Review: The Ordinary Natural Moisturizing Factors + HA 30ml

Hello beauties!

Today I’ll be reviewing this moisturiser from The Ordinary. The Ordinary has been so heavily raved about in 2017 so I was keen to see the hype in their products. I received this for my birthday last year, and it was one of the first TO products I’ve tried.

Stockists:

• Adorebeauty
• Asos
• Beautybay
• Beautylish
• Myer
• Priceline
• RY
• The Ordinary

Description:

“Natural Moisturising Factors + HA With Amino Acids, Dermal Lipids and Hyaluronic Acid”

The outside packaging

Ingredients:

Aqua (Water), Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Cetyl Alcohol, Propanediol, Stearyl Alcohol, Glycerin, Sodium Hyaluronate, Arginine, Aspartic Acid, Glycine, Alanine, Serine, Valine, Isoleucine, Proline, Threonine, Histidine, Phenylalanine, Glucose, Maltose, Fructose, Trehalose, Sodium PCA, PCA, Sodium Lactate, Urea, Allantoin, Linoleic Acid, Oleic Acid, Phytosteryl Canola Glycerides, Palmitic Acid, Stearic Acid, Lecithin, Triolein, Tocopherol, Carbomer, Isoceteth-20, Polysorbate 60, Sodium Chloride, Citric Acid, Trisodium Ethylenediamine Disuccinate, Pentylene Glycol, Triethanolamine, Sodium Hydroxide, Phenoxyethanol, Chlorphenesin

The packaging of the tube inside

Directions:

“Apply after serums as needed for effective surface hydration.”

First Impressions:

• Packaging

I really liked the packaging. The box is a very simple design and isn’t bombarded with information.

The tube itself is very nice and simple in design.

• Size

It’s quite small – 30ml. It’s not even the size of my whole hand!

• Bit hard to dispense

Because of how the tube was designed, I found that it was hard to dispense the product out evenly.

• Thick

It is very thick. This came as a bit of a shock to me because I’m use to light, gel-form moisturisers.

              Dispensed product                   Rubbed in product            Product once it’s absorbed

Overall:

I like the packaging, but I will have to fault it when it comes to dispensing the product out. It is a bit smaller than I imagined, but for the price it retails at, I can’t really say it’s unaffordable.

As I mentioned above and seen in the pictures above, it’s quite thick, and I’m not a fan of thick moisturisers. It absorbs nicely, but I found my skin to feel quite greasy after applying this.

I don’t use it on my face anymore, because I don’t like how it feels,  but I recommend it as a hand cream because it’s very moisturising. If you have dry skin, this might be suitable for you due to the hydration, but for me, I’ll have to give it a pass.

I wouldn’t purchase this in the future either.

Have any of you beauties tried this before? What were your thoughts?

With love,

Irene (icxbeauty)