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Mary&May Vegan Blackberry Complex Cream Essence
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About this product

Mary & May Vegan Blackberry Complex Cream Essence is a two-layer essence with hydrating and cream portions that you mix together before application for lightweight moisturization.

Type

Mists & EssencesCream

Key actives

Hyaluronic acidVitamin ECeramides

Formula notes

Fragrance-freeNo drying alcohol

Full ingredients

Guru Score

85%

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5 experts · Moderate agreement
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What the gurus are saying

The two-layer essence that mixes together earns praise for delivering creamy moisture without weight, making it especially appealing for anyone seeking extra hydration on summer nights. Reviewers also gravitate toward the meditative, mesmerizing ritual of combining the hydrating and cream portions, a sensory experience that becomes part of the product's appeal.
Synthesized from 5 expert reviews · most recent take October 2025
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"The Mary and May Vegan Blackberry Complex Cream Essence is 20 bucks right now. It's got blackberry essence, centella, fig, camide, vitamin E. It's a really nice essence. You can pat it onto skin or use it with a cotton pad. [...] It's a great antioxidant. [...] It's still liquidy enough where if you wanted to, you could apply it with a cotton pad or you could just pat it on the skin. It's got no scent to it. [...] I like this one from them. I like that lineup, too."
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"I like this one because it offers a little bit of moisture to my skin, but it still feels lighter and refreshing for this still very hot weather that we're having."
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"This is the Mary&May Vegan Blackberry Complex Cream Essence, and I actually would give this a heart eye emoji now. I finished it up and I really enjoyed using it. It's got a really nice balancing quality to it, and I can see this working for a lot of different skin types."
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"I like this one because it offers a little bit of moisture to my skin, but it still feels lighter and refreshing for this still very hot weather that we're having."
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"This is my number one pick. It's actually one of the first Mary&May products, maybe the very first one I ever tried, and it definitely was one that I enjoyed when I first used it, but it slowly grew on me into something I've come to really love and appreciate. The key ingredient here is of course the blackberry, but it also has fig extract, which is a new one, that's going to have some antioxidants but it's actually one of those ingredients that has a nice hydrating capability, kind of like when it's in skincare it has a light plumping action to it, similar to hyaluronic acid, which we also have in here as sodium hyaluronate. We also have ceramide NP as well as jojoba oil. The key benefits of this product are balancing hydration and moisture in one product, and you'll know what I mean when you see the texture. It's actually a biphase essence, so we have this purple hydrating portion, that's where all the hyaluronic acid and the fig extract are, and it's very very replenishing and hydrating and watery, but then we have this creamy layer as well."
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"This is a really fun essence product. It's a dual layer essence. We have a hydrating antioxidant based watery portion with the blackberry complex, but then we have this creamy milky kind of layer as well that's meant to really help nourish the skin, and the fun part of it is mixing it all together. Part of the reason I was resistant to this product is because I just always saw it as an imitator of the Dr. Ceuracle Vegan Kombucha Tea Essence, which I probably named as a favorite in the best of 2021 video, but as I often say, what's inside of the bottle is what counts. It's very balancing, that's such a great word for it, very balancing between the hydration and the moisture layers. It feels really good, hydrating, comforting, it sinks into the skin so nicely. Don't be afraid of that creamy element, I think it still layers nicely with other products you might want to use in your skincare routine. There's an elegance to the formulation here that is so nice, and Mary and May's really been growing on me as a brand."
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"I love the Mary & May Vegan Blackberry Complex Cream Essence. [...] It is a two-layer essence with a hydrating portion and a cream portion that you mix together, so it gives a nice amount of creamy moisturization but stays much lighter. [...] I find it good for summer [...] when I want a little more moisture at night without a lot of weight."
Approved
"This is also an incredible option, this time focusing on blackberry essence, you're getting antioxidant properties and even some B12 in the formula. They say this is great for boosting your skin barrier and for soothing your skin. It feels like almost the exact same product as the Dr. Ceuracle kombucha essence to apply, you just might find you like one a little more."
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"This is also an incredible option, this time focusing on blackberry essence, you're getting antioxidant properties and even some B12 in the formula. They say this is great for boosting your skin barrier and for soothing your skin. It feels like almost the exact same product as the Dr. Ceuracle kombucha essence to apply, you just might find you like one a little more."
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"I absolutely love this blackberry complex cream essence. You shake up the two different layers and get this beautiful cream product that gives you both hydration and moisture. To this day I actually prefer this product category after serums."
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"I'm going with the Blackberry Complex Cream Essence as my favorite product from the brand. This is a category I always love so much more in the winter months, and every winter I'm using these more moisturizing essence products, and this is a great option. I feel that it's a little more stable than the one from Dr. Ceuracle. It's so fun to use, you shake it up and then you get this creamy essence, I absolutely love using this product. I love all the disclosure too, and even though it doesn't apply to me, I do love that Mary and May is a clean brand, it proves that clean beauty doesn't have to be at Tatcha price points."
Approved
"This is a Vegan Blackberry Complex Cream Essence. So if you can see, what you need to do is basically shake it up and then you use it. This is like a toner plus whatever else it is, so beautiful and so hydrating. I absolutely love it. When I was doing my nighttime skincare routine I actually started using it. I'm just using it on my hands right now and then look at the shine that you get with this product, it is so cool. I've really enjoyed the brand since I got the Mary and May products last year."
Approved
"The third formula in this kit, which is my favorite step in the routine, is the hydrating essence, their Vegan Blackberry Complex Cream Essence. It's that unique combination of mixing essence and moisturizer, and I get an unreasonable amount of joy just watching this mix, it's almost meditative, I'm mesmerized. [...] This is what I mean by light, buildable lipid layers: the moisturizer uses mainly jojoba seed oil, which is not a heavy, greasy oil at all, it's rather lightweight and really mimics the constitution of our own sebum. The essence part, no big surprise, is Blackberry extract, but also Blue Lotus water, which is used a lot for aging skin to hydrate and plump it, also centella asiatica and ceramide NP. This is a lightweight moisturizer that feels hydrating and refreshing but is not heavy, it will not leave any greasiness on your skin. In fact, I love that you can layer more of this, so you can build up to what you really need."
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What is Mary&May Vegan Blackberry Complex Cream Essence?

Mary & May Vegan Blackberry Complex Cream Essence is a two-layer essence with hydrating and cream portions that you mix together before application for lightweight moisturization.

Is Mary&May Vegan Blackberry Complex Cream Essence worth it?

Yes. All 5 gurus who reviewed it give it their stamp of approval, for a Guru Score of 85%.

What is Mary&May Vegan Blackberry Complex Cream Essence's Guru Score?

Mary&May Vegan Blackberry Complex Cream Essence holds a Guru Score of 85%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 5 expert reviewers we have collected.

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