Neutrogena Hydro Boost Water Gel Review

I will start with the packaging. The box was visually appealing straight away. Blue and silver with easy to read labelling. Once opened, the pot was so sleek and even more visually appealing than the box!! Just looking at it made me want to use it!! On day one, I cleaned my face and neck, and applied a dabbed finger amount over my skin. A little goes a long way so I was impressed by that instantly. The gel glides on so silkily and easily and instantaneously your skin is left feeling fresh and velvety. I have to use a cleanser on my combination skin but I always have issues with dry skin in the grooves of my nose and sides of my mouth. By day three of using this product (once a day use) my dry skin was completely gone and my skin was feeling a lot more supple! By day 8, it had transformed my skin completely! I have continued cleansing my face as per normal, and using the Hydro Boost Water Gel daily and have had no more dry skin. This Gel has been a saving grace, it has solved my dry skin problem, increased luminosity and suppleness on my face, and has not increased any oil productivity on my combination skin!!!!!!! Highly, highly recommended!!!!

I was so pleased to be given the opportunity to trial this product, I had tried a similar product previously but couldn't really afford to keep using it. I love the packaging, very cool looking and screamed water & hydration...... The glass jar is slick and expensive looking. The gel is incredibly light. I have really sensitive skin I was slightly concerned it may irritate my skin however following over a week of daily use it hasn't affected me at all. The smell is pleasant, difficult to describe as anything other than water. I have very dry skin and when you first apply this gel it feels really cool & hydrating, I could just feel it sinking in. On my skin it was soaked up almost instantly but I did feel slightly tight after about ten minutes. I have found that I also need to apply my usual moisturiser on top of the gel. I don't mind this, I felt like it has 'locked in' the water based gel. My skin has felt comfortable all day and I think is looking better/brighter overall. ps. I LOVE the price of this product, reasonable enough to be able to continue using this regularly and favorably comparable to the more expensive version I have tried before.

I was very excited to trial this product, especially being Neutrogena as they usually make fabulous products, but unfortunately it's not what I had hoped. I found this moisturiser very appealing, the packaging looked very elegant and the cream, very luxurious. I trialled this product for two weeks to get a good feel for it and I found the gel felt very nice and cooling on my face, it had a pleasant, mild scent. However I didn't find it overly moisturising as it claims it is. My skin certainly didn't feel moisturised. I found it very average and would not use it again. Overall, It has lovely packaging and is nice and refreshing but that's as far as it goes. Not worth the money as far as I'm concerned.

I was very exited to try this gel when I saw this clear blue jar and this name " HYDRO BOOST WATER GEL" on first time. Also they say Neutrogena Hydro Boost Water Gel double’s skins moisture in just 1hr!? I thought I couldn't image what would happened in 1hr but It sounds what I need. And I am using this for 2 weeks, still I haven't got clue about it. This gel is light gel and spread on skin very nicely.(one finger top size is enough to spread on my face and neck.) It gives me cool fresh feeling and I could feel like my skin is getting hydrating and after this gel disappear my skins are very smooth. And what???? It didn't really moisturized me.Through a day I feel my skin needs more!! To be honest, It is nothing specially boost up thing happened to me. Is it because I have a dry skin??? hmmm... I am a kind of disappointed. I like this texture and I am going to finish to use it. Hopefully I will find something special about this gel and I f I did, I will review again.

I don't think i can accurately put in words how great this product is, But I shall try! I have very dry skin and normally moisturize at least 5 times a day, still when I try to wear foundation I get dry flaky patches which look horrid! With this product I was down to twice a day and was able to wear both foundation AND powder when going out for my birthday dinner! that alone would make it top of my buy list. I also tried it on my partner who has skin issues, his response was that it felt great going on very refreshing and as good as what he gets on script from the doc's. It has no noticeable fragrance and feels light and refreshing going on. The packaging looks great and very upmarket, about my only complaint was that for the size of the jar a lot of it was glass not product however in saying that it amazed me how far a small amount went. So I feel it is still great value for money. another plus is that while using this I have had no breakouts and my skin looks and feels better then it has at anytime since pre teenage years which is saying something as I am now in my early 30's

I have been using this everday in the morning for the past week and it has really hydrated my skin. I have sensitive combination skin (more dry at this time of year) and I haven't suffered any breakouts as a result of adding this product to my daily routine. It has moisturised well and I replaced my usual Neutrogena day moisturiser and have noticed a difference in my skin as it seems to really love the water gel and it really does make a difference within an hour! I'm not completely convinced about the progressive release system yet but my skin isn't as dry at the end of the day so perhaps it does work! The only negative comment I have about this is that I don't like the smell - it isn't a bad smell, it is just an odd one. Otherwise I highly recommend.

