Shiseido

Vital Perfection Uplifting and Firming Advanced Cream.

Name: Shiseido Vital Perfection Uplifting and Firming Advanced Cream
Brand: Shiseido

Moisturizers

About this product

A lightweight yet nourishing night and day moisturizer with a silky, pillowy texture, formulated with plant-derived ingredients including safflower red and ginseng to help firm, lift, and even skin tone.

Full ingredients

Water(Aqua/Eau), Butylene Glycol, Glycerin, Dimethicone, Alcohol, PPG-3 Dipivalate, Glyceryl Stearate SE, Pentaerythrityl Tetraethylhexanoate, Cetearyl Alcohol, Hydrogenated Polydecene, Myristyl Myristate, PEG-100 Stearate, Silica, Bis-Diglyceryl Polyacyladipate-2, Potassium Methoxysalicylate, Maltitol, Tocopheryl Acetate, PEG/PPG-14/7 Dimethyl Ether, PEG/PPG-17/4 Dimethyl Ether, Rosa Damascena Flower Water, Caffeine, Lavandula Angustifolia (Lavender) Oil, Phytosteryl/Octyldodecyl Lauroyl Glutamate, Angelica Keiskei Leaf/Stem Extract, Crataegus Monogyna Flower Extract, Lamium Album Flower/Leaf/Stem Extract, Panax Ginseng Root Extract, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, Inositol, Carthamus Tinctorius (Safflower) Flower Extract, Ziziphus Jujuba Fruit Extract, Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Extract (Rosmarinus Officinalis Leaf Extract), Bupleurum Falcatum Root Extract, Behenyl Alcohol, Sodium Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer, Stearyl Alcohol, Polyvinyl Alcohol, Isohexadecane, Polysorbate 80, Sorbitan Tristearate

Guru Score

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What they liked

Absorbs into a thin layer without heaviness
Non-comedogenic and suitable for acne-prone skin
Subtle rose scent that does not linger

What they flagged

Nothing. None of the experts who reviewed it raised a problem.

What the gurus are saying

A silky, lightweight texture that feels luxurious but never heavy or greasy earns consistent praise, and the cream layers seamlessly under sunscreen or works beautifully at night without suffocating the skin. The formula's slip makes it easy to massage upward strokes into the skin, which may help with absorption and a lifted appearance, and those with acne-prone or sensitive skin appreciate that it is non-comedogenic. Plant-derived actives like safflower red and ginseng are noted to help reduce fine lines and even skin tone.

Synthesized from 2 expert reviews · most recent take September 2026

Best for

Mature skin

Type

MoisturizersCream

Key actives

Vitamin E

Formula notes

Fragrance-freeContains drying alcohol

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What the gurus are saying.

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Gothamista

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✓Yay

"It is my personal favorite Shiseido moisturizer, their most popular formula. It is so elegant, it feels so good on the skin, it makes the skin look so good. Again, it appears richer than it feels, super silky. It also has a nice glidy slip, which makes it really good for just a little bit of facial massage when you're applying it. To me, this acts like a rich cream, but it doesn't feel like one. I can easily use this cream in the summer as well. There's a lightness about it, a lightness that kind of makes my skin feel just a little tighter. I can't overstate how beautifully this applies. This truly has such a refined and luxurious texture. Usually after a Shiseido routine, I don't even need makeup. I can just walk out like this, and I feel like my skin looks great."

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"This is one of their bestselling moisturizers, and I can really see why. I find it to be actually very lightweight and silky. I actually used this through the summer and I felt it to be so comforting. I love applying this with upward strokes every time I use it, which I think does make a difference to helping everything look more lifted. It's the kind of moisturizer that not just feels so good when you're applying it on your skin, but actually makes the skin look good."

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"I have to say I do love the Shiseido moisturizers. I've tried a few of them and I actually was recommended the Vital Perfection Uplifting and Firming Advanced Cream. [...] Using this reminds me how next level luxury Japanese moisturizers are just in terms of their texture and the whole experience of it all. This has a dense but lightest silk texture, but also it's got this intensity. It glides on my skin in a thin layer no matter how much I use. I only need a little bit. I love the subtle rose scent it has to it. Doesn't linger. My tip is apply this using upward strokes because I personally think that it makes a difference. My skin kind of stays lifted. This contains their proprietary forms MSK which is a melanin blocker and really helps with evening out the skin tone. Also contains their patented safflower red which is a medicinal plant as well as ginseng which you know I love. This has been shown to really reduce the appearance of fine lines, wrinkles, a brighter skin tone and even a tighter firmer appearance."

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"For moisturizer, my favorite has to be the Shiseido Vital Perfection Uplifting and Firming Advanced Cream. This is texture perfection. It seems quite dense and creamy, but when you apply it, it just turns into a really silky, elegant, refined cream. It doesn't sit heavily on the skin. In fact, it almost just smooths out into a very, very thin layer. It just feels weightless, yet at the same time it is moisturizing. I also love that it gives a little bit of tightness, which is very welcome. When I apply this, I use upward strokes until it completely sinks in, I feel that really helps, and wherever I can I am incorporating some massage. This feels so light for how moisturizing it is, so it's something I even use during the summer. This really targets the different signs of aging: fine lines, wrinkles, firmness, sagging, uneven skin tone. And the key ingredient in here, the safflower red, only exists in Japan."

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"This is my personal favorite Shiseido moisturizer, their most popular formula, the Vital Perfection Uplifting and Firming Advanced Cream. It is so elegant. It feels so good on the skin. It makes the skin look so good. It appears richer than it feels. It's super silky with a nice glidy slip, which makes it really good for just a little bit of facial massage when you're applying it. To me, this acts like a rich cream, but it doesn't feel like one. I can easily use this cream in the summer as well. There's a lightness about it that kind of makes my skin feel just a little tighter. I can't overstate how beautifully this applies. This truly has such a refined and luxurious texture. Usually after a Shiseido routine, I don't even need makeup. I can just walk out like this, and I feel like my skin looks great."

Dr. Jenny Liu

322k subs

✓Yay

"It is really the ideal type for my skin in this sense. [...] It's rich and nourishing. It's kind of this pillowy soft texture that's silky smooth, but it's not greasy, heavy, or occlusive. It doesn't make your face feel like it's suffocating. In fact, it's also non-comedogenic. So great even if you're a little bit more hormonally or acne prone, which sometimes we can get with changes in hormone with age as well. [...] It's just perfect for nighttime use to help support our barrier when we sleep, but also light enough during the day and layers nicely under sunscreen. I also love that this moisturizer has a little bit of slip. So as you're applying, you can do a little bit of relaxing massage to not only support and lift, but also improve its absorption. The formulation [...] combines traditional east medicine from the west and the science from the west. It utilizes a lot of plant derived ingredients that have strong history in Asia including safflower red which is a trademark ingredient from Japan grown exclusively in Japan to help lift, firm and make your skin tone more even."