I bought this cream off amazon. skincare youtuber james welsh recommended it as an alternative to cerave (which is normally my go-to). for the price ($27.99 for 50 ml) it has lasted me about a month. currently, I have less than one quarter of the pot left. that&#39;s my main qualm. for the price and the amount, I&#39;d rather stick with the cerave PM. I get more bang, and I dont seem to need as much product in a single application (maybe because this is a cream and that one is a lotion and thus more watery).

I have a few active treatments I like to rotate that target specific skin concerns. this means I dont need a very fancy moisturizer. I am however missing the addition of niacinamide from the cerave PM. I feel like I saw better results with that product in a month than I have with COSRX (my hyperpigmentation was less visible). 

I&#39;m not sure if anyone else has noticed this, but I feel like every COSRX product I try just doesnt wow me. kind of a bummer but less $$ spent ;)

the moisture power enriched cream by COSRX is a nice all-around moisturizer. I have normal to dry sensitive&#47;reactive skin, and I can use this morning and night. it works well under most of my sunscreens (as long as I wait long enough for it to dry down), and it has a handful of occlusive and soothing ingredients like propolis, pantheon, glycerin, ceramide and hyleuronic acid (HA).

I wish this product was easier to find. I live in Vancouver, canada. I used to order it on amazon, but then the prices got all wonky. and the availability was unreliable. then I got it thru yesstyle. but when the pandemic hit, they jacked up their shipping costs. 

stylevana is the only place I can reliably order it from. never costs more than $30 CA. which is great. but it seems like it takes forever to get here.

THIS is my all-time #1 HG! I dont know why the hada labo UV white gel isnt talked about more in the skincare comm -- or even IRL. it applies like a moisturizer. it absorbs. no smell. I forget I&#39;m wearing it. NOT oily. NO white cast. 

I felt like trying something new this year so I did not re-order it. costly mistake. nothing - not the mermaid gel, the make p:rem blue ray sun fluid OR dr. G - could compare. 

I can put this UV white gel around my eyes all day long. and sweat! never once an itch or a sting. 

I didn&#39;t realize how good it was until I shopped around. now I&#39;m waiting for it to come in my stylevana order. and suffering the inadequacy of all these other hyped sunscreens.

I cant wear it outside in the sun because it&#39;s not a real lip product with SPF.

I use cerave bebe healing ointment on my lips (bebe version because I cant find the regular ointment at any drugstores in BC). it&#39;s affordable, fragrance free and thick like vaseline. one tube has lasted me at least a year and I&#39;m not quite halfway thru. my lips used to get SO dry that lipstick looked all cakey. now I dont wear lipstick, or lip balm. or a lip sleeping mask. only this. and my lips have never been so soft. if it had SPF, it would be perfect. but alas.

expensive - I spent close to $30 CA at london drugs). 
DRY texture and application - like paste on my skin, no slip, so you have to keep pumping for enough coverage.
irritating - made my eyes sting and my cheeks red.
pilling - this would start in the midst of the first application. and I tried it with many different and hydrating prepping products underneath. I exfoliated. I tried applying it directly to washed and bare skin. made no difference. I always ended up with white product peeling and pilling along my cheeks, jaw and nose. 
finally: retinol? why? why put retinol in a day cream?? 
maybe this works better for ppl with oily skin? idk.

I think I paid $16 (marked down) for it on stylevana. which is insane considering how mini it is (for reference: it is smaller than the smaller version of the biore aqua riche).

this mermaid gel stings around my eyes, even when I&#39;m trying so hard not to apply it too close to them (my face gets really sweaty in the humid weather so that is likely why). I also think there must be some ingredient in it that sensitizes me because my cheeks get red if I wear it too much. (no synthetic fragrance tho, so that&#39;s a plus.)

I&#39;m not sure why it&#39;s called mermaid skin gel. like I said, it&#39;s more shiny than glowy. a bit tacky. I&#39;ve only had it for 2 months, and I use it mainly for reapplication when I&#39;m out and about, and already it&#39;s nearly empty. I doubt I will repurchase.

this mermaid gel is TINY. it is 40 g and I guess it&#39;s marketed as a &quot;makeup base&quot;. I dont wear foundation so I dont know about that. but it applies very clear or sheer. a bit shiny, not matte, which I like. and anyway: it is the perfect purse sunscreen because like I said it&#39;s baby sized.

japonica