ZEROID Intensive Cream for oily acne-prone skin
Sodium Hyaluronate
Glycerin
Squalane
Bisabolol
Myristoyl Palmitoyl Oxostearamide Arachamide Mea
Average
- HighOily Skin Fit
- HighEffectiveness
- ConcerningSafety
Works for oily acne-prone skin; other moisturizers 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 suitability for your oily skin due to ingredients like squalane and caprylic capric triglyceride providing emollient action, but it lacks sufficient components for optimal oil control, which is one of your main concerns.
- While the product provides excellent hydration with glycerin and enhances barrier resilience, its benefits are mostly supportive and irrelevant for your primary concerns of acne, blemishes, and breakouts.
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
★4.6Overall rating based on 1.5k+ reviewsThis moisturizer is widely regarded as a "Holy Grail" for restoring damaged skin barriers, particularly for those with sensitive, dry, or acne-prone skin. This summary is based on a very large amount of data and should definitely be taken into account.
Highlights
Excellent barrier repair Mostly Mentioned
- “healed my over-exfoliated skin”
- “stopped the stinging from tretinoin”
- “restored my barrier in two weeks”
Elegant texture Often Mentioned
- “absorbs instantly without residue”
- “rich but dries down matte”
- “perfect under makeup”
- “no greasy film left behind”
Non-irritating formula Often Mentioned
- “never stings my sensitive eyes”
- “only thing I can use during flare-ups”
- “zero irritation on raw skin”
Great with actives Sometimes Noted
- “perfect companion for Tretinoin”
- “prevents peeling from differin”
- “buffers my actives perfectly”
- “keeps dryness at bay while using acids”
Hard to purchase Sometimes Noted
- “hard to find in stock”
- “shipping took forever”
- “wish I could buy it locally”
- “have to order from Korea”
High price point Sometimes Noted
- “wish it was cheaper”
- “pricey for the amount you get”
- “goes through the tube too fast”
- “expensive but worth it”
Can cause breakouts Rarely Noted
- “gave me closed comedones”
- “clogged my pores after a week”
- “caused small whiteheads on my chin”
- “too heavy for my acne-prone areas”
Insufficient for extreme dryness Rarely Noted
- “not enough for dead of winter”
- “had to layer it with an oil”
- “skin felt tight again by midday”
- “needed the Oint-cream version instead”
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Questions and answers
How well does ZEROID Intensive Cream work for oily acne-prone skin?
This cream works moderately well for your oily skin because it provides hydration with glycerin and squalane, but it lacks ingredients that help control oil and target breakouts. Oily acne-prone skin needs lightweight, oil-free formulas with ingredients that clear blemishes and balance oil without clogging pores.
Which ingredients make this cream a good fit for oily acne-prone skin?
Squalane and caprylic capric triglyceride help make this cream an average fit by softening your skin with moisture, though it lacks oil control. Moisturizing treatments that fit oily acne-prone skin best need ingredients that clear blemishes and hydrate without heavy oils or clogging pores.
What does Hyaluronic Acid do for oily acne-prone skin?
Hyaluronic acid helps calm oily acne-prone skin by reducing sebum production and lipid synthesis in sebaceous glands. It also supports skin barrier function and improves hydration while helping deliver treatments without causing irritation.
The Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 2017Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology, 2022
What does Glycerin do for oily acne-prone skin?
Glycerin helps keep oily acne-prone skin hydrated without feeling heavy. It draws moisture into the skin while supporting the skin barrier so it stays soft and balanced.
The British Journal of Dermatology, 2008Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology, 2017
Where does this cream go in a skincare routine for oily acne-prone skin?
This moisturizing treatment goes near the end of your morning and evening routines, right before your sunscreen during the day. It helps hydrate your skin, but an oily acne-prone routine also needs targeted ingredients that manage excess oil and reduce breakouts.
Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology, 2017Life, 2023
Can I use this cream with retinol, and in what order?
You can use this cream alongside retinol, applying the retinol first and following it with the moisturizer to help keep your oily skin calm and hydrated. Using a barrier-supporting moisturizer alongside active treatments is unlikely to cause irritation and may help reduce dryness.
