A lightweight gel-cream moisturizer built around deep sea water, designed to hydrate the skin and support its barrier without a heavy or greasy feel.
Sea Water (60%), Dipropylene Glycol, Glycerin, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Sodium Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer, Isohexadecane, Polysorbate 80, Sorbitan Oleate, Niacinamide, Phenyl Trimethicone, Cetyl Ethylhexanoate, Cetearyl Alcohol, Water, 1,2-Hexanediol, Butylene Glycol, Sodium Hyaluronate, Panthenol, Ecklonia Cava Extract, Laminaria Japonica Extract, Caulerpa Lentillifera Extract, Salicornia Herbacea Extract, Allantoin, Macadamia Ternifolia Seed Oil, Adenosine, Sorbitan Stearate, Glyceryl Stearate, Carbomer, Arginine, Caprylyl Glycol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Disodium EDTA
Guru Score
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How we score →Yay
16 experts · Strong agreementWhat the gurus are saying
A gel cream that plumps without the stickiness is what keeps coming up, and it's light enough to sit under sunscreen in the morning. Reviewers also like that it's fragrance free and soothing for oily or reactive skin, thanks to oats, panthenol and centella. The one gripe is the packaging, which would be more hygienic with an airless pump.
What they liked
What they flagged
The concerns the experts tie this product to, in their own words. Paid and founder takes don't count.
“This has centella which is great for soothing irritated skin.”
Lab Muffin Beauty Science, watch at 19:02
“but this is amazing for skin support and for barrier support.”
Cassandra Bankson, watch at 19:52
“The original was more about hydration, skin barrier support, that healthy plump glowy dewy finish as well as helping pores look more refined with a gentle daily exfoliation using PHA.”
James Welsh, watch at 24:27
“For all my dehydrated mature skin gals, [...] if you don't have Essence in your life, you need to.”
Skin Obsessed Mary, watch at 18:28
Every take we've logged from this product's reviews across YouTube. Click any row to watch the moment they said it.
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
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 gel-cream moisturizer built around deep sea water, designed to hydrate the skin and support its barrier without a heavy or greasy feel.
Mostly yes. 15 of the 16 gurus who reviewed it give it their stamp of approval, for a Guru Score of 83%.
Purito Deep Sea Pure Water Cream holds a Guru Score of 83%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 16 expert reviewers we have collected. At least one expert has named it a Top Pick in its category.
Purito Deep Sea Pure Water Cream is generally suited to dry skin and sensitive skin.
In their reviews, experts say Purito Deep Sea Pure Water Cream is good for irritated or reactive skin (4 experts), skin barrier support (4 experts), clogged or visible pores (1 expert) and dehydrated skin (1 expert).
4 experts who reviewed Purito Deep Sea Pure Water Cream say it is. Lab Muffin Beauty Science put it this way: “This has centella which is great for soothing irritated skin.”
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