Philosophy Hope in a Jar Moisturizer

What it is: “therapeutic moisturizer for all skin types. Contains the ester of lactic acid for exfoliation to help promote smooth, healthy skin. Contains beta-glucan to help give your skin a healthy, rosy glow. High performance moisturizer with antioxidants to help reduce environmental damage. Results may be seen and felt within days.”

What I think: you know that medicine that you take when you’re really sick that tastes terrible and those raw vegetables that you pretend taste good but really you want to gag? This moisturizer is a little bit like that with one primary thing in common with that gross vegetable and cough medicine- it works! This stuff smells awful. It smells like mold in your grandmother’s attic but man does it moisturize your skin. It’s not intensive, it’s not going to repair damage, it doesn’t have SPF (they do make one with SPF 20) and it’s not thick enough to be a great night cream but for an everyday non-spf cream, it’s wonderful.