Among the new buzzy skincare brands out there, I’ll admit that I haven’t reached for any Dermalogica products since my teens, but this cream claimed to tick off all of my fussy skin’s requirements in one product, so I wanted to put it to the test.

It aims to calm stressed skin upon contact, while the ceramide-building complex nourishes skin and restores the skin barrier. It also contains hydrating glycerin and squalane, as well as tasmannia lanceolata extract (a mouthful, sure, but it’s essentially rich in antioxidants and works to soothe any flare-ups your skin might be experiencing).

As it’s not messing around in the hydration department. I decided to use this as my last step before bed. My skin drank up the balm-cream hybrid and left me with a glossy – not greasy – finish. I’d recently had an allergic reaction to a product I’d been testing but woke up to see that not only was my skin looking less angry and red, but the dry patches the reaction had caused seemed to be undetectable. It made a very good first impression.

“This moisturiser has answered all my dry skin prayers”