Centella Cream for Sensitive Skin Purito Centella Unscented Recovery Cream

I previously wrote a very enthusiastic review about this cream, stating that it helped me with terrible breakouts that nothing else could fix. However, it turned out that Celestoderm, a medical treatment that I applied before but washed off, actually helped me. So, I decided to give this cream another try. Overall, this cream is just decent. Due to my skin issues, I cannot fully determine how great or not this cream is, as my skin was in a poor condition.

I have dry and sensitive skin, and after using this cream, I experienced red patches and intense itching.

Great cream, perfect for problem skin.

Great composition, it softens well, but it caused subcutaneous pimples for me. I applied it on my décolleté area and lips, and after that, I was relatively satisfied.

This is a great basic cream for normal skin types. Currently, due to my treatment, my skin is extremely dry and irritated, so unfortunately, just using the cream with toner is not enough for this situation. Recently, I started using it together with the brand's oil, and this is a more effective way of moisturizing. Its main drawback is probably its lack of economy as the cream is so dense that it doesn't last long.

I purchased the travel version and I am very disappointed. Firstly, my skin starts to feel tingling, then it feels like a greenhouse effect on my face and the cream itself feels like a mask on my face. I don't know how it works for dry skin, but for combination and oily skin, it is very oily. It feels like I'm applying Vaseline and even after several hours, it doesn't absorb and leaves a shiny, greasy look, even though I don't apply anything else. It doesn't provide any moisturization at all.

Great cream: soothes, moisturizes, and brightens redness marks. However, the cucumber cream from Dr. Sante works just as well for me, and it's also lighter and refreshing, not to mention it costs much less. I don't regret getting the travel size.

The cream turned out to be not bad, it really quickly reduces skin redness and soothes it. However, it's worth applying just a little bit more on the face because then the skin shines with an oily sheen, so be careful. Makeup doesn't hold well afterwards. It's better to apply it gradually.

I really wanted to write a good review and waited until the last moment hoping that I would like the cream, but alas. It is written that it is for sensitive dry skin, and that's exactly what I have, and there are people with much more sensitive skin.

As for the positives: no fragrance.

Now, what personally didn't appeal to me. I want to start by saying that I am not a picky buyer, I don't intentionally look for negatives, they manifest themselves on their own.

When I apply the cream to my face, it is quite dense and gives me the feeling that my skin can't breathe, as if it's some kind of mask. I use less than a pea-sized amount of cream, literally on the tip of my finger, and spread it on my face. Then it gets even worse, after applying the cream, my face feels like it's sweating underneath and even in areas where I have dry patches, it creates a sauna-like effect, my skin starts sweating and drops of sweat appear directly on the skin (I never experienced this even with the oiliest creams).

The most unpleasant downside: the cream caused a reaction on my skin, not every time, but every other time my skin turned red (I have rough patches on my face), the spots turned bright red, started burning, it was a nightmare, probably a reaction to some ingredient, not even to centella, because I have used many different products with centella and everything was fine.

It is stated that the cream is for very sensitive facial skin, but how is it possible then that I had such a severe reaction to it? I understand that everything is individual, but I just want to emphasize once again that my skin is not the most sensitive and I have used hundreds of different creams, this reaction was the first time.

Of course, I will not buy this cream again, maybe I will try another product from this brand, but now with caution, as this could happen again...

If you have dry skin, moisturization may not be enough, but this cream is worth it. Even Cicaplast couldn't soothe the skin like this. A huge plus is that they removed the fragrances.