Review: NARS Skin Acqua Gel Hydrator has saved my skin from this bitter winter!

There are very few parts of North America that have not been affected by this bitter winter. Honestly, by mid-December, I was ready to pack my bags and move to a place where I no longer had to deal with winter.

Winter always does such a number on my skin and it’s always challenging for me with it comes to hydrating my skin because I cannot use heavy creams without risking breaking out.

As you know, I’m late in the game in discovering NARS Cosmetics, and I only recently discovered NARS Skin! I have started using a lot of their skin care products, which are quite acne-prone-skin-friendly, but in this post I really want to focus on their Aqua Gel Hydrator.

I first heard of this miracle cream a few months ago, when makeup artist and educator Norman Sands (who also happens to be a celebrity makeup artist), sent me the entire makeup chart that he did on Leighton Meester from Gossip Girl. As I was reading his makeup tips, I noticed that he mentioned that he applied a product called Aqua Gel Hydrator on Leighton to add moisture to her skin.

What Norman didn’t highlight was the fact that Aqua Gel Hydrator is made of 87 per cent water-phase that helps deliver hydration to dehydrated skin.

Because the product is a gel, it’s light enough to be used by women who are acne-prone like myself, but the high levels of hydration still protect my skin from the excessive heat that blows on my skin inside my home and everywhere I go and the Aqua Gel Hydrator protects my skin against the cold-bitter winter winds.

The packaging suggests that you use the NARS Skin Aqua Gel Hydrator at night over eight hours, but because this winter has been particularly brutal, I’ve been using this protective gel during the day.

The NARS Skin Aqua Gel Hydrator retails for $76 USD/ $115 CAD for 100 ml and you can find it at Sephora and at a number of high-end department stores.

Did I see any results? Yes, my skin felt hydrated in the dead of winter.

Would I buy it again? Yes

Would I replace my current cream? No, I wouldn’t say that I would replace my current cream, but I’ve added Aqua Gel Hydrator to the mix for those days where I really feel my skin needs a lot more hydration.

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