucus Carota Sativa (Carrot) Seed Oil, Saccharomyces/Malpighia Glabra (Acerola) Fruit Ferment Filtrate

Guru Score

63%

Mixed

3 experts · Moderate agreement

3Gurus

1Yay

1Mixed

1Nay

What they liked

Affordable for the category
Thick, creamy texture

What they flagged

Stings when layered with sunscreen

What the gurus are saying

This budget moisturizer earns praise for delivering decent hydration at a low price, but the thick, creamy texture divides reviewers. Some find it too heavy when layered under sunscreen and report stinging on sensitive areas, while others appreciate the affordable entry point to quality skincare. Best suited for those with dry skin who apply it as a standalone moisturizer rather than under other products.

Synthesized from 3 expert reviews · most recent take May 2024

Type

MoisturizersCream

Key actives

NiacinamideVitamin EPeptidesSPF

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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Skin Obsessed Mary

33k subs

~Mixed

"I hate that. Of course you could choose to not apply it to the eye area, but for me it's such an automatic thing that I won't remember. It is a good price at $26 for 50ml. I'm giving it a 7 out of 10, and it would be much higher if I didn't have that stinging thing because I like to apply sunscreen to here and to here, and there are some that are fine here, but as soon as you get anywhere near the eyelid or if you get it too close underneath the eye it causes problems."

James Welsh

1.58M subs

~Nay

"The moisturizer was thick and creamy, not that it's a bad thing, but it felt like I was just using the same product one after the other. I have combination oily hair and I like to layer up my skincare knowing that I'm starting with really nice light layers and finishing on a slightly thicker layer. When every single step of my routine is thick and creamy, it's just not for me. And honestly, even if I liked those products, the results just were fine, they were just okay."

Cassandra Bankson

2.45M subs

~Yay

"Pacifica Beauty has a great ten-dollar moisturizer with little purple butterflies on it in a glass package, which shows you can get good moisturizers at inexpensive prices."

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

Sunscreen filters

Sun protection is the best evidenced way to slow visible ageing, and the filters are what does the work. Mineral and chemical filters both protect when a product is applied thickly enough and often enough, which is where most people fall short rather than on the choice of filter.

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 Pacifica Future Youth Daily Turnaround Hydrating Moisturizer?

A daily hydrating moisturizer from Pacifica designed to soften and nourish skin with a creamy formula.

Is Pacifica Future Youth Daily Turnaround Hydrating Moisturizer worth it?

The gurus mostly approve it, but with enough reservations to keep it in the middle at a Guru Score of 63%.

What is Pacifica Future Youth Daily Turnaround Hydrating Moisturizer's Guru Score?

Pacifica Future Youth Daily Turnaround Hydrating Moisturizer holds a Guru Score of 63%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 3 expert reviewers we have collected.