NIVEA Daily Essentials Light Moisturising Day Cream Review

A friend of mine happened to mention that this was her daily go-to moisturiser so I thought I'd give it a go. First off, amazing price for a daily moisturiser, whether you pick it up from the supermarket or online. Basic packaging and standard Nivea scent. The cream was a little thicker than I would like, but I put that down to the spf30. Easy to apply after washing your face, or in my case a quick swipe over with micellar water. I did find the scent was a little overwhelming the first few days but I soon got used to it. It's not a bad smell, or that overpowering, just different from my usual. I found it did take a little extra to soak into my skin, but it wasn't too thick. After a few hours it felt like it had 'worn off' and my skin didn't look as moisturised as it was earlier in the day and I definitely had a bit of shine showing up on my t zone. Would I use it again? Maybe in Summer if I need the extra layer of spf in the morning, but I'd be more inclined to just use a spf on it's own.

Nice moisturiser, feels hydrating on the skin. Thick cream consistency. Love how it has a bit of spf in it. Subtle scent. A little does go a decent way when applying. A good basic moisturiser and very affordable. Xx

I bought this because I wanted a moisturiser and a sunscreen in one. It is good for moisturising but leaves my skin feeling and looking oily. It runs in well with no white residue. I wouldn’t recommend if you have normal to oily skin.

I managed to grab a sample size of this product online and arrived in the mail a week later. I did like the small pottle, Which I still have and use now and then on my face. It is quite thick and heavy and rather smears onto skin, I dont like the thick cream and it doesnt have a scent to it, but it did moisturise skin.

This is a great everyday moisturiser that is not too heavy but still adds hydration to your skin. I have combination skin and found this moisturiser to be fine to use even though it is targeted to those with "normal" skin. I like that this moisturiser has SPF in it because I always like to use a day moisturiser that has built in sun protection. Found that this moisturiser was nice and light and didn't feel too oily or sticky for my combination skin. It absorbed quickly into my skin and didn't take too long to dry. I was able to put make up on on top of this moisturiser without it still being tacky.

I like how this moisturiser has ocean minerals in it as they are meant to be good for your skin. I wouldn't say that this moisturiser provides deep hydration. I personally think it is more of light moisturiser. Therefore I probably wouldn't recommend this to someone with dry skin as you would want something with a bit more hydration.

This moisturiser has a light and refreshing scent. It doesn't really smell of anything in particular. The packaging is a tube rather than the pottle/container pictured above. I quite like having it in a tube as it makes it easy to get the product out.

Overall this is a great day moisturiser that I would purchase again.

I had high hopes for this but I had a major allergic reaction to it. It smelled overly perfumey when I opened it but it was a nice rich creamy feel. I put it on and within 10 minutes my skin was searing hot and I had broken out in hive-like rash. I was then crazy itchy. Will not be using again.

I purchased this along with some other nivea products. I got this one because it said it was good for oily/combination skin which is what I have. It also has SPF in it which is always good in a product. When I tried it out, I wasn't too impressed with it. It felt very oily to me and left my skin looking shiny. It wasn't good because for a product that is meant to be for oily skin, it seemed to make my skin oiler. Applying make up over this wasn't great too. It would slide around and wouldn't last.

I was gifted this by a friend along the matching cream cleanser. I have a problem with my brother using my skincare so I put this in the cupboard for us to share. So far the the things I like about this is it's scent, price and spf factor and it's not a very greasy moisturizer. It is a thick cream but it absorbs into your skin decently. The scent is Nivea's signature scent. It comes in a sturdy jar which is good but I personally would prefer a pump. Looking at the ingredients it doesn't have a lot of good for your skin ingredients listed on the back of the jar just the active spf ingredients. I typically like to apply my spf moisturizer all over my face and around my eyes, I do this with my Apple a Day on a daily basis with no irritation whatsoever. However when apply this around my eyes it stings, makes my eyes water until I wash it off, if I even have this high on my cheeks my eyes seem to be slightly irritated about it or have traces of it on my finger when I apply another product to my eye area, my eyes don't like that either. Now it does say to avoid eye area so it's my fault if my eyes sting as a result. Personally if there's nothing else available it's an okay option but I won't apply it without a good serum or facial oil underneath since this is just spf. I'm happy to have this in the bathroom for my brother to use since he doesn't have an spf moisturizer but once this is used up I wouldn't buy this.

It was good but how it was packaged where I had to dip my finger into the pot wasn't nice. I didn't enjoy doing that and would prefer a squeezy tube or pump. But it did give good moisure though so yeh