A niacinamide moisturizer for your morning routine
Meet Revitalizing Day Cream: a light gel-cream for the step between cleansing and sunscreen.
Moisturizer, sunscreen, a little makeup. It sounds simple, until the layers feel heavier than you’d like. If you have oily skin, you may want a lighter cream without giving up the moisturizing step altogether.
Our Revitalizing Day Cream has a light gel-cream texture and contains niacinamide, squalane, glycerin and hydrolyzed hyaluronic acid. It goes on before sunscreen, with makeup afterwards if you wear it. Here’s a closer look at the formula and where it fits into the morning.
Revitalizing Day Cream
Our morning gel-cream brings niacinamide, squalane, glycerin and hydrolyzed hyaluronic acid into one moisturizer. Apply before sunscreen and makeup.
- Light gel-cream
- With niacinamide
- Morning moisturizer
When a rich cream feels like too much
The cream you enjoy at bedtime may feel different under a full face of makeup. In the morning, you’re wearing several products together, sometimes before a commute or a busy day outside. Texture matters.
A gel-cream is worth a look if you prefer a lighter texture to a rich cream. Our day cream is designed for that daytime step. You can keep the sunscreen and makeup you already like; replacing your moisturizer doesn’t mean replacing your entire routine.
What’s in our day cream?
You’ll find niacinamide alongside squalane, glycerin and hydrolyzed hyaluronic acid in Revitalizing Day Cream. The formula also contains fragrance. If you avoid fragrance in skincare, that’s a reason to choose another moisturizer.
The formula at a glance
Detail |
Revitalizing Day Cream |
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Texture |
Light gel-cream |
Selected ingredients |
Niacinamide, squalane, glycerin and hydrolyzed hyaluronic acid |
When to use it |
In the morning, before sunscreen and makeup |
Fragrance |
Included; this is not a fragrance-free formula |
Oily skin still needs moisturizer
It can be tempting to leave out moisturizer when your face already looks shiny. The American Academy of Dermatology recommends moisturizing after cleansing even when skin is oily. The aim is to find a formula that suits your skin, rather than assuming shine means you can skip this step.
If you’re looking for a niacinamide moisturizer for oily skin, look at the whole formula as well as the ingredient in the headline. Texture, fragrance and the other products you wear all affect whether you’ll enjoy using it. Niacinamide alone cannot tell you how a cream will feel on your face.
Where it goes in the morning
Keep the order straightforward.
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Cleanse
Start with your usual cleansing step. You don’t need a new cleanser simply because you’re changing your moisturizer.
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Apply the day cream
Use the amount and application method on the pack. If you use a serum, follow its directions for applying it before moisturizer.
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Follow with sunscreen
Apply your chosen sunscreen as directed, then makeup if you want it. The day cream is your moisturizer; keep sun protection as its own step.
Do you need a niacinamide serum as well?
Not just to include niacinamide in your routine. It’s already in this cream. If you enjoy a separate serum, you can decide whether to keep it based on its full formula and directions. There’s no need to buy another bottle just because the same ingredient appears in both.
Looking at a serum for a different reason? Our face serum guide explains its ingredients and how it sits before moisturizer.
How does it feel with the products you already wear?
Try to judge your morning routine as you actually wear it. A cream on its own and a cream under sunscreen and foundation are different experiences. If you dislike how the layers feel together, notice when that changes rather than swapping every product at once.
Three everyday routines
What you’re wearing |
The order |
|---|---|
Sunscreen, no makeup |
Cleanse → day cream → sunscreen |
Sunscreen and makeup |
Cleanse → day cream → sunscreen → makeup |
A serum too |
Cleanse → serum as directed → day cream → sunscreen |
A few things you might be wondering
No. It contains fragrance. The full ingredient list is on the product page and pack.
It is designed for morning use beneath sunscreen and makeup. How the finished layers feel will depend on the other products you use too.
No. Keep a separate sunscreen in your morning routine and follow its directions.
No. You can use the day cream as your moisturizing step without adding a serum.
We don’t promise an all-day matte finish. This is a light gel-cream moisturizer, and its finish will depend on your skin and the products layered with it.
If a light gel-cream sounds more like your kind of morning moisturizer, take a look at Revitalizing Day Cream. You’ll find the full formula, available sizes and current price there.
