
About this product
A moisturizing cream from Urban Skin Rx, designed to help fade the look of skin discoloration.
Full ingredients
Water, Cysteine Hcl, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Polyacrylate-13, Cetearyl Phosphate, Squalane, Polyisobutene, Niacinamide, Phenoxyethanol, Polysorbate 20, Sodium Hydroxide, Sorbitan Isostearate, Disodium EDTA, Ethylhexylglycerin, Tocopheryl Acetate, Isosqualane, Sodium PCA, C30 Hydrocarbons
Guru Score
Yay
4 experts · Moderate agreementWhat they liked
What they flagged
What the gurus are saying
Brightening is where the takes cool off: the cream didn't show much benefit there, though nothing harmful came up either. Its short ingredient list earned praise, and it has to go on before cleansing, so people may want to follow that order. The one thing to keep in mind: some gurus spoke warmly about the brand's other products, which is a separate matter from this cream.
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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 moisturizing cream from Urban Skin Rx, designed to help fade the look of skin discoloration.
Mostly yes. 2 of the 4 gurus who reviewed it give it their stamp of approval, for a Guru Score of 75%.
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