Peter Thomas Roth Water Drench Hyaluronic Cloud Cream
Claims:
Drench your skin with a liquid cloud of moisture drawn from the atmosphere. This concentrated 30% Hyaluronic Acid Complex cream provides up to 72 hours of hydration—even after cleansing. Three molecular sizes of Hyaluronic Acid, a potent hydrator that can constantly attract and retain up to 1,000 times its weight in water from moisture in the atmosphere, help replenish skin to make it appear more supple, full and smooth. Ceramides help lock in moisture while ProHyal+® helps improve hydration for healthier-looking skin. Antioxidant-rich Elderberry helps defy the look of aging. The appearance of fine lines and wrinkles is visibly reduced, leaving a silky, hydrated and more youthful-looking complexion. Oil-free, alcohol-free, fragrance-free.
Hyaluronic Acid: A protein; used as an excellent skin conditioner and humectant, it helps prevent skin dehydration.
Water: Primarily used as a solvent in cosmetics and personal care products in which it dissolves many of the ingredients that impart skin benefits, such as conditioning agents and cleansing agents. Water also forms emulsions in which the oil and water components of the product are combined to form creams and lotions.
Glycerin: An emollient and humectant derived from vegetable oils that helps skin retain moisture.
Cyclopentasiloxane: Lightweight silicone with a silky, slippery feel that functions as a skin/hair conditioning agent.
Dipropylene Glycol: Used as a solvent, it has also found use as a fragrance, masking agent and in controlling the viscosity of a formulation.
Dimethicone: A type of silicone, forms a permeable barrier that works to prevent moisture loss and impart a wonderfully silky feel.
Cyclohexasiloxane: A silicone. Primarily works as a skin conditioning agent and emollient. Like all other silicones, this ingredient has a unique fluidity that makes it easily spreadable. When applied to the skin, it gives a silky & slippery feeling to the touch and acts a mild water repellent by forming a protective barrier on the skin. It can also fill in fine lines/wrinkles, giving the face a temporary “plump” look.
Yeast Extract: Large group of fungi that ferment sugars; yeast is a source of beta-glucan, which is a good antioxidant. The types of yeast used in cosmetic products are not harmful and in fact likely contribute to creating a healthier-looking skin surface due to their softening and conditioning action.
Sodium Hyaluronate: The sodium salt of hyaluronic acid, which is a protein occurring in the skin. An excellent skin conditioner and humectant, it helps prevent skin dehydration.
Ceramide EOP: Ceramides are necessary for their water-retention capacity and adding them to a skincare product helps provide replenishing and restoring benefits. Ceramides work best for skin when they’re combined with other replenishing ingredients like fatty acids and cholesterol. These lipid mixtures work in multiple ways to improve skin’s texture, suppleness, and help calm signs of sensitivity.
Ceramide EOS: Ceramides are necessary for their water-retention capacity and adding them to a skincare product helps provide replenishing and restoring benefits. Ceramides work best for skin when they’re combined with other replenishing ingredients like fatty acids and cholesterol. These lipid mixtures work in multiple ways to improve skin’s texture, suppleness, and help calm signs of sensitivity.
Ceramide Ap: Ceramides are necessary for their water-retention capacity and adding them to a skincare product helps provide replenishing and restoring benefits. Ceramides work best for skin when they’re combined with other replenishing ingredients like fatty acids and cholesterol. These lipid mixtures work in multiple ways to improve skin’s texture, suppleness, and help calm signs of sensitivity.
Ceramide NP: Ceramides are necessary for their water-retention capacity and adding them to a skincare product helps provide replenishing and restoring benefits. Ceramides work best for skin when they’re combined with other replenishing ingredients like fatty acids and cholesterol. These lipid mixtures work in multiple ways to improve skin’s texture, suppleness, and help calm signs of sensitivity.
Ceramide NS: Ceramides are necessary for their water-retention capacity and adding them to a skincare product helps provide replenishing and restoring benefits. Ceramides work best for skin when they’re combined with other replenishing ingredients like fatty acids and cholesterol. These lipid mixtures work in multiple ways to improve skin’s texture, suppleness, and help calm signs of sensitivity.
Sambucus Nigra Fruit Extract (Elderberry): Also known as black elderberry or Sambucus nigra, this dark purple to black shrub-growing berry has potent antioxidant properties due to the flavonoid and various polyphenol compounds naturally present in the fruit. Elderberry also has remarkable skin-soothing effects and can help defend skin’s appearance from environmental pollutants.
Hydrolyzed Silk: Protein substance (also called sericin) formed by converting silk, which is the soft, lustrous thread obtained from the cocoon of the silkworm. Silk protein can have water-binding properties for skin. However, whether the protein applied to skin is derived from animals or plants, the skin can’t tell the difference. There is a small amount of research showing silk protein may have topical antioxidant properties
Sodium Pca: Natural component of skin, PCA (pyrrolidone carboxylic acid) is also a very good hydrating agent. Sodium PCA also functions as a skin-replenishing ingredient.
Tocopherol: Used as an antioxidant and skin conditioner.
Ascorbyl Palmitate: Stable and nonacidic form of vitamin C that is effective as an antioxidant. Particularly effective at reducing environmental damage.
Caprooyl Phytosphingosine: A mixture of fatty acids caproic acid and phytosphingosine, this ingredient works to replenish and restore a healthier-looking skin surface, creating a smooth, hydrated feel. As a component of naturally-occurring ceramides, caprooyl phytosphingosine is brilliant for stopping moisture loss from skin’s uppermost layers.
