Works for:
based on ingredients and %- Moisturizing
Doesn't work for:
based on ingredients and %- Exfoliation
- Anti-aging
- Anti-blemish
Can it cause trouble?
- Irritation risk: high
- Comedogenic risk ingredients: 4
Key actives
Product Summary
Judging from the ingredient list, "APIVITA - Wine Elixir Renewing Lift Night Cream" works well for improving skin hydration This moisturizer uses a good combo of humectants and emollients. These both types of ingredients are essentials for improving the skin hydration and keeping the skin barrier healthy. Humectants in this product (panthenol, arginine, glycerin, sodium hyaluronate and caprylyl glycol) help to increase the water content in the upper layer of the skin. (These ingredients do so by "capturing" water molecules from the outside air or from within the deeper layers of the skin). Emollients in this formulation (isosorbide dicaprylate, theobroma cacao seed butter, vitis vinifera seed oil, arginine and beeswax) help to reduce the moisture loss from the skin. They also soften the skin surface and relieve the feeling of dryness and tightness.
Irritation risk
There are quite a few common irritants in this product, including ingredients without particular skin benefits. We would not recommend it for sensitive skin. We assess the overall irritancy of this moisturizer to be high. For a detailed overview of all potential irritants: click here
You can see the detailed formula review with the breakdown of all actives in the product and the full ingredient list with estimated concentrations in the tables below.
Price
The product retails for 33.60$ in the United States, for 89.09A$ in Australia, for 63.00CA$ in Canada and for 40.58£ in the United Kingdom.
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Moisturizing
What does the product description say?
Based on the science of epigenetics, the Wine Elixir Renewing Lift Night Cream gets to work while you sleep at night, delivering intense nourishment and reviving skin’s youthful elasticity overnight.
Source: Mankind
This product can help improve hydration of the skin with the two types of ingredients.
The first type is called “humectants”:
these ingredients help attract water.
When humectants are on the surface of the skin, they “pull in” the moisture from the outside environment, or from
within deeper layers of the skin. The following ingredients in this product do the job:
arginine, glycerin.
This product also contains ingredients called “occlusives”. They help reduce the speed with which our skin loses moisture to the outside environment. These ingredients also help soften the upper layer of the skin, so it feels less tight and nicer to the touch. The following ingredients in this product do the job: arginine, beeswax.
The following ingredients in this product are especially good for supporting the skin barrier and helping with the hydration level: isosorbide dicaprylate, panthenol
A great moisturising ingredient that softens the skin and reduces water loss from its upper layer. It also can be helpful in protecting skin from free radicals
Forms a protective barrier that holds water and keeps dry skin hydrated. Keeps an emulsion from separating into its oil and liquid components, and increases the thickness of a product. Can be an allergen
A great emollient due to its high linoleic acid content. One of the most effective plant oils in helping skin hydration and repairing skin barrier function
Forms a protective barrier that holds water and keeps dry skin hydrated. Keeps an emulsion from separating into its oil and liquid components, and increases the thickness of a product. Can be an allergen
Helps attract water to the upper layer of the skin and can help improve skin barrier function
A great emollient that can also have anti-oxidant properties
An amino acid that is naturally present in skin and helps keep it hydrated. When used together with AHAs, it can reduce their irritating effect on the skin
One of the best moisturizing ingredients. Attracts water into the upper layer of the skin
Helps soften the upper layer of the skin and can be helpful in restoring the skin barrier function. Might have some anti-oxidant effect
Helps soften the upper layer of the skin. Early studies suggest that it can help strengthen the skin barrier
One of the best moisturizing ingredients. Naturally present in skin. It attracts water to the upper layer of the skin working as a humectant
Help soften the upper layer of the skin
A plant extract that helps attract water to the upper layer of the skin. It might be helpful in neutralizing free radicals in skin, but is less potent than the extract from the seeds
A non-drying alcohol. Works as an emollient. Helps water and oil mix together and creates a nice product texture
Helps soften upper layer of the skin and can enhance penetration of other ingredients into the upper layer of the skin
An emollient that helps soften the skin and is used to improve product texture and stability
Helps to soften the upper layer of the skin without creating a greasy texture
Helps soften the upper layer of the skin
An oil from a mixture of different vegetables. Helps soften the upper layer of the skin
An emollient that helps soften the skin but is not effective for restoring its barrier function. Might be helpful to calm down inflammation
A complex substance produced by honey bees. Can have anti-bacterial and some anti-oxidant effect. Is an allergen and can be irritating
An oil from a mixture of different vegetables. Helps soften the upper layer of the skin
Helps preserve products and creates a nice product texture
Used to thicken product formulation. Can help attract water to the upper layer of the skin
Used as a fragrance. Can be irritating
Used to stabilize product formulations and help soften the upper layer of the skin
A good mix of fatty acids that forms a protective layer on the skin. Improves the shelf life of products. Derived from coconut and glycerin
Pure form of vitamin E. Can help moisturise and protect the skin from free radicals. Often used to help stabilise other ingredients or the formula itself
Anti-aging
What does the product description say?
