e.l.f. Holy Hydration! Face Cream Fragrance Free

What the gurus are saying.

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"My night cream is usually either the Olay Regenerous microsculpting cream fragrance free or my e.l.f. Holy Hydration Face Cream fragrance free. These have very similar ingredients. They both have glycerin, niacinamide, a peptide and hyaluronic acid. They're both nice creams. This one is more like a gel cream."

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All 7 takes from HotandFlashy

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"For my nighttime moisturizer I've really been loving the e.l.f. Holy Hydration! Face Cream Fragrance Free. I just grab a little bit of that and I'm putting that all over my face, eyelid, lips, neck. Even though it's summer, I don't find it like heavy feeling or overly emollient or moisturizing. It's really great winter or summer. I really really like it a lot."

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"I especially love using this one in the winter because you know our skin tends to be a little bit drier in the winter and then I go in with my heavier night cream and currently it's the e.l.f. Holy Hydration! Face Cream Fragrance Free for my night cream. I look for something that has niacinamide glycerin hyaluronic acid and peptides and that's what this cream contains in it and I really like this one. This is almost like a gel cream if my skin gets really dry I'll use the..."

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"My thicker night moisturizer is now elf Holy Hydration, the fragrance-free version. This is very similar to the one that I've used for years and years."

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"My night cream is usually either the Olay Regenerous microsculpting cream fragrance free or my e.l.f. Holy Hydration Face Cream fragrance free. These have very similar ingredients. They both have glycerin, niacinamide, a peptide and hyaluronic acid. They're both nice creams. This one is more like a gel cream."

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"Holy Hydration fragrance-free face cream. This one has all the same ingredients as the Olay, including the niacinamide. This is a little bit more of a lightweight cream than the Olay Ultra. If you have super dry skin between the two of these, I'd recommend the Olay just because it's thicker and more emollient and creamier and I think it locks in the moisture on your skin better and holds it there overnight. This one's a little bit more lightweight. You could use this like all year round."

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"The last product for today's video is my elf Holy Hydration Face Cream, this is the fragrance free version. I have repurchased this, this has become my Holy Grail night moisturizer, the thing that I use as the last step every single night."

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"My favorite one of the year is the elf holy hydration face cream fragrance free this contains hyaluronic acid peptides niacinamide all the same things in the Olay cream but with no molly and pilling and this actually feels more emollient on my skin it seems to hydrate my skin better I just really love this one."

Dr Dray

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"I really love their Holy Hydration! Face Cream fragrance-free that's a great option for just a basic facial moisturizer $13"

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"I really love their Holy Hydration! Face Cream fragrance-free that's a great option for just a basic facial moisturizer $13"

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"Holy hydration cream, the fragrance-free one, which is a drugstore moisturizer favorite for the face. [...] It has hyaluronic acid, a humectant that helps pull water into the top layers of the skin, but it also has occlusive ingredients to trap that water in place so it doesn't just evaporate right out. It's got peptides that can have a skin-firming effect similarly by helping with hydration. Some peptides may have a potential for boosting collagen production although that's kind of hand-wavy."

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"This one is wonderful. It's a great one. The elf Holy Hydration fragrance free version contains peptides, hyaluronic acid, niacinamide. This one's also cruelty free, fragrance free, and vegan. It has a wonderful texture. They also make a sunscreen version with it, and if you like fragrance they have a version with fragrance in it as well. And thirteen dollars, you can't go wrong. This just destroys Olay every time. Every time I compare the two I'm always impressed with it."

Hyram

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"But for me personally I find that the ingredient list is a little simple for my liking, I do like my moisturizers to have innovative complex formulas with a plethora of ingredients. [...] If you're someone who's just starting a skincare routine or trying to budget out your routine, this one is definitely a good choice and easy to find at most stores. Just remember to choose the fragrance free one, not the one that has fragrance in it."

The Budget Dermatologist

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"Another one by e.l.f., the Holy Hydration fragrance free is a little bit of a thicker texture moisturizer. I love this one, this one's almost gone too."

All 2 takes from The Budget Dermatologist

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"Another one by e.l.f., the Holy Hydration fragrance free is a little bit of a thicker texture moisturizer. I love this one, this one's almost gone too."

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"This is a very creamy texture but it is still lightweight and wears a bit more like a cream than a lotion. I recommend all skin types can use this, especially sensitive skin. This is not my first choice for very oily skin types; instead I like the gel moisturizer from e.l.f better. But otherwise, for all other skin types and conditions, this is one of my top five moisturizers that I have loved this year."

What the evidence says.

Independent of what the gurus think, this is what the published research supports about the main active ingredients here.

Niacinamide

Niacinamide has evidence behind it for redness, uneven tone and supporting the skin barrier, and it is usually well tolerated even by skin that reacts to most things.

Source: DermNet

Humectants and emollients

Ingredients like these draw water into the surface layers and slow how fast it leaves. The evidence is for comfort, softness and hydration rather than for changing the structure of the skin.

Source: DermNet

Peptides

Peptides are short protein fragments meant to signal repair. The evidence for them is thinner than for retinoids or vitamin C, and it varies a lot by the specific peptide, so the category is more promising than proven.

Source: NIH, National Library of Medicine

Frequently asked.

What is e.l.f. Holy Hydration! Face Cream Fragrance Free?

A fragrance-free face moisturizer from e.l.f. Cosmetics, formulated with hyaluronic acid, niacinamide and peptides to hydrate skin, sold in both day and night versions.

Is e.l.f. Holy Hydration! Face Cream Fragrance Free worth it?

Mostly yes. 4 of the 5 gurus who reviewed it give it their stamp of approval, for a Guru Score of 83%.

What is e.l.f. Holy Hydration! Face Cream Fragrance Free's Guru Score?

e.l.f. Holy Hydration! Face Cream Fragrance Free holds a Guru Score of 83%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 5 expert reviewers we have collected. At least one expert has named it a Top Pick in its category.