Vaseline Intensive Care Advanced Repair Lotion Review: A no-frills lotion for hands, body, and face

en.clix.vn22 March, 2023

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Vaseline intensive care advanced repair lotion review

I am in a long term relationship with Vaseline Intensive Care Advanced Repair Lotion. since i discovered it in high school i have used it almost every night before i go to sleep. When I am running low on this product, I always, always make sure to order more right away. Finding the right lotion for your needs is a lot like dating: there may be plenty of fish in the sea, but plenty of them are fake. I have tried many lotions throughout my life. my biggest problem with them is that they are often very greasy, making it extremely difficult to complete everyday activities, even something as simple as lifting a heavy mug. sometimes they are so thick they feel like cement on my hands (cough, vanicream, cough).

but if you have hand eczema or any type of condition that requires you to constantly care for your skin barrier, applying lotion is a necessity, not an option. i’d rather do with a greasy lotion than no lotion at all if i have to choose between the two. But after I discovered Vaseline Intensive Care Advanced Repair Lotion, I never looked back. Sure, I still try other lotions and creams from time to time, but I always keep a bottle of Vaseline Intensive Care Advanced Repair Lotion on my nightstand because it’s affordable, easy to find, and decently moisturizing for my skin.

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Vaseline Intensive Care Advanced Repair Lotion Review

Vaseline Intensive Care Advanced Repair Lotion Ingredients

Water, Glycerin, Stearic Acid, Isopropyl Palmitate, Glycol Stearate, Peg-100 Stearate, Mineral Oil, Dimethicone, Glyceryl Stearate, Petrolatum, Cetyl Alcohol, Phenoxyethanol, Acrylates/Acrylate Crosspolymer c10-30 alkyl, methylparaben, triethanolamine, propylparaben, amp stearamide, disodium edta, isopropyl myristate, cedrol

vaseline intensive care advanced repair lotion review

Vaseline Intensive Care Advanced Repair Lotion comes packaged in a standard plastic bottle, with a flip cap or pump, depending on the size you purchase. I like to buy the larger size because it comes in an easy to dispense pump and also tends to be cheaper than the smaller sizes. Whenever I travel, I dispense one pump of lotion into a travel-size container for each night or day I’m going to be out, and then I include a few extra pumps just in case. this tends to work quite well. I have even used this lotion as a face moisturizer in a pinch, although I don’t normally use it for this purpose when I am at home. it doesn’t irritate me and does a decent job of moisturizing my face.

That being said, it does contain mineral oil and petrolatum, so it will leave your hands feeling slightly greasy after application. however, i find the oily residue not too bad compared to other lotions, and it tends to feel much less oily after letting it dry/soak in for a few minutes. Dimethicone is also a good moisturizer and is classified by the FDA as a “skin protectant.” some lotions even list dimethicone as an active ingredient with the percentage included, although this particular lotion does not list it.

It doesn’t contain any added fragrance, and I couldn’t detect much of the smell of the normal ingredients at all. it smells vaguely of Vaseline petroleum jelly, if you’ve ever smelled a tub of that before.

I use this lotion mainly to moisturize my hands at night. It rubs in pretty well and has a nice creamy consistency that helps protect my hands from eczema breakouts. the label states that it contains “microdroplets” of Vaseline throughout the lotion base. this helps make it less oily than applying 100% Vaseline (Vaseline) so it’s suitable for everyday use, while still providing the amazing skin-protective benefits of Vaseline.

Vaseline Intensive Care Advanced Repair Lotion Review vs cerave moisturizing cream texture comparison. vaseline is on the left and cerave is on the right

this lotion is not rich enough for the days when my hands are very dry and chapped in winter. On those types of days, I usually layer this lotion on and then follow with something richer like cerave moisturizing cream, then seal everything in with a layer of Vaseline for good measure. then I put on some light cotton gloves to keep everything sealed. I find this 1-2-3 stroke helps my hands look and feel significantly better in the morning. In the image above, you can see that Vaseline (left) is more watery and less waxy than cerave moisturizer (right).