I really should get paid to post naked pictures of my face on the internet.
(Oh wait, this time I did 🙂 While I was compensated for the time it took to write this post, my opinions are not for sale.)
BlogHer recently contacted me and asked if I would like to review two Cetaphil products this month. You all know I have struggled with acne-prone skin, so I am pretty game to try anything that may help. On top of that, you may remember that I had complained earlier this month that I still did not have any kind of sun protection at all in my routine, so when I read that one of the products was the Cetaphil Daily Facial Moisturizer SPF 15 I absolutely jumped at the chance.
If you have been reading this website for any length of time, you know that taking care of my skin really does excite me, and for the past few months with The Great Skincare Experiment I have been consistently looking for that perfect intersection where healthy food and lifestyle meets ideal products for my face. It has been years since I have used any Cetaphil products, and I wasn’t particularly unhappy with my current skincare routine, but the two main reasons I was willing to check out some Cetaphil products were:
1. It was the most common product that you all recommended to me back when asked for your skin care advice
and
2. Cetaphil products are recommended by more dermatologists than any other brand.
Recommendations from my readers and dermatologists? Alrighty then, I thought, Cetaphil products may be worth trying again!
It’s only been a little while since I started using the Cetaphil Gentle Skin Cleanser and the Cetaphil Daily Facial Moisturizer SPF 15 and I’m happy to report that they really are both as gentle as can be. For someone with very sensitive and dry skin, this is absolutely a must, especially during the winter months! But the other thing that is important to me is that a cleanser actually get my face clean, and an antioxidant face serum that actually protects the skin. Both of these products did the trick, and most importantly they’ve done so without any irritation whatsoever. Anti aging hand cream is important too, especially in harsh weather.
Win!
I’m looking forward to seeing how it compliments my skincare moving forward, and you KNOW I will be keeping you posted.
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Love reading your skincare updates! I’ve struggled with my skin for most of my life, and it’s taken many years to settle on a routine that (usually) works for me. The one product I can’t live without is Olay daily moisturizer for sensitive skin with SPF15. It keeps my skin hydrated without feeling greasy and lasts all day long.
I don’t know if it counts because I only use hippie dipper natural stuff, but I couldn’t live without lavender oil! I started using it as an acne spot treatment a few weeks ago and I have been ASTOUNDED with the results. Thanks for hosting this giveaway, holly!
I can’t live without a nice oil-free lotion, especially during the winter. I use Aveeno usually. Love it.
I could not live without my Vaseline Intensive Care body lotion. I’ve tried the super pricy stuff, I’ve tried the all natural stuff, and I’ve tried the super cheap stuff. But Vaseline’s Inensive Care lotion works for me – it’s unscented (key!), doesn’t feel greasy, and works. That being said, I’m interested to read more about your Cetaphil adventures because I do need good facial skin care!
Um, that would be my Cetaphil face wash. LAME! PANDERING!
BUT IT IS SO TRUE.
Dove sensitive skin bars by the dozen
Coconut oil is my go to beauty product.
Facial Oil – Living in CO it’s so dry here, we need lots of moisturizer!
Under eye cream! It is a must as I get older and my skin seems to get dryer-
I cannot live without hexane-free cold pressed castor oil ( I do the oil cleansing method…it works better than anything else I’ve tried so far ). PS love your blog Holly…I wish I was as organized as you!
I cannot live without Arbonne RE9 Advanced Firming Body Cream. We call it “butt cream” in my house because we mainly use in on the bum and thighs to firm and combat cellulite. Although lately I have been using it all over and am very pleased with the results. It is a firming cream so you immediately think tightening, but it’s Arbonne, so it’s also hydrating and good for your skin! I have been using it most recently to try to combat my KP (keratosis pilaris) in conjunction with coconut oil and it seems to be calming my skin down wonderfully.
Oil of Olay face moisturizer for sensitive skin
Oddly enough, my go to product is Cetaphil Daily Moisturizer, so I can get my sunscreen on.
Yep, Cetaphil, which feels SO SHADY to say but it’s true.
I’m pretty slack with skincare, but I do like using Neutrogena pink grapefruit facial scrub….helps me wake up in the morning!
I’m a dermalogica girl, but I really love cetaphil on days I don’t wear make up!
Man, I love all things face-potiony. I’m glad you’re loving Cetaphil so much.
Origins “Checks and Balances”! It’s a face wash that lathers up so well with just a tiny bit and it smells delicious! I cannot live without it!
