You can check out the Intensive Healing Cream on the Curél® website HERE. You can find this at Walmart, Target, CVS, and Drugstore.com. It varies in price from $9.99 to $12.99 for a 16 oz jar. Just to give you a little perspective on that size, my jars in these photos are 1oz each.
My first impression of Curél® Intensive Healing Cream is how thick it is! It's like the thickness of meringue, and no that's not just the food part of my brain talking, It's consistency is much like meringue right before it forms stiff peaks, it's sticky and thick in the jar but smooth and pourable. If you stick your finger on top of the cream and pull it away, you'll pull out a glob and it just clings to you but doesn't drip off.
It smells slightly odd. It's not bad by any means, but it almost smells medical, the scent actually reminds me of antibacterial ointments. Not the antibacterial orange scent of dish soap or Dial, but like Neosporin or other antibiotic creams that you put on burns or cuts. That "unscented" smell, when it isn't truly unscented. I've actually only come across a truly unscented product a handful of times in my life, where it literally didn't have a scent. The scent quickly disappears though. I used my favorite body scrub to really get a fresh start with this lotion, and used it everywhere, including my face. There were several things I was pleasantly surprised with that I'll detail below!
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| Ignore my horribly chipped nail polish... But this kind of shows the consistency, it's not dripping off my finger, that's a thick strand as it's clinging to itself and my hand. I know it's pretty light, but it's the best I could do. |
Not only does this spread easily, but it absorbs super quickly and doesn't leave a greasy feel afterwards. I want to compare it to another amazing healing balm (If you have dry skin you've tried it) but I can't because, while it compares amazingly with it's healing awesomeness, it does not leave that "my skin is covered in Crisco" feel that the other balm leaves. Most intensive healing creams/ointments/balms tend to leave a layer on top of your skin, I would assume this is to protect it from further damage while it works it's magic. But that layer gets everywhere, you can't do anything, touch anything, or put your clothes on without wiping it off or getting everything covered in cream/ointment/balm. So finally, we can all put our clothes on and read our books at night without getting it all covered in greasy mess and still have silky soft skin! My only concern is that I felt like I had to use so much to cover any substantial amount of skin. Maybe that's just me. I will probably only use this on my feet, hands, face, and elbows and use my normal skin cream on the rest of my body.
My itchy dry skin was immediately soothed after using this. I live in the Midwest. I certainly know a thing or two about dry winter air and the horrible skin that comes with it. So trust me when I say this will be crazy fantastic once the sub zero temps are upon us!
Fun fact, I cut off a chunk of my finger a while back, totally not on purpose, worst pain of my life no joke. The skin around the wound has been very dry but I've been afraid to use anything on it for fear of irritating it. Not only is Curél® Intensive Healing Cream hypo-allergenic, fragrance-free, and recommended by 9 out of 10 dermatologists, but it's also safe for babies over 6 months old. So I figured that this was good enough to use on my dry skin near my cut. Now, it's not an open wound, I wouldn't recommend using this on something like that. It's still in it's healing process but the skin is closed. Anyway, all I'm trying to say is that part of the aftermath of my freakish infection paranoid cleaning routine of my cut is very dry skin on my hands and around the wound area. I used just a dab of the Intensive Healing Cream on it the other night, and the itchiness was instantly relieved. It was amazing. What was even more amazing was waking up this morning and every last inch of that dry skin was gone. Gone! Completely. There was zero irritation. I wonder why I waited so long to try this cream!
I also love the fact that Curél® is a partner of the American Diabetes Association and that this is excellent for dry skin associated with diabetes. I really hope they do a mini campaign centered around diabetic skin care and the importance of taking care of your skin if you have diabetes.
Overall I was very impressed by this cream! It worked wonderfully, didn't irritate but rather instantly soothed my already irritated skin, and left me feeling soft not greasy. I really can not think of anything bad to say about this cream! Even the price is reasonable! Everyone I've had try this has loved this as well.
Curél® has gone above and beyond creating an amazing product that does everything it says it will and more.
Fun extra Facts about Ceramides and why you should learn about them!
One of the things that Curél® continues to mention on their website is the presence of Ceramides in this cream. What are ceramides you may ask? It's an interesting answer, they are the "natural lipids and a major component in surface skin structure. They serve as part of the “glue” that holds surface skin cells together."
Which, if you think about it, this is a pretty awesome thing to have in a lotion/cream. So "dry, irritated and sensitive skin often lacks ceramides. As a result, skin's protective barrier is compromised and becomes more susceptible to environmental factors, changes in the season and other irritants."
Makes sense. So essentially the Curél® Intensive Healing Cream is not only rehydrating your skin but also helping heal and strengthen your moisture retaining abilities it by replacing some of what was lost!
"You’re not just relieving symptoms, but actually preventing dry skin from returning over time!"
And that's a statement we can all feel excited about!
I hope you try this product! Your skin will thank you!
As always,
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