How often should I use this cream?
You can use this moisturizing treatment twice a day as part of your morning and evening routine to keep your skin hydrated. Regular use is unlikely to clog your pores, though oily skin of this type needs targeted oil-control ingredients to properly manage breakouts.
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 unlikely to cause breakouts for oily acne-prone skin, as complaints about clogged pores are low, but it lacks oil-controlling ingredients. Oily acne-prone skin needs a product that includes targeted blemish-fighting and oil-balancing components.
Can I use this cream around the eyes or on my body?
You can use this moisturizing treatment on your body and around your eyes, though these areas have very different skin thicknesses. The skin around the eyes is among the thinnest on the body, whereas other body areas can be much thicker.
Is this cream fragrance-free and alcohol-free?
Yes, it has no fragrance and no drying alcohol. Cetearyl alcohol is a fatty alcohol, which soften the skin.
What the research says
Topical application of an emollient emulsion containing 15.0% caprylic/capric triglyceride doubled the amount of urocanic acid isomers and increased skin hydration with reduced transepidermal water loss in healthy subjects, though it did not prevent ultraviolet-induced urocanic acid isomerization.
Life, 2023A 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, 2017Topical 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 application of hyaluronic acid in conjunction with free gingival graft significantly reduced donor site postoperative pain until day 7 compared to normal saline, with no significant differences in graft dimensions or patient satisfaction.
Clinical Oral Investigations, 2022Treatment with a hyaluronic acid-containing mouth rinse or topical gel led to significant lesion reduction, pain relief, and normalization of lesion color in adult patients with minor recurrent aphthous stomatitis, with the gel formulation showing an earlier healing onset at 3 days.
BMC Oral Health, 2019The 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, 2012Squalane at 0.005-0.015% counteracts UVA-induced oxidative stress, inflammation, and collagen metabolism inhibition while stimulating fibroblast migration in human dermal fibroblasts.
Molecules, 2025Plant-derived squalane protected human dermal fibroblasts against UVA-induced damage by counteracting ROS formation, suppressing apoptosis-related proteins p53, caspase-3, caspase-9, and PARP, and restoring the pro-survival p-Akt/mTOR pathway.
Antioxidants, 2025Application of an alpha-bisabolol-containing cream produced a significant skin-lightening effect in pigmented skin compared to a vehicle control in the majority of female subjects after 8 weeks.
International Journal of Cosmetic Science, 2010The combination of allantoin, bisabolol, D-panthenol and dipotassium glycyrrhizinate reduces UVB-induced PGE2, inflammatory cytokines, and mitochondrial superoxide in human epidermal keratinocytes.
International Journal of Cosmetic Science, 2024
Why other moisturizers fit oily acne-prone skin better
A panthenol-enriched mask improved skin hydration, regulated sebum, and reduced redness and TEWL across dry sensitive, oily sensitive, and oily acne skin subgroups with excellent tolerance and no adverse reactions.
Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology, 2024Co-delivery of paeonol and madecassoside via nanoemulsions improved transdermal delivery, promoted barrier repair proteins, inhibited inflammatory cytokine secretion in cellular and 3D models, and reduced transepidermal water loss and acne in human facial skin compared to free components.
Molecules, 2023A 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, 2022
Ingredients
Water, Propanediol, Caprylic Capric Triglyceride, Glycerin, Squalane, Cetearyl Alcohol, Polyglyceryl-10 Distearate, Glyceryl Stearate, Stearic Acid, Dimethicone, 1,2-Hexanediol, Myristoyl Palmitoyl Oxostearamide Arachamide Mea, Phytosterols, Tocopheryl Acetate, Canola Oil, Olea Europaea Oil Fruit Olive Oil Fruit, Cetyl Palmitate, Sorbitan Palmitate, Sorbitan Olivate, Bisabolol, Methyl Caprooyl Tyrosinate, Xanthan Gum, Sodium Hyaluronate, Carbomer, Arginine, Caprylyl Glycol
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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