Glamour’s Whole Beauty Team Is Obsessed With This Jellyfish-Inspired Cream

It’s uncommon {that a} single product has the entire Glamour workplace buzzing, however as soon as the crew obtained our palms on the brand new U Magnificence Barrier Bioactive Remedy, the DMs got here flooding in. I first bonded over the remedy with our managing commerce editor, who, regardless of having the polar reverse pores and skin sort from me (I’m basic combo and as acne-prone as they arrive, she’s dry and suffers from eczema) was simply as obsessive about the product. Shortly after, I used to be recommending it to any staffer that got here to me with skin-care considerations, together with infected pimples, curious flaky patches, and common winter dullness, and every particular person liked it as a lot because the final. 

The Barrier Remedy is the newest in Tina Craig’s (you might know her as @bagsnob on Instagram) ultracurated high-tech line, U Magnificence. As a teen in California, Craig was a self-described solar worshipper and spent loads of time laying out, damaging her pores and skin within the course of. She didn’t understand the hurt she was inflicting till she was visiting household in Asia, and her grandma took her to a standard Chinese language acupuncturist, who coated her face in slime from the immortal jellyfish, a creature recognized for its capability to transdifferentiate, which means it could possibly revert its grownup cells again to stem cells at any time. 

At first Craig thought it was bizarre, however she began getting compliments on her pores and skin, and it fascinated her ever since. Flash ahead to now, when she wished to create one thing as transformative as that slime she tried all these 12 months in the past, and the U Magnificence Barrier Bioactive Remedy was born after over 4 years within the lab.

Fortunately there’s no jellyfish truly within the product; the creature is simply the inspiration for the remedy. As an alternative the thick cream—meant for use just a few instances per week because the final step in your routine—makes use of a mixture of bioactive marine elements and skin-care staples like hyaluronic acid and vitamin B6 to deeply and shortly restore the pores and skin barrier. As we all know, the pores and skin barrier is deeply related to just about each pores and skin concern within the ebook, so in flip it addresses redness, dryness, dullness, indicators of ageing, elasticity, and common pores and skin stress. The model’s signature Siren Capsule know-how delivers the energetic elements solely the place your pores and skin is broken, to utterly maximize the outcomes. 

Sounds too good to be true? Take it from 4 Glamour staffers, who’re whole converts. 

Bella Cacciatore, magnificence author

I’ve extraordinarily troublesome pores and skin that has solely gotten more and more arduous to deal with over the previous few months. I’m extremely zits inclined however not oily, and my pores and skin is definitely irritated. My derm just lately despatched me house with a bag filled with retinol samples (on high of my normal Epiduo and Spironalactone combo) that has left my pores and skin in shambles. My zits is displaying no indicators of slowing down, however now I’ve added flaking, peeling, and redness into the combination. I used to be about to solid off this remedy as a danger to interrupt me out additional, however after listening to Tina discuss it at an occasion, I needed to give it a attempt. That was about three weeks in the past, and I’ve used it virtually on daily basis since. In two days, my flakes had been utterly gone, and so they haven’t come again since I included the remedy into my routine. I’ve additionally seen that my pores and skin is usually calmer: I’m nonetheless breaking out however they are not as infected, and my basis applies higher within the morning. It doesn’t simply look higher; the winter tightness is gone, and it appears like bouncy child pores and skin. I’m at all times hesitant to suggest something over $90, however given how dramatically this modified my pores and skin in two days, I feel it’s properly definitely worth the splurge. 

Shanna Shipin, managing commerce editor

It’s uncommon that an at-home product will truly ship in-office outcomes, however U Magnificence’s latest drop is the true deal. Since I dwell in Los Angeles, hardly drink water, and have eczema, defending my pores and skin barrier is every thing—however no product in my routine ever been so restorative (and fast-acting) as this in a single day masks. I noticed outcomes from this vitamin-packed, immortal-jellyfish-inspired formulation after the very first evening. It’s been three weeks of constant use, and my pores and skin has by no means seemed higher. The acne-pitted scars on my cheeks have drastically evened out, my total leatherlike texture is smoothed, and my stubbornly boring pores and skin truly seems luminous. It’s literal magnificence sleep in a bottle.

Ariana Yaptangco, senior magnificence editor 

I simply began a brand new prescription tretinoin for my zits, and whereas it’s serving to remove breakouts, it’s additionally actually drying me out. This cream is sort of a moist hug (sounds gross, however belief me) for my parched pores and skin that immediately hydrates and calms my face. It’s not heavy or greasy and doesn’t sit on high of pores and skin; as a substitute it melts in, leaving you with a cushiony complexion. I actually piled it on and was amazed at how shortly it absorbs. It has a clean-smelling scent that I don’t thoughts and is available in minimalist packaging that appears cute on my nightstand.

Perrie Samotin, digital director

I’m that one that is consistently griping about my bodily look—my hair is simply too frizzy; my nostril is simply too cartilage-y (sure, actually); life can be higher, I guess, if I had been 5’8″ and never 5’3″—however my pores and skin is one space that by no means will get a beating. In maturity, it’s at all times been fairly persistently clear and even textured. That went out the window this winter, when I discovered myself confronted with excessive dryness, pronounced indicators of ageing, under-the-skin breakouts, and usually a complexion I’d categorize as “yikes.” Once I noticed the outline of U Magnificence’s The Barrier Remedy, I felt prefer it was speaking on to me. Made to “enhance boring, dry, weathered-looking complexions whereas visibly fortifying the pores and skin barrier for visibly smoother, more healthy, revived pores and skin in as little as one week” sounded exceptional, and I’m happy to report that inside only a few days, the in a single day remedy has already focused my excessive dryness. My pores and skin seems to be noticeably hydrated and fewer sensitized, and the formulation itself appears like a dream happening. Will proceed!

Bella Cacciatore is the sweetness author at Glamour. Observe her on Instagram @bellacacciatore_.