Beauty Without Cruelty Vitamin C Renewal Cream with CoQ10 – Premium Aromatherapy Face Cream, Vegan-Friendly & Cruelty-Free, 2 Oz

Good Cream
I really like this product and plan to continue using it. The ingredients are great and I love the fact that it has added CoQ10, rosehip, flaxseed oil, and calendula. For half a year, I had to use less expensive skin care products and cut down on the items I used due to financial cutbacks. This eventually took a toll on my 33-year-old skin, causing it to become drier and with larger pores, saggier, and wrinkles to form. After trying countless other creams within the same price range, including Burt’s Bees, I decided to try this and those problems are slowly but surely fading after several months of use. That’s without the use of my usual serums/oils and other products that have worked so well. I also have really enjoyed using products that have fewer chemicals and more beneficial, natural ingredients, as it seems to be improving my skin long-term–though it did take some getting used to.Is it an all-in-one miracle cream? Not really, or at least not by itself and not with immediate results, but the fact that it has good ingredients, is inexpensive, lasts a long time, and does its job has me continuing to use it. I also enjoy the fact that I feel like I’m not only keeping my skin moisturized, but also nourished and with fewer chemicals involved (it is not all-natural, unfortunately, but bears a low level of toxicity). I do believe in switching products up in order to benefit from other ingredients, but this is the one I turn to the most.This is a really thick, moisturizing cream, but it’s not sticky, it absorbs well into the skin, and you don’t need a lot, which means it’ll last a while. I just dab a few small dots along my forehead, cheeks, chin and nose. It’s made my skin much more supple and less saggy, pores are smaller, and any forming lines are less noticeable and continue to improve. The paperiness that tends to form around my eyes (no wrinkles yet) is more supple as well, which is something I’ve always struggled with. It does, however, have a tendency to make my combination-dry skin oily at night and by the time I wake up in the morning, but it’s not horrible and usually depends on the weather. If I feel that might happen, I’ll switch it up with Mychelle Grapefruit cream or the Maximum Moisture Cream by BWC.Although I am sensitive to smells and perfumes, the light fragrance isn’t hard to handle, unlike the Maximum Moisturizing Cream that has a heavy floral scent (I like that cream and use it occasionally, it’s just overly scented and a little heavier). Whatever scent is there eventually fades in a few minutes, and it’s not half as smelly as Burt’s or similar, lacking that herbaceous smell some products have–it smells more citrus mixed with a hint of floral to me. It also hasn’t caused problems with acne, short of the hormonal issues I get once a month. During those times, I use the Mychelle Grapefruit Cream, which works great for that, and may top it off with this cream once the other product sets in. I also try to wear sunscreen over this moisturizer when I go outside for prolonged period of time, generally due to the vitamin C.I definitely recommend it to those who like products that are more natural, nourishing, and that won’t break the bank, especially if they have mature, dry, or combination-dry skin. Even though I plan to repurchase some of the serums I used before, just for added benefit, I will continue to use this as my staple moisturizer. I also plan to get the body lotion version since this has worked so well on my face, and eventually plan to use collagen and CoQ10 supplements.If you’re brand new to using mostly-natural items (like Burts and BWC), but rather are used to lotions like Oil of Olay, you may be in for a bit of a shock due to the thickness and it can take some getting used to. With products like this, you don’t need a lot–too much and you will go into grease bomb mode. Start off with a very, very small amount and add more later if you need it. I do a dot on each quadrant. I also love their leave-in conditioner for my Hermione Granger type hair, though that does have kind of an herbaceous smell that fades. :)The full, current ingredients are: Purified Water, Aloe Barbadensis (Aloe Vera) Leaf Juice (organic), Glycerin, Magnesium Ascorbyl Phosphate, Polysorbate 60, Cetearyl Alcohol, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil (organic), Stearic Acid, Glyceryl Monolaurate, Ethyl Hexyl Palmitate, Linum Usitatissimum Oil (Flax seed) (organic), Rosa Canina (Rose Hip) Oil (organic), Anthemis Nobilis (Chamomile) Extract (organic), Calendula Officinalis (Calendula) Extract (organic), Cucumis Sativus (Cucumber) Extract (organic), Camellia Sinensis (Green Tea) Leaf Extract, Theobroma Cacao (Cocoa) Seed Butter (organic), Citrus Aurantium (Neroli) Oil (organic), Citrus Aurantium (Sweet Orange) Oil (organic), Cananga Odorata (Ylang Ylang) Flower Essential Oil, Lavandula Hybrida (Lavandin) Oil (organic), Anthemis Nobilis (Chamomile) Oil (organic), Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Prunus Dulcis (Sweet Almond) Oil, Calophyllum Inophyllum (tamanu) Oil, Squalane (Vegetable source), Coenzyme Q10, Tocopherols, Panthenol, Tocopherol Acetate, Hydrolyzed Soy Protein, Soy Lecithin, Allantoin, Glyceryl Stearate, Dimethicone, Phenoxyethanol, ethyl hexyl glycerin, Benzyl Alcohol

Actually moisturizes
This creme works wonders. I just wanted to add a Vitamin C creme because Dr Oz mentioned it. I already use Roc and was not looking for a replacement. For winter I thought I might wear a vitamin C creme under my regular moisturizer, but since Roc has retinol and one reviewer said do not use C and retinol together I decided to wear the Vitamin C by itself overnight. Instantly my face felt the difference. Upon application my face felt the moisture. Kind of like a nice drink of water does instantly after your body has gone without. This happens every time it’s applied. Now I wear it during the day not just over night. My skin is smoother, softer, and brighter without glare. I might be having a hard time admitting this little creme maybe better than my Roc. Will definitely order again.

Blown Away!
I really had no great expectations when purchasing this cream. I’ve had very dry skin all my life. And while I have used many different moisturizers and lotions, NOTHING has worked like BWC! I’ve used moisturizers that left a greasy film, that would leave my face feeling dry like 2hrs later or less, and that have even made my face still feel tight and dry regardless. So imagine my surprise when this product came along. Have to admit I was a bit taken aback by how small the container was upon opening the package. However, as soon as I put this cream on my skin…just WOW!!! It’s thick(but doesn’t feel heavy), it smells nice(but not overpowering), you don’t have to use much(despite size made it well worth the price), and most of all it left my skin feeling hydrated for the entire day! That was what really sold me and caused me to order more. I would go through my facial routine at 6am and by the time I returned home in the evening at 8pm my face still felt hydrated and soft to the touch. This really is the only moisturizer I will ever need! My sister whom has very different skin, oily, has used it and has been singing its praises as well. So much so I had to buy her her own to stop her from using mine! lol It leaves her face feeling clean and not oily or shiny by the end of the days as usually happens to her.Cannot say enough good things about this product! Anyone with dry(or oily) skin should give this a try. I promise you will not regret it!