My benefit erase paste saves me every day. EVERY DAY.
I’ve used Cetaphil products as soon as my best friend became a dermatologist and told me too.
I also use a salicylic acid blackhead scrub every few days at her recommendation (not every day, she says!!)
however, the one skin care product I couldn’t live without is of course the most expensive one: Juice Beauty Cellular CC Cream: http://www.birchbox.com/shop/catalog/product/view/id/3750/s/juice-beauty-stem-cellular-repair-cc-cream/category/8/
It’s like all the hype of the BB cream but more magical.
It make my skin amazing and glowy!
I cannot live without aquaphor! I buy the little tubes and use it as lip moisturizer and this time of year it is especially necessary
I don’t really have anything in my skincare “routine” (which, um, consists of washing my face and then moisturizing it) that I couldn’t live without…I could probably stand to figure out what would work better than the drugstore products I’m currently using, actually!
I’ve been hooked on Cetaphil ever since it was introduced to me from a boyfriend years ago. Probably like 8 years ago? I can’t use anything else. But I also require a little exfoliation and for that I use St. Ives Apricot Scrub. Love, love, love that stuff. Couldn’t live without either of those products.
My can’t-live-without-it product is Guinot hydra tendre facial cleanser. It’s made with coconut and is super gentle and keeps my skin clear!
Exactly a week ago, I would have said I couldn’t live without Dr. Bronner’s Baby Mild soap for all my skincare needs, but I started using the Banished and Beyond line by Primal Life Organics, and I’m seeing some pretty amazing results. So I guess it’s a toss-up. I still love Dr. Bronner’s soap in a foaming soap dispenser for body wash and shaving.
What can’t I live without? Eye cream-I’m really liking origins starting over eye cream. Rich and moisturizing. I also, unfortunately, can’t live without my topical antibiotic creams for now. 🙁 (metrogel an cleocin-T )
I just love Neutrogena’s “Healthy Skin Anti-Wrinkle Anti-Blemish Cream.” It’s got salicylic acid and retinol! The fewer skin-care steps before bed, the better 😀
This will sound ridiculous on this post but it totally is my Cetaphil, (for sensitive skin) which I adore.
I couldn’t be without hand lotion. They get so dry in the winter!
tweet–https://twitter.com/mami2jcn/status/280733100357586945
One thing I can’t live without is my Clinique dramatically different moisturizing lotion. I’ve used it for over 20 years!
coconut oil 4 lips and face
Obagi Vitamin-C serum. My skin drinks it up in the morning!
I live in the cold Midwest, so I cannot live without moisturizer.
Nice. My mom has been using cetaphil for years. She swears by it. Used to use it but recently changed to Sibu products. Pretty sure I can no longer live without their facewash
How can I choose just one!? 🙂
Definitely moisturizer. Lately I’ve been using Aveeno Positively Radiant products and it’s been pretty great for my skin. I’ve heard good things about Cetaphil.
I love my bare minerals. The lotion is perfect, and the powder has SPF built in. Win!
Of all the things out there I think I would say coconut oil. A few months ago I started using it for everything from body lotion to hair moisturizer to a treatment for cuts and burns (as they are healing). I have a drawer full of other lotions and potions yet the little tupperware bowl of coconut oil is what I always reach for.
Olay face wipes…no excuse not to wipe my makeup offe even when tired and lazy!
Just could not do without Cetaphil lotion
I have been a cetaphil user for most of my life and I honest don’t think I could use anything else on my sensitive skin. I have just come to love their lotion as well as the daily face wash.
I could never live without my under-eye cream. It’s the only that’s ever been moisturizing enough for the mini-Sahara deserts under my eyes.
My face wash. I can’t go to bed without a clean face!
I couldn’t live without my hand creme since my hands dry out at work so much.
i love using jojoba oil
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tweet https://twitter.com/thismomwins2/status/280814228363948032 thismomwins@gmail.com
I like Olay 7effects with sunscreen.
I jump around from product to product, but always use my MIL’s frankincense and myhrr balm, which is really unfair (to everyone else), because they don’t sell online. (WHICH THEY FREAKING SHOULD.)
I can’t live without Aquaphor healing ointment
tcarolinep at gmail dot com
https://twitter.com/tcarolinep/status/280823283719495680
I’ve always loved St. Ives apricot scrub.. the off brand works, too 🙂
I literally use nothing on my face (including soap) except for occasionally some coconut oil after I’ve been swimming.
