Elizabeth Arden Millennium Night Renewal Cream for skin with dark spots
Glycerin
Dimethicone
Stearic Acid
Glyceryl Stearate
Phenoxyethanol
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- AverageNormal Skin Fit
- AverageEffectiveness
- HighSafety
Works for skin with dark spots; other moisturizers fit it better.
This fit is calculated for the concerns frequently associated with dark spots: hyperpigmentation, sun spots, and uneven skin tone. 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 normal skin due to the presence of glycerin, which hydrates and smooths texture, but it does not directly address your main goal of pigmentation.
- While the formula is generally safe for your normal skin with no risks of irritation, it lacks specific ingredients that would provide more targeted benefits for your pigmentation concerns.
- The safety profile is excellent, with no harsh or prohibited ingredients, ensuring it is suitable for your normal skin.
How to apply
- Could be used as part of your AM and PM routine. Start using it 3 times a week and move to daily use if your skin likes it.
- Apply this moisturizer after your cleanser and toner, right before your morning SPF.
- Gently press a small amount of the moisturizer into your skin. Avoid rubbing it too hard so it absorbs nicely.
- For the best moisture, you can apply it when your skin is slightly damp. This helps your skin stay soft and happy.
- Remember to avoid the eye area when applying. Always do a patch test before your first use.
Questions and answers
How well does Millennium Night Renewal Cream work for skin with dark spots?
Millennium Night Renewal Cream provides moderate moisture for normal skin using glycerin, but it does not directly target dark spots. A moisturizer for this skin needs effective brightening ingredients along with hydrating agents to help even out tone while keeping the skin soft and smooth.
Which ingredients make this cream a good fit for skin with dark spots?
Glycerin helps hydrate and smooth your skin texture, but this cream lacks the specific brightening ingredients needed to directly address dark spots. A moisturizer for this skin needs effective brightening ingredients, soothing components, and hydrating agents to manage pigmentation while maintaining skin health.
What does Glycerin do for skin with dark spots?
Glycerin helps keep dry skin hydrated and supports a healthy skin barrier, which makes skin feel soft and smooth. While it does not directly fade dark spots on its own, it is often added to spot-fading products to keep the skin comfortable while other ingredients work.
Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology, 2017Acta Dermato-venereologica, 2017
What does Dimethicone do for skin with dark spots?
Dimethicone does not directly fade dark spots, but it helps protect the skin and keeps it smooth while you use targeted treatments. To properly address dark spots, this skin type needs brightening ingredients like vitamin C or retinoids paired with daily sun protection.
Where does this cream go in a skincare routine for skin with dark spots?
This moisturizer goes toward the end of your morning and evening skincare routines, right before sunscreen in the morning and after treatments in the evening. While it hydrates and smooths your skin safely, skin with dark spots needs products featuring targeted brightening ingredients to help fade discoloration.
Can I use this cream with retinol, and in what order?
You can use this cream with retinol by applying the retinol first, letting it dry, and then following with the cream to keep your skin soft and smooth. Using a moisturizer alongside treatments like retinol helps reduce dryness and supports your skin barrier.
How often should I use this cream?
This cream works well for your skin when used daily as a standard moisturizer to keep your face soft and smooth. While it is very safe and gentle for everyday wear, skin with dark spots also needs targeted brightening ingredients to properly fade uneven tone.
Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology, 2020Health Science Reports, 2021
Can this cream clog pores, cause breakouts or purging for skin with dark spots?
This cream is unlikely to clog pores or cause breakouts on your skin with dark spots, as its formula is generally safe and free of harsh ingredients. To properly care for dark spots, this type of product needs targeted brightening ingredients that help even out skin tone.
Can I use this cream around the eyes or on my body?
You can use this moisturizing cream safely almost anywhere on your body, but you should check with a doctor before applying it near the sensitive skin around your eyes. It is generally very safe with no harsh ingredients, though a product of this type needs specialized brightening ingredients like vitamin C or plant extracts to properly target dark spots.
Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy, 2002Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology, 2017
Is this cream fragrance-free and alcohol-free?
It has no drying alcohol and contains fragrance (parfum). Cetyl alcohol and stearyl alcohol are fatty alcohols, 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, 2017The emollient V0034CR significantly reduced TEWL compared to vehicle and vehicle plus glycerol, and significantly increased corneometry scores compared to vehicle and vehicle plus petrolatum in healthy volunteers with dry skin, demonstrating combined barrier function improvement from petrolatum and hydration improvement from glycerol.
Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology, 2020Ten days of treatment with a cream containing 20% glycerin significantly increased skin hydration measured by corneometer values in 17 healthy volunteers compared to a placebo cream, but showed no influence on transepidermal water loss or skin sensitivity to an irritating surfactant.
International Journal of Cosmetic Science, 2001Niacinamide/glycerin body moisturizers provided better rapid and prolonged improvement of cosmetic xerosis through functional improvement of stratum corneum barrier function compared to no treatment and conventional moisturizers in female subjects.
Journal of Drugs in Dermatology, 2012Wearing an N95 mask alone compared to using dimethicone cream or hydrocolloid dressing caused more adverse skin reactions among 73 military health care workers, with no significant differences in fit test failure rates between groups.
Military Medicine, 2024A dimethicone skin protectant lotion significantly decreased visual scoring and transepidermal water loss compared to vehicle control and SLS-only treated sites in 12 healthy humans exposed to sodium lauryl sulfate.
Skin Research and Technology, 2000Treatment with a moisturizer containing dimethicone and glycerine increased epidermal thickness by 0.019 mm, improved barrier function by decreasing transepidermal water loss by 13%, decreased melanin intensity, and induced keratins 6 and 16 in fifteen women with moderately photoaged forearms.
Clinical and Experimental Dermatology, 2007Sodium dodecyl sulfate treatment disrupts the ordered intercellular lipid lamellar structure in hairless mouse stratum corneum, and immersion in a ceramide 3, cholesterol, and stearic acid mixture successfully reorganizes this ordered lamellar structure.
Biophysical Chemistry, 2001
Why other moisturizers fit skin with dark spots better
Niacinamide significantly decreased hyperpigmentation and increased skin lightness compared with vehicle alone after 4 weeks of use in women by inhibiting melanosome transfer.
The British Journal of Dermatology, 2002Topical oxidized glutathione significantly decreases the skin melanin index and improves moisture content, smoothness, wrinkle formation, and elasticity compared to placebo in healthy women.
Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology, 2014Topical application of Lactobacillus plantarum-GMNL6 enhanced collagen synthesis and SPTSSA gene expression while reducing melanin synthesis, Staphylococcus aureus biofilm, and Cutibacterium acnes proliferation, leading to clinical improvements in skin moisture, color, spots, wrinkles, UV spots, and porphyrins in human volunteers.
International Journal of Medical Sciences, 2021
Ingredients
Water, Glycerin, Stearic Acid, Cetyl Alcohol, Dimethicone, Triethanolamine, Stearyl Alcohol, Glyceryl Stearate, Peg-100 Stearate, Parfum, Phenoxyethanol, Carbomer, Disodium Edta, Methylparaben, Propylparaben, Butylparaben, Ethylparaben, Isobutylparaben
Behind this fit score
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