Despite being a beauty editor who waxes lyrical about the importance of application all day long, I hate wearing the stuff just as much as everyone else does. Most that I come across tend to have at least one identifiable fault. Most are too thick and greasy, while some don't deliver hydration.
A huge number I encounter leave a white cast, while other clear formulas have a tendency to pill under make-up. And while there are plenty of facial SPFs that I consider good enough to use every day, I haven't ever believed that the perfect formulas exists—not until I tried , anyway. This is what I consider to be the Goldilocks facial .
It's not too heavy or too light, it's moisturising but not greasy, it delivers ample hydration but doesn't clog the pores, it's not overly nor is it mattifying—it feels, truth be told, just like a really good luxury daily face lotion. It feels so much like a luxury face lotion, in fact, that I use it as such. Every morning, after cleansing, I simply swipe some toner over my face and slather on two-fingers-length worth of this stuff.
It delivers ample hydration for my slightly oily, skin type, however if you have drier skin, a hydrating serum underneath will be more than enough to keep your skin's moisture levels happy all day long. It doesn't have a particularly notable scent, besides a very subtle fresh, clean-smelling aroma, and I have never experienced a single hint of eye stinging from it, either. (Although, that's not to say you should actively.
