Endocare Tensage Cream for oily acne-prone skin
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A weak match for oily acne-prone skin; the moisturizers alongside fit it better.
This fit is calculated for the concerns frequently associated with oily acne-prone skin: shine, breakouts, blemishes, and enlarged pores. For scores and recommendations based on your full skin profile, including your 12D face scan results and any goals or preferences you have, please use the Lovi app.
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Lovi Assistant explains
- Offers moderate moisturizing for your oily skin due to glycerin and snail secretion filtrate, which hydrate and enhance barrier resilience, but Limnanthes Alba Seed Oil and Caprylic Capric Triglyceride may feel too heavy.
- The formula provides supportive benefits for acne, blemishes, and breakouts, and oiliness or shiny skin through Snail Secretion Filtrate Sca Growth Factor Technology Filtrate and Hydrolyzed Soy Protein.
How to apply
- Use this AM and PM routine every day to help clear your skin. Always remember to finish with SPF in the morning.
- Apply the moisturizer after your cleanser and toner, right before your SPF during the day.
- Gently press a small amount into your skin and avoid rubbing to keep pores clear.
- Apply on clean, slightly damp skin to help the product absorb better and control oil.
- Avoid the sensitive eye area and do a simple patch test before your first use.
People Say
★4.0Overall rating based on 100+ reviewsBased on limited data, Endocare Tensage Cream is a rich anti-aging moisturizer that effectively firms, redensifies, and supports skin recovery, providing a healthy glow and improved texture for normal to dry skin. Some users with sensitive skin or specific fragrance preferences have reported moderate irritation or dislike of the scent, and a few found the texture insufficient for very dry skin.
Highlights
Improves firmness Often Mentioned
- “Restores skin resilience”
- “redefines facial contours”
- “improves elasticity”
Rich texture Often Mentioned
- “Luxurious emulsion”
- “nourishing without being oily”
- “sinks into the skin”
Aids recovery Sometimes Noted
- “Prescribed after laser”
- “calming after peels”
- “no inflammation”
Provides glow Sometimes Noted
- “Gives that inner glow”
- “smoother and more radiant”
- “luminous look”
Potential irritation Sometimes Noted
- “Skin turned red”
- “red bumps”
- “broke me out”
Unpleasant scent Sometimes Noted
- “Smell is terrible”
- “could smell it long after”
- “fragrance ingredients”
Insufficient for dry Rarely Noted
- “Feels slightly insufficient”
- “needs extra moisturizer”
Jar packaging Rarely Noted
- “Not a fan of jar”
- “wish it was a pump”
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Questions and answers
Why is Endocare Tensage Cream a weak match for oily acne-prone skin?
Endocare Tensage Cream is a weak match for your oily acne-prone skin because some of its oils may feel too heavy. A product of this type needs lightweight ingredients that provide hydration and improve skin texture without adding excess oil or clogging pores.
Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology, 2017Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology, 2022
Which ingredients make this cream a poor fit for oily acne-prone skin?
Limnanthes Alba Seed Oil and Caprylic Capric Triglyceride may feel too heavy on your oily skin. Oily acne-prone skin needs lightweight, oil-free moisturizers with hydrating agents and peptides that balance moisture without adding excess oil or clogging pores.
What does Secret Key do for oily acne-prone skin?
Niacinamide helps balance oily skin by reducing excess oil production and supports acne-prone skin by calming redness and improving blemishes. It is also unlikely to irritate, making it a gentle addition to your routine to keep your skin smooth and clear.
Journal of Cosmetic and Laser Therapy, 2006Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology, 2004
What does Biorepair Technology do for oily acne-prone skin?
Biorepair Technology helps soothe and repair oily, acne-prone skin by supporting the skin barrier with micro-repair particles. This type of skin needs ingredients that balance oil and calm redness without clogging pores.
Where does this cream go in a skincare routine for oily acne-prone skin?
This moisturizing treatment goes in the evening routine after your cleansing toner and before your moisturizer. Because your oily skin may find certain oils in this formula too heavy, a product of this type needs lightweight hydrators and ingredients that help clear breakouts and manage shiny skin.
Can I use this cream with retinol, and in what order?
You can use this cream alongside retinol, applying it after your retinol treatment to help soothe dryness and support your skin barrier. However, because some oils in this formula may feel too heavy for your oily skin, this type of skin works best with lightweight, oil-free moisturizers containing ceramides, hyaluronic acid, or niacinamide.
How often should I use this cream?
You can use this moisturizing treatment daily, though it may feel too heavy on oily skin. A product of this type needs lightweight hydrators and ingredients that balance oil and breakouts without clogging pores for this skin.
Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology, 2020Health Science Reports, 2021
Can this cream clog pores, cause breakouts or purging for oily acne-prone skin?
This cream is a weak match for your oily acne-prone skin because certain oils in the formula may feel too heavy. An ideal moisturizer for this skin needs lightweight hydrators and ingredients that help clear blemishes without clogging pores.
Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology, 2022Veterinary Sciences, 2021
Can I use this cream around the eyes or on my body?
This moisturizing treatment is generally not recommended for the thin skin around the eyes or on the body due to its rich oils and heavy texture, which may feel overly greasy on delicate areas. Products intended for these specific regions typically require lightweight, fast-absorbing hydrators and soothing agents that respect thinner or larger skin surfaces without clogging pores or feeling heavy.
Is this cream fragrance-free and alcohol-free?
Yes, it has no fragrance and no drying alcohol. Cetyl alcohol is a fatty alcohol, which soften the skin.
What the research says
A single application of a moisturizing fluid containing hyaluronic acid 1%, glycerin 5%, and Centella asiatica stem cells extract significantly increased skin hydration by 29% and reduced transepidermal water loss at 24 hours compared to baseline and an untreated control site in twenty healthy women.
Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology, 2017A facial serum containing snail secretion filtrate, Calendula officinalis, and Glycyrrhiza glabra root extract significantly reduced inflammatory acne lesions compared to placebo in 66 participants with mild-to-moderate maskne over 12 weeks.
Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology, 2022Topical treatment with Snail Secretion Filtrate significantly improves the speed and percentage of wound area closure, enhances proliferation and tissue remodeling, and reduces inflammation in a full-thickness excisional wound model in mice compared to untreated controls.
Veterinary Sciences, 2021Cellulose acetate and soy protein hydrolysate nanofibrous dressings promote fibroblast proliferation in vitro and accelerate wound healing with reduced scar formation in vivo.
Advanced Healthcare Materials, 2018HelixComplex snail mucus protected human keratinocytes and reconstructed human epidermis models from ozone-induced oxidative damage and pro-inflammatory response following exposure to 0.5 ppm ozone for 2 hours.
PloS One, 2020Topical application of 48% and 96% snail mucus increases angiogenesis during wound healing in Wistar rat skin compared to lower concentrations and control.
F1000Research, 2021A formulation combining snail mucus and edible flower waste extract provided cytoprotective effects and reduced reactive oxygen species, lipid peroxidation, and glutathione content in keratinocytes exposed to UVB radiation.
International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023Application of the probiotic-derived ingredient CLS02021 significantly increased skin moisture and elasticity and decreased wrinkle depth and pore size compared to placebo in healthy volunteers, with no significant side effects.
Medical Archives, 2022Combination blue light therapy with proprietary creams reduced mean inflammatory lesion counts by 50.02% in 26 adults with mild-to-moderate facial inflammatory acne compared to a 2.45% increase in 15 controls over 12 weeks.
Journal of Cosmetic and Laser Therapy, 2015DA-5512 stimulates human dermal papilla cell viability, hair growth, and hair follicle parameters comparably to minoxidil, showing significantly increased efficacy after 16 weeks compared to placebo or 3% minoxidil.
Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2017Topical epidermal growth factor combined with silver sulfadiazine accelerated the rate of epidermal regeneration and significantly decreased healing time by approximately 1 to 1.5 days across all stages of healing in skin-graft-donor sites of 12 patients compared to silver sulfadiazine alone.
The New England Journal of Medicine, 1989Topical application of 0.1% hyaluronic acid formulations of different molecular weights led to significant improvements in skin hydration and elasticity, with low-molecular-weight formulations also significantly reducing wrinkle depth in seventy-six female subjects compared to a vehicle control.
Journal of Drugs in Dermatology, 2011Topical stem cell-conditioned medium combined with ablative fractional CO2 laser resurfacing showed no significant difference in clinical scar improvement compared to laser alone, whereas platelet-rich plasma yielded better and faster improvement than stem cell-conditioned medium in patients with atrophic post-acne scars.
The Journal of Dermatological Treatment, 2021
Ingredients
Water, C12-20 Acid Peg-8 Ester, Snail Secretion Filtrate Sca Growth Factor Technology Filtrate, Glycerin, Hydrolyzed Soy Protein, Pentylene Glycol, Saccharide Isomerate, Hexylene Glycol, Limnanthes Alba Seed Oil, Caprylic Capric Triglyceride, Cetyl Alcohol, Ppg-15 Stearyl Ether, Tocopheryl Acetate Vitamin E, Fructose, Glucose, Phenoxyethanol, Urea, Sodium Lactate, Lactic Acid, Serine, Sorbitol, Methylparaben, Dextrin, Sucrose, Sodium Citrate, Sodium Chloride, Disodium Edta, Propylparaben, Allantoin, Alanine, Aspartic Acid, Glutamic Acid, Hexyl Nicotinate, Tensderm Firming Peptides
Behind this fit score
Lovi calculates every fit score from the full ingredient list with brand-independent rules our dermatologists and cosmetic chemists build and review, and personalizes every pick with AI trained on the real results of millions of users. Lovi trains its fit score models on a proprietary dataset built from more than 10,000 expert-labeled products and more than 100,000 simulated examples, following an internally consistent methodology presented at Cosmoprof, AMWC, and Skin of Color Update.
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