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Vanicream · Skin · Moisturizers

Vanicream Moisturizing Cream

A thick, plain cream built on petrolatum and sorbitol, with no fragrance or botanical extracts, dermatologist tested according to the maker. No ceramides and no glycerin, and some owners find it sticky.

16 ozCreamPetrolatumSorbitolFragrance-free
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Buy it if

  • You want a heavy cream with no fragrance or essential oils
  • You have dry, sensitive skin, the types the maker names
  • You want one big tub for face, hands and body

Walk past if

  • You want ceramides or any other active
  • You hate a tacky feel; owners call it sticky and hard to spread
  • You react to propylene glycol or sorbic acid; both are on the list

What's in it

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

PetrolatumSorbitol

Sulfate-free →Fragrance-free →

Not in it: fragrance, essential oils, drying alcohol, sulfates. Nothing on our flag list.

Full ingredient list, from the maker

water, petrolatum, sorbitol, cetearyl alcohol, propylene glycol, ceteareth-20, simethicone, glyceryl stearate, PEG-30 stearate, sorbic acid

Known issue

Owners call it sticky, heavy and hard to spread, and a minority report hives or flare-ups they tie to its preservative or glycol.MakeupAlley and Target 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, 16 oz size, fragrance and dermatologist tested statements. It shows no price.
  2. Target reviews, 16 oz pump of the same cream: did not rub in, legs left dry and rough, a propylene glycol complaint, and a pump that failed.
  3. MakeupAlley reviews, about 3.9 of 5 from 101: thick, sticky and hard to spread, with hives and a sorbic acid flare for a few reviewers (read from a search excerpt)

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