
About this product
A body lotion by Rare Beauty designed to hydrate skin, sold in 5 fluid ounce bottles for $28.
Full ingredients
Water/Aqua/Eau, Glycerin, Butylene Glycol, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Hydrogenated Polydecene, Niacinamide, 1,2-Hexanediol, Fragrance/Parfum, Macadamia Integrifolia Seed Oil, Behenyl Alcohol, Prunus Persica (Peach) Flower Extract, Sodium Benzoate, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Polyglyceryl-3 Methylglucose Distearate, Cetyl Alcohol, Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer, Polymethylsilsesquioxane, Vinyl Dimethicone, Glyceryl Stearate, Caprylyl Glycol, Chlorella Vulgaris Extract, Glucose, Fructooligosaccharides, Fructose, Xanthan Gum, Citric Acid, Tromethamine, Ethylhexylglycerin, Sodium Citrate, Sodium Phytate, Beta-Glucan, Sodium Hyaluronate, Withania Somnifera Root Extract, Hydroxypropyltrimonium Hyaluronate, Tocopherol, Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid, Sodium Acetylated Hyaluronate
Guru Score
Mixed
Early verdict · Few reviews so farWhat they liked
What they flagged
Nothing. None of the experts who reviewed it raised a problem.
What the gurus are saying
Getting this lotion out of its packaging is unexpectedly difficult, with the dispenser design making it genuinely painful to access the product inside. The scent also disappointed, reading more like a cleaning product than a fragrance, and between these two issues the lotion simply doesn't stand out among all the other hydrating options available at a similar price point.
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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
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.
A body lotion by Rare Beauty designed to hydrate skin, sold in 5 fluid ounce bottles for $28.
The gurus mostly approve it, but with enough reservations to keep it in the middle at a Guru Score of 63%.
Rare Beauty Body Lotion holds a Guru Score of 63%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 2 expert reviewers we have collected.
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