A ceramide-enriched serum or concentrate designed to strengthen the skin barrier with ceramides, peptides, beetroot, oat beta-glucan, and avocado oil.
Guru Score
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Under the score you'll see how many experts weighed in, or "Early verdict" while only a few have. Paid takes count for half in the score.
Guru Certified means at least 6 experts, a score of 85% or more, and almost no Nays.
How we score →Yay
3 experts · Moderate agreementWhat the gurus are saying
This concentrate earns repeated repurchases for its ability to keep people coming back. Gurus praise it as a genuinely loved product, with one noting she has bought it multiple times and eventually moved from minis to the full size because she could not stop using it. The formula combines ceramides, peptides, beetroot, oat beta-glucan, and avocado oil to support the skin barrier.
What they liked
What they flagged
Nothing. None of the experts who reviewed it raised a problem.
The concerns the experts tie this product to, in their own words. Paid and founder takes don't count.
“I think it's very soothing and appropriate for cold weather.”
Kelly Driscoll, watch at 15:06
“It's great for barrier care and well-aging.”
Kelly Driscoll, watch at 16:10
“They're also using a whole host of peptides that, for the most part, focus on collagen stimulation, targeting fine lines and wrinkles and firming the skin.”
Kelly Driscoll, watch at 16:10
“They're also using a whole host of peptides that, for the most part, focus on collagen stimulation, targeting fine lines and wrinkles and firming the skin.”
Kelly Driscoll, watch at 16:10
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.
A ceramide-enriched serum or concentrate designed to strengthen the skin barrier with ceramides, peptides, beetroot, oat beta-glucan, and avocado oil.
Yes. All 3 gurus who reviewed it give it their stamp of approval, for a Guru Score of 85%.
R&W Ceramide Concentrate Plus holds a Guru Score of 85%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 3 expert reviewers we have collected.
In their reviews, experts say R&W Ceramide Concentrate Plus is good for irritated or reactive skin (2 experts), skin barrier support (2 experts), fine lines and wrinkles (1 expert) and loss of firmness (1 expert).
2 experts who reviewed R&W Ceramide Concentrate Plus say it is. Kelly Driscoll put it this way: “I think it's very soothing and appropriate for cold weather.”
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