First of all Love the packaging that this product came in I am in love with the blue/silver packaging and the simple style of the blue potttle which is GREAT. When opened the smell of the product is minimal and pleasing, definitely not an overpowering product, some of nutrogenas products are quite perfumy but this isnt! The texture of the product is a light pale ble gel, this was extremely pleasing as I have never used a light gel on my face I have always used the thick consistency products. I am also always sceptical of using anything that contains an "Acid" as my skin is so sensitive that it reacts with anything unnatural on my face but so far so good with this product. The most noticeable effect from this gel is how your skin feels within 30 minutes of applying the product, my skin was so incredibly soft although I had a slight tingle on my skin from the ingredients it never eventuated into any reaction. It didnt help that I am in early pregnancy and the fact that my skin is breaking out like no tomorrow so I cannot review this product in that respect. In terms of keeping my skin hydrating for elongated periods of time I didn’t notice any incredible difference. All in all not the worst and not the, best 3 out of 5 for this :)

Lets cut straight to it this product does what it says, it rehydrates your skin like nothing else i have ever used, but i just can't decide if i like it. I am not sure what it is, but there is something about it that make me go yea nah. It could possibly be the smell. Its not bad or anything but to me it just smells like sunblock which is a bit weird for the more "upmarket" spectrum of the Neutrogena range, i think i was just expecting something a bit different.

It does make your skin feel lovely and plump when you first put it on, like you have walked through a light mist in the spring time. It does feel like you have to reapply it to keep up the level of moisture though but that might just be me and the environment i work in. Everyone knows air conditioning sucks out your skins moisture like a vampire sucking blood. So I will agree with its claim that it doubles skins moisture in 1 hour but i dont think it keeps going for the full 24 hours but hey thats a pretty big claim to live up to.

I found that this actually worked amazingly well on my hands too. I have quite dry "bakers" hands, like you can see all the lines on the backs of my hands along with a few burns and scars. When i put the Hydro Boost on the lines pretty much disappeared and they felt so super smooth. This is almost better as a hand cream than a face cream.

Over all yea its a good product it makes you skin feel nice and looks all young and dewy but nah i wouldn't buy it myself. Personally if i was going to buy a gel moisturiser i would buy the vitamin E one from the Body Shop, it smells nicer and i think it does a better job of holding in your skins moisture for a longer period than the Hydro Boost.

First things first the packaging was perfect. It reminds you of water. It smells fresh and looks refreshing. Just looking at it makes you think your skin is going to feel instantly hydrated. When I first applied this It soaked into my skin instantly and I definitely didn't use it sparingly then I waited for it to dry and apply my BB cream over top. Big fail. It just turned into a mess I tried this several times less gel more BB cream then more gel less BB cream and nothing worked so I gave up and used just the gel over a good 8 days my skin has changed. I have noticed the fine lines around my eyes have smoothed out and my skin does feel smooth and does feel hydrated. Over these 8 days I very reluctantly gave up my serum so I could make a fair review. This would be an awesome summer must have as it reminds me of summer and after sun gel. It instantly cools your face. I never had any breakouts using this gel which is one thing I love about it. I would probably consider buying this again. Especially over summer on days I can get away with not wearing BB cream or make up

The entirety of my skin care choices revolves around two factors due to a skin condition I have called Keretosis Pilaris: non-comedogenic rating, and the ability to hydrate. This product fits both those categories and from what I have experienced while trialling this does what it says it will do; hydrate your skin.

When you use this gel you can almost watch it soak into your skin, I have never come across something that does that so well. After using it just once on my face, half an hour later I could feel the difference. I tried putting some on before going to bed instead of using my usual night cream and even in the morning softer still. Using this consistently I can guarantee you will feel the difference between this and what you normally use, and that’s coming from someone who has to moisturise religiously. I will definitely be continuing to use this and an added boost to my skincare regime. It may even end up replacing my night cream completely (also I’ve seen a night version in the supermarket so may even switch to using both!!) I spotted the price at my local countdown at around $22 bottle per jar. For my needs that’s a reasonably good deal considering the results you get are so fantastic

Even though this product is designed for the facial area I decided to run a little test against what I currently use on my skin my using it on one arm and continuing with my usual product on the other to see if I could find a visible and obvious difference. I chose these areas because I get KP breakouts on my arms and one part of treating it is to moisturize intensively to prevent it from even occurring. I am very happy to say I saw a reduction in it on the arm I used this product on and both felt and saw a difference in my skins appearance.

Now the little details: • There is little to no scent to this gel and my skin (sensitive/dry) had no reactions to it at all • Is easy to apply, cooling to the skin and soaks in very quickly with no greasy residue, it worked so well I would put another application of it just to watch it soak in again for the fun of it • A little goes a long, long way so if you’re umming and ahhing about the average price of this product let me put it this way: my trial is finished and the jar is not. • If you have dry skin this is an absolute winner and because of it non-comedogenic rating it won’t block your pores either so it may still do a wonderful job for those with combination skin that want to hydrate their skin but don’t want to trigger a breakout

Totally recommend it, totally going to keep using this!!!