I can’t live without coconut oil anymore! I use it as a makeup remover and moisturizer for my face and all-over skin softening. Ditching all those little bottles of creams and serums was the best thing I ever did for my skin.
I haven’t found a skin care product I can’t live without because I have acne prone skin and nothing has done a good job of cleaning my face and clearing up acne without making it worse.
Ritaat Cashel1916@yahoo.com
I’m very fickle and can’t actually think of a must-have product!
I cannot live without Neutrogena sunscreen
https://twitter.com/ElenaIstomina/status/280884209990651905
I really love my clinique face wash bar soap. It’s the only thing I’ve found that works well with my skin.
I actually like to use Simple cleanser, and Real Purity by Philosophy. But I would love to find a product that works to wash my face, and not strip my skin!
Taking care of my skin excites me too. I can’t live without a good moisturizer with spf15+ and fragrance free, I’m using olay now, would try cetaphil. Thanks for the review and giveaway.
songyueyu at gmail
tweet: https://twitter.com/syytta/status/280921354625220608
songyueyu at gmail
I don’t particularly use anything that I can’t live withou t but, When my daughter was a baby , I found her skin to be extremely sensitive,along with eczema, our dermatologist recommend, you guessed it, Cetafil. My daughter has found her baby has the same skin , Cetafil it is. This was 20 some years ago. Cetafil has been around a long time.
I could not go without Philosophy purity made simple face wash
cant live without my bobbi brown corrector
tweet
https://twitter.com/MeandBells/status/281077270960041984
I absolutely cannot live without my St. Ives Apricot Scrub, which has been a staple in my skincare routine since I was 12 or 13 years old.
I haven’t ever tried Cetaphil, but I am totally interested in trying it!
I am currently pregnant and breaking out a lot because of it, so I couldn’t live without my peroxide gel!
chambanachik at gmail dot com
I can’t live without my proactiv. I breakout way too bad without it.
tweet
https://twitter.com/1amypugmire/status/281228234295746560
I cannot live without my Tom’s of Maine Olive Oil facial bar soap
jslbrown_03 at yahoo dot com
Burt’s Bees lip balm!
Moisturizers are a must, especially during the winter.
Chapstick! I know it’s probably pathetic, but my bathroom is severely lacking in skincare products. I’ve got body wash, baby lotion and chapstick. It works. That’s motherhood.
may kay extra emollient night cream
https://twitter.com/HappyTina0115/status/282216238657204224
https://twitter.com/LuLu_Brown24/status/282220423775662080
jslbrown_03 at yahoo dot com
I love any kind of sunscreen. And I currently use a night cream that has plant stem cells.
Tweet link: https://twitter.com/shala_darkstone/status/282301681759289345
I couldn’t live without my lipbalm. My lips get so dry – especially in the winter.
Thanks for the chance to win!
wildorchid985 at gmail dot com
tweet–https://twitter.com/WildOrchid985/status/282637514148298752
wildorchid985 at gmail dot com
I couldn’t live without my Clarisonic
family74014 at gmail dot com
My Aveeno positively radiant
natcarbonell {at} LIVE {dot} COM
https://twitter.com/um_lil_cutie/status/283441520936366082
My Clarisonic!
family74014 at gmail dot com
I can’t live without moisturizer…my skin is so dry without it….and mascara for nights out.
I could not live without my Philosophy Real Purity cleanser. The stuff is magic for my skin, and even takes off waterproof mascara.
I can’t live w/o Paula’s Choice 2% bha. Keeps the acne away and my pores looking not so scary!
My NIVEA lip balm because it keeps my lips moisturized and soft!
My Dove Body Bar
tweet
https://twitter.com/BBirdie2/status/285122327933493248
Could not make it without my sunscreen.
I cant live without my chapstick
I can’t live without my face reality skincare products. The acne wash works very well to clean my skin, and the toner keeps it from feeling dry.
It changes periodically depending on my hormones (pregnant skin vs nursing skin vs normal skin) and weather but Benefit Total Moisture is topping the list right now. That stuff is magic in a jar.
Coconut oil!
Witch Hazel!
Of all skin products I own I could not live without moisturizer with SPF or my skin would be very dry. Now I would like to try Cetaphil products after reading your review. Thanks for this review and giveaway.
ctong2[at]gmail[dot]com
I tweeted about this promotion: https://twitter.com/ctong2/status/286037698207166464
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Yay for getting paid to show your naked face! I could not live without Burt’s Bees Night Cream which I use morning and night and Nivea Lip Balm. Since my skin is so dry, I really need to use Cetaphil Cleanser again since it is so gentle on my skin. Every cleanser I have used during this pregnancy has dried my skin out even more!