Based on the science of epigenetics, the Wine Elixir Renewing Lift Night Cream gets to work while you sleep at night, delivering intense nourishment and reviving skin’s youthful elasticity overnight.
Source: Mankind
This product does not contain ingredients that are able to reduce fine lines and wrinkles or help with skin elasticity, but it can improve the look of the skin temporarily through moisturization. Well-moisturized skin might also be able to repair the sun damage better.These ingredients - butyrospermum parkii butter, magnesium aluminum silicate - could be helpful for preventing or repairing signs of aging in theory, but there is no evidence that it actually works.
A great moisturising ingredient that softens the skin and reduces water loss from its upper layer. It also can be helpful in protecting skin from free radicals
Might be helpful in restoring skin barrier function and, when combined with zinc carbonate and malonic acid, reducing fine lines and wrinkles by stimulating elastin production. Also helps stabilize the product formulation
Pure form of vitamin E. Can help moisturise and protect the skin from free radicals. Often used to help stabilise other ingredients or the formula itself
Exfoliation
What does the product description say?
Upon contact with skin, Papaya fruit acids instantly kickstart a chemical exfoliation, dissolving dead skin cells and pore-clogging matter to free skin.
Source: Mankind
This product might help exfoliate the skin with papain, but This ingredient is not the most effective.
An enzyme extracted from papaya fruit. Can have an exfoliating effect on the skin. Can be irritating
Anti-blemish
What does the product description say?
Upon contact with skin, Papaya fruit acids instantly kickstart a chemical exfoliation, dissolving dead skin cells and pore-clogging matter to free skin.
Source: Mankind
Effective ingredients missing or their concentration is too low.
A tree rasin that could temporarily tighten the skin and might help regulate sebum production, but the research on its effectiveness in skin is lacking
How honest is this product?
| Promise | Can it deliver? |
|---|---|
| Moisturizing | |
| Anti-aging | |
| Exfoliation | |
| Anti-blemish |
Total Promises Fulfilled score: 50/100.
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Ingredient list view
Water, Glycerin, Water, Butyrospermum parkii butter, Cetearyl olivate, Isosorbide dicaprylate, Olus oil, Vegetable oil, Sorbitan olivate, Theobroma cacao seed butter, Hydrogenated ethylhexyl olivate, Magnesium aluminum silicate, Cetyl esters, Coco-caprylate/caprate, Cetearyl alcohol, Vitis vinifera leaf extract, Vitis vinifera fruit extract, Vitis vinifera seed oil, Pistacia lentiscus gum, Olea europaea fruit oil, Propolis extract, Cera alba, Beeswax, Panthenol, Sodium hyaluronate, Helianthus annuus seed oil, Hydrogenated olive oil unsaponifiables, Salvia sclarea oil, Pogostemon cablin leaf oil, Pogostemon cablin oil, Rosa damascena flower oil, Citrus aurantium amara flower oil, Caprylic/capric triglyceride, Tocopherol, Tocopheryl acetate, Arginine, Hydroxypropyl cyclodextrin, Disodium edta, Papain, Algin, Xanthan gum, Copper lysinate/prolinate, Cetyl palmitate, Sorbitan palmitate, Methylglucoside phosphate, Caprylyl glycol, 1,2-hexanediol, Carbomer, Dehydroacetic acid, Citronellyl methylcrotonate, Parfum, Benzyl alcohol, Hexyl cinnamal, Limonene, Alpha-isomethyl ionone, Citronellol, Benzyl salicylate, Geraniol, Linalool, Hydroxycitronellal
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