Caprooyl Sphingosine: A mixture of fatty acids caproic acid and sphingosine, this ingredient works to replenish and restore a healthier-looking skin surface, creating a smooth, hydrated feel. As a component of naturally-occurring ceramides, caprooyl sphingosine is brilliant for stopping moisture loss from skin’s uppermost layers.
Saccharide Isomerate: Good water-binding agent and emollient for skin, and particularly helpful for dry skin.
Saccharomyces Magnesium Ferment: Extract of yeast fermented in the presence of magnesium ions. There is no known benefit for skin, though it may have antioxidant properties.
Saccharomyces Iron Ferment: Extract of yeast fermented in the presence of iron ions. There is no known benefit for skin, though it may have antioxidant properties.
Saccharomyces Copper Ferment: Extract of yeast fermented in the presence of copper ions. There is no known benefit for skin, though it may have antioxidant properties.
Saccharomyces Silicon Ferment: Extract of yeast fermented in the presence of silicon ions. There is no known benefit for skin, though it may have antioxidant properties.
Saccharomyces Zinc Ferment: Extract of yeast fermented in the presence of zinc ions. There is no known benefit for skin, though it may have antioxidant properties.
Olea Europaea (Olive) Leaf Extract: Antioxidant-rich, emollient oil; helps fight damage caused by free radicals to protect, condition, and seal moisture into skin without clogging pores.
Methyl Gluceth-20: Synthetic liquid that functions as a water-binding and skin-softening agent.
Ethylhexylglycerin: A synthetic skin-softening agent also used as a preservative, a carrier, or suspending agent for other preservatives such as phenoxyethanol.
Lauryl Peg-9 Polydimethylsiloxyethyl Dimethicone: A silicone polymer that has multiple functions in cosmetic products, including skin/hair softening and texture enhancer.
Cholesterol: Applied topically, cholesterol in cosmetics can help maintain the skin’s healthy feel and appearance. It is also a stabilizer, emollient, and water-binding agent.
Sodium Chloride: Used primarily as a binding agent, thickening agent. and occasionally as an abrasive.
Sodium Citrate: Used primarily to control the pH level of a product, this ingredient also has antioxidant and preservative properties.
Citric Acid: An alpha hydroxy acid and astringent with antioxidant properties; used to help skin maintain its natural pH level or adjust the pH of a product.
Behenic Acid: Fatty acid used as a thickening agent and surfactant.
Propylene Glycol: A versatile moisturizer. Propylene Glycol acts by retaining the moisture content of skin or the formula, preventing the escape of moisture or water.
Ceteareth-25: A fatty alcohol that functions as an emulsifier and surfactant in cosmetics. It may be plant- or animal-derived or made synthetically. Ceteareth-25 also helps to keep ingredients soluble within a formula, allowing remain dispersed evenly throughout an emulsion.
Butylene Glycol: Commonly-used ingredient that has multiple functions in cosmetics, including as a texture enhancer. It’s similar to propylene glycol, but has a lighter texture.
Dimethicone/Peg-10/15 Crosspolymer: A mixture of the silicone dimethicone with PEG-10 and PEG-15.
Cetyl Alcohol: Fatty alcohol used as an emollient, emulsifier, thickener, and carrying agent for other ingredients. It is not an irritant and is not related to SD alcohol, denatured alcohol, or ethyl alcohol. Cetyl alcohol is considered safe for use in cosmetics.
Disodium EDTA: Used as a chelating, meaning it prevents ingredients in a formula from binding with trace elements (mainly minerals) that can be present in water.
Sodium Benzoate: A preservative.
Potassium Sorbate: Used as a preservative, almost always used in conjunction with other preservatives.
Phenoxyethanol: A glycol ether and bactericide (that functions as a disinfectant, antiseptic or antibiotic) that is primarily used as a preservative. It is also seen as a fragrance additive.
Mica: Earth mineral included in products to give them sparkle and shine. The level and look of the shine mica provides depends on the color and how finely it’s milled. Mica's sheer, translucent and skin-hugging properties make it a popular ingredient in mineral powders. Mica powder reflects light from the face because of its glittering or shimmering properties, and can create the illusion of a smoother, softer and more radiant skin tone.
My Thoughts:
I don’t know what’s so great about Peter Thomas Roth Water Drench Hyaluronic Cloud Cream. Lucky me I received it in my April 2017 Play! by Sephora box, so I didn’t have to pay full price to test it. I honestly didn’t finish the sample size product because it was so terrible. Its a squeeze tube that has an ombre white to sky blue in color. Totally reminds me of clouds, like the product name!
Water Drench Hyaluronic Cloud Cream is a serum but once applied to the skin it immediately feels like water! During the absorption process I feel a tiny bit of a cooling sensation. However it is very short lived since the serum absorbs very very very quickly. Sometimes its too quick to the point I can’t evenly spread it out in time. Its non greasy and lightweight, but thats only because it feels like I applied nothing at all. Doesn't hydrate my skin at all, my skin more so felt like the Mojave desert. Even with applying more than a dime size amount doesn’t hydration my skin. I didn’t see any changes to my skin, not in the slightest bit. Not even for the texture my skin didn’t feel smooth or soft, nor did it help with fine lines or wrinkles.
Would I purchase Peter Thomas Roth Water Drench Hyaluronic Cloud Cream? That is a hard hell to the no. It lacks serious hydration benefits, I wouldn’t recommend it for anyone who has dry skin. I love how Peter Thomas Roth claims it last 72 hours however they recommend applying twice a day. The claim of 72 hours is completely bogus.
Received in April 2017 Play! by Sephora box
Beautiful sky colored squeeze tube
Once applied feels like water
Feels like it dries out my skin
Skin doesn’t feel smooth or soft
Doesn’t help with fine lines or wrinkles
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