Ok so there’s a lot to unload here lol. Here comes the novel:1) texture wise: it’s a gel, but thicker than the average gel face creams almost dense — make sense due to it being a “barrier cream”. So although typically gels are quite lightweight I’d say this isn’t—ish.2) let me explain the “isn’t—ish”: when you first put it on, it’s dewy, appears to hydrate the skin. Notice how I said appears, from the first use I knew right away it didn’t fully absorb into my skin. I wasn’t impressed. After a few minutes the dewy, wet look subsided. Again, I wasn’t impressed but I get it, it’s soaked up a bit into the skin. This is normal but it just made me feel like this was giving ✨nothing✨. Nonetheless, I continued to use it. Now that it’s a been a while I can confidently say, yes it hydrates, yes it initially soaks into the skin BUT I would say like 30% abdorbs & the other 70% sits on your face. This is why I deducted stars. Now I’m a pro-dewy girlie through & through! But this wasn’t dewy, this was absolutely an oil slick. I felt like the product didn’t actually get to my skin.. it sort of sat on top of the skin??? I mean I was literally giving coconut-oil-hair mask that was leaking on my forehead. It wasn’t cute. It wasn’t dewy. I looked disheveled & not fresh/clean. If you’re dry.. like dry the Sahara this is for you. Combo & oily skin girls you gotta skip or keep it for the winter. (And to be clear, I’ve used countless high end to low end face creams & barrier creams, none of them have sat on my face and piled on me the way this did—I have combo skin. You could literally look at me & apply your makeup due to the reflection on my forehead).3) little to no skin improvement: I can’t necessarily say I see an improvement in the skin. Barrier wise, it didn’t irritate my barrier, it kept my irritation at bay but I got better barrier repair with good old’ diaper rash cream (it’s God sent, don’t say I didn’t put you on), or cheaper barrier repair creams. My skin is obviously hydrated to the max but I worry about milia or breakouts due to the extreme amount of oil this cream is leaving on my face.So overall, 3/5. It works. It hydrates. It doesn’t soak completely in the skin. Will leave you hellllla greasy, not oily, not dewy. Greasy! Combo & oily girlies—hard pass. Winter? Dry skin? Grab it. Maybe don’t use it daily but that’d be when it’s suitable. I’d keep it in my rotation when I want a moisture surge but make sure you have a great routine to clean the face after because of the oil left behind.