Tweeted!
https://twitter.com/catholicfanatic/status/286284295558017024
Thank you!!
I could not live without my daily body lotion. I use several brands depending on what condition my skin is in at that time.
wbailey113 at hotmail dot com
https://twitter.com/myfolly/status/286295676831272962
i couldn’t live without my moisturizer
i tweeted here:
https://twitter.com/bellows22/status/286314608774500352
In the winter I have to have my lip balm handy at all times.
tweet
https://twitter.com/wizardewu/status/286360301027332097
I also have acne prone skin (I always ask myself why as an adutl do i still suffer from acne {sigh}) and can’t live without my facial cleanser! I need a good facial cleanser that also removes makeup and I’ve had great success with Cetaphil’s facial cleanser.
IT’S A TOSS UP BETWEEN MY NEUTROGENA FACE OR BODY WASH… HM… DO I REALLY HAVE TO PICK? =)
FACE WASH! https://twitter.com/kytah00/status/286589058002599937
face moisturzier! thanks for the chance to win kmassman gmail
Ii can’t do without my lip balm since my poor lips get flaky and chapped very easily
https://twitter.com/LAMusing/status/287044057996345344
I use cleanser and moisturizer every single day, so I don’t think I can name just one skin-care product. I actually use Cetaphil because it was recommended to me by a dermatologist (although he said I shouldn’t use moisturizer–unless I need it)
Tweet! https://twitter.com/lexiquin/status/287083396851724288
Of all the skin care products I own, I cannot live without lotion! My skin will be all too tight and dry.
amy [at] utry [dot] it
tweeted:
https://twitter.com/uTry_it/status/287115433113419776
amy [at] utry [dot] it
I love my Clinique yellow moisturizer!
tweeted: https://twitter.com/KerryBishop/status/287547685966336000
I could not live without my moisturizer. Thanks for the coupon. Can’t wait to try Cetaphil.
I cannot live without a non irritating moisturizer. I have really dry skin and my son has allergies. I would love to see if this works for both of us!
I tweeted
https://twitter.com/Ilovemybeagle2/status/287680486904590337
I could not live without moisturizer.
Tweet
https://twitter.com/jillyrh/status/287683991702740992
I was introduced to Cetaphil cleanser by an older lady who had gorgeous skin and I’ve been using it now for several years. I can’t give it up.
Tweet – https://twitter.com/willitara/status/287701867214012416
Love Cetaphil cleanser, but could not live without my Retin-A.
Tweeted.
https://twitter.com/Jayne_Martin/status/287751852865511424
I love my daily moisturizer with spf!
tweeted https://twitter.com/mermont84/status/288040294769913856
I couldn’t live without my nighttime moisturizer.
lisalgm25 at gmail dot com
I Tweeted: https://twitter.com/lisalmg/status/288067307283025921
lisalmg25 at gmail dot com
Couldn’t do without petroleum jelly. I use it to remove my eye makeup.
I couldnt live without facial moisturizer because my skin gets really dry especially after shaving
rounder9834 @yahoo.com
https://twitter.com/thomasmurphy40/status/288087567344226304
my neutrogena eyecream
nannypanpan@gmail.com
I could not live without my eye cream.
I love my lip balm (Burt’s Bees)
I can’t do without my body lotion especially in the winter.
tweeted
https://twitter.com/leedhowell/status/288136519955402755
My Hello Kitty humidifier! It may not be a “product” like a lotion or balm or serum, but if I don’t sleep with it running every night in the winter, I get this horrible red, flaky patch of skin on my forehead and between my eyes that NOTHING will cure. SWEAR by the humidifier!
I tweeted here: https://twitter.com/MsTofuFairy/status/288298602646867968
I think it would be my moisturizer.
I can’t live without my Equate makeup remover wipes! Cheap but effective!
Tweeted:
https://twitter.com/babybraddy/status/288347945357697025
Can’t go without my daily Olay moisturizer!
i love baby lips
https://twitter.com/purplelover04/status/288390411343503360
Burt’s Bees Lip balm
Thanks for the contest.
https://twitter.com/slehan/status/288440346998882306
Oil of olay facial cleanser
tbarrettno1 at gmail dot com
tweet
https://twitter.com/ChelleB36/status/288447953868292099
tbarrettno1 at gmail dot com