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Tatcha · Skin · Moisturizers

Tatcha The Dewy Skin Cream

A plush cream with rice ferment, squalane and a silicone that leaves a dewy shine. The texture and the jar are most of what you pay for, and oily skin can look greasy within hours.

50 mlCreamRice ferment filtrateSqualaneHyaluronic acidScented
$74 MSRPAmazon price not shown
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Buy it if

  • You want the glow and the jar
  • Your skin is dry and you like a scent
  • You want a rich night cream that stays shiny

Walk past if

  • You break out easily; owners report it within days
  • You wear makeup over it; owners say it pills
  • Fragrance bothers you; parfum is on the list despite the maker's no-synthetic-fragrance line

What's in it

The ingredients that do the work, from the maker’s label.

Rice ferment filtrateSqualaneHyaluronic acidcontains alcohol

Sulfate-free →

Worth knowing: contains fragrance, contains alcohol.

Full ingredient list, from the maker

Aqua/water/eau, Saccharomyces/rice Ferment Filtrate, Glycerin, Propanediol, Dimethicone, Squalane, Diisostearyl Malate, Behenyl Alcohol, Myristyl Myristate, Dipentaerythrityl Hexahydroxystearate, Bis-diglyceryl Polyacyladipate-2, Tridecyl Trimellitate, Inositol, Sorbitan Tristearate, Beheneth-20, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, Cladosiphon Okamuranus Extract, Chondrus Crispus Extract, Betaphycus Gelatinum Extract, Oryza Sativa (Rice) Bran Extract, Panax Ginseng Root Extract, Origanum Majorana Leaf Extract, Thymus Serpyllum Extract, Malva Sylvestris (Mallow) Flower Extract, Sodium Hyaluronate, Gold, Sericin, Phytosteryl Macadamiate, Tocopherol, Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer, Sorbitan Isostearate, Polysorbate 60, Butylene Glycol, Dimethicone/vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer, Sodium Benzoate, Gluconolactone, Ethylhexylglycerin, Parfum/fragrance, Alcohol, Phenoxyethanol, Citral, Limonene, Linalool, Mica, Tin Oxide, Titanium Dioxide (Ci 77891), Violet 2 (Ci 60725)

Known issue

Owners report breakouts within days, pilling under makeup and a tacky, shiny film, and many object to the price increases.Sephora and MakeupAlley reviews

What owners say

Filled by the research pass: two or three owner reports from named venues, each linked, each with the date it was read.

If it's not right

CeraVe Moisturizing CreamNo maker list price for this sizeThree ceramides, cholesterol, hyaluronic acid and petrolatum in a thick cream for face and body. The plain standard for dry skin, developed with dermatologists according to the maker.The Ordinary Niacinamide 10% + Zinc 1%$6 MSRPTen percent niacinamide with zinc PCA in a water-based serum. Cheap enough to try, and sticky enough that owners complain about what it does under the next layer.

Sources

  1. Maker page: ingredient list, 50 ml Full Size list price, dermatologist tested statement, and a formulated-without line naming synthetic fragrances even though the list has parfum.
  2. Sephora reviews, 4.1 from about 4,350: breakouts within days, poor layering under makeup, refills that seem short, and price rises.
  3. MakeupAlley reviews, about 3.8 of 5 from 21: too heavy for daytime, a tacky and shiny film, pilling concealer, and complaints about price and fragrance. (read from a search excerpt)

Ingredient lists from the maker's label, not our measurements.