Hey everyone!
I just finished the very last bit of this product last week and decided to do a quick review on it :)
Clinique's Dramatically Moisturizing Lotion
$24.50
Overview: Initially, I had purchased this product because I've used it back in the day in high school and loved it! It was moisturizing and kept my skin super soft. However, since high school my skin has changed and has been more oily and acne prone. As a result, this product has not worked as wonderfully as it has in the past.
Here's a little background about this particular product. I went to
Ulta to pick up some makeup because I wanted to try out something new and at the time I had some acne :(
booo!! The worker there had helped me match my skin to see which shade was best for me and noticed that I had some acne so she asked me what moisturizer I was using. I proceeded on telling her that I was using the
Clinique's Dramatically Different Moisturizing Lotion and she completely freaked out! Turns out that she used to work for
Clinique and apparently the 3 Step System that
Clinique has is one of the worst products that they offer and the worst product that I can use. She didn't comment on the cleanser but she did comment on the toner and moisturizer.
Toner Comment: The toner is apparently nothing but alcohol which doesn't really do anything but dry up your skin.
Moisturizer Comment: Is filled with oils which is horrible for acne prone skin because it will only clog up your pores and contribute to more acne. She had also mentioned that it has the same ingredients as
Jergen's Body Lotion, yikes! To be honest I didn't research the ingredients and compared them but it totally freaked me out. As she had advised, stop using it immediately ... and I totally did!
As a result she recommended me another product which I have started using but I'll save that for another post when I have finished using it :)
Back to the review! As soon as I stopped using the Dramatically Different Moisturizing Lotion my acne had started to reside. I was amazed! I suppose I didn't really think about my moisturizer contributing to my acne. The reason why is because the lotion didn't make me break out more but it didn't help with minimizing my acne. Also, I was trying to finish up the product so I didn't really think much of it. Since I don't like wasting products what I ended up doing is using it on my neck instead of my face and have officially completely finished the product!
Yay!
Pros: Definitely moisturizing, product is affordable.
Cons: Does not help with existing acne.
Verdict/Recommendation: I would definitely not repurchase this product just because it didn't help with my acne and of course because I'm a bit
traumatized by the
Ulta workers comment about it having the same ingredients as
Jergen's body lotion, funny thing is that I'm actually currently using the
Jergen's Body Lotion
LOL, what are the odds of that!
I'm not sure if there are any difference with the gel form of this product but I'm not sure if I would try it out. Maybe sometime in the future?
Welps, please feel free to let me know if you have any recommendations or even products that I should try! :)
More to come!