St. Ives Renewing Moisturizer for sensitive skin
Collagen
Elastin
Carthamus Tinctorius Seed Oil- Hydrolyzed Collagen
- Hydrolyzed Elastin
Average
- AverageNormal Skin Fit
- AverageEffectiveness
- HighSafety
Works for sensitive skin; other moisturizers fit it better.
This fit is calculated for the concerns frequently associated with sensitive skin: redness, stinging, and reactions to new products. 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
- Moderate suitability for normal skin is offered due to Hydrolyzed Collagen and Hydrolyzed Elastin, which provide some collagen stimulation and ECM synthesis support, but these ingredients do not directly address your redness and irritation.
- The product provides moderate moisturizing with propylene glycol and dimethicone, which hydrate and smooth skin texture, offering general skincare benefits.
- The safety profile is good, with no risks of irritation for your sensitive skin due to the absence of prohibited or harsh ingredients.
How to apply
- Use this soothing AM and PM routine every day to keep your normal skin calm. Always remember to apply SPF in the morning after your moisturizer.
- Apply your moisturizer after your toner in the morning, and after your serum in the evening. This step locks in hydration and protects your skin.
- Gently press a small amount of the moisturizer evenly across your face. Avoid rubbing to keep your sensitive skin happy and calm.
- You can apply this gentle formula on dry or slightly damp skin for the best comfort. It works wonderfully on clean skin to soothe redness and irritation.
- Do a patch test before your very first use to check your skin's reaction. Avoid getting the product directly into your eyes .
Questions and answers
How well does St. Ives Renewing work for sensitive skin?
St. Ives Renewing Moisturizer is an average fit for sensitive skin, providing basic hydration and smoothing without addressing redness or irritation. Sensitive skin needs products with soothing ingredients like fermented Centella Asiatica, cica ceramide, and nourishing oils that calm redness and strengthen the skin barrier.
Which ingredients make this cream a good fit for sensitive skin?
Hydrolyzed collagen, hydrolyzed elastin, propylene glycol, and dimethicone help hydrate and smooth your skin, though this cream does not directly calm redness and irritation. To fit sensitive skin better, a moisturizing treatment needs soothing ingredients like fermented Centella Asiatica, cica ceramide, and nourishing oils that ease redness and strengthen the skin barrier.
What does Collagen do for sensitive skin?
Collagen helps soothe sensitive skin by reducing dryness, redness, and rough patches while keeping moisture locked in. It improves the skin barrier so it is less easily irritated, and studies show it is well tolerated and safe for sensitive skin types.
International Journal of Cosmetic Science, 2009Pharmaceutical Development and Technology, 2014
What does Hydrolyzed Elastin do for sensitive skin?
Hydrolyzed Elastin helps improve skin elasticity and moisture, but sensitive skin may react to protein fragments, so it is important to test a small area first. A product for sensitive skin needs soothing ingredients and a gentle formula to prevent irritation while supporting the skin barrier.
Where does this cream go in a skincare routine for sensitive skin?
This moisturizing treatment goes in the evening routine after your toner and before your moisturizer. It is unlikely to cause irritation for your sensitive skin because it lacks harsh ingredients, but a moisturizer of this type for your skin needs ingredients that directly calm redness and soothe irritation.
Can I use this cream with retinol, and in what order?
You can use this cream with retinol by applying the retinol first and following with the cream to help smooth skin and keep it comfortable. A product of this type for sensitive skin needs calming and barrier-repairing ingredients that directly address redness and irritation.
How often should I use this cream?
You can use this moisturizing treatment daily to keep skin smooth and hydrated, as its gentle ingredients are unlikely to cause irritation. For sensitive skin, this product needs calming agents like centella asiatica or green tea extract to help soothe redness and irritation.
Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology, 2020Health Science Reports, 2021
Can this cream clog pores, cause breakouts or purging for sensitive skin?
This cream is unlikely to clog pores or cause breakouts on sensitive skin, as it has a good safety profile with a low risk of irritation. However, because it does not directly calm redness or irritation, sensitive skin generally needs a product with soothing ingredients and gentle hydrators that target redness.
Can I use this cream around the eyes or on my body?
You can use this cream on your body and around the eyes, as it has a good safety profile with no harsh ingredients that typically cause irritation. However, because sensitive skin needs extra care, a product for this area should include soothing ingredients to calm redness and irritation.
Is this cream fragrance-free and alcohol-free?
It has no drying alcohol and contains fragrance (parfum, coumarin, geraniol, hexyl cinnamal, and linalool). Cetyl alcohol is a fatty alcohol, which soften the skin.
What the research says
A betaine-based deep eutectic solvent successfully enhanced the transdermal delivery of elastin peptide, which improved skin barrier repair, reduced melanin secretion and deposition, and stimulated the secretion of procollagen I and elastin.
Biomaterials Advances, 2024Wearing 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, 2024Topical application of TAC/Collagen postbiotics gel improved skin moisture score and inflammation index, and reduced porphyrins and brown spots in 20 volunteers with acne vulgaris.
Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology, 2022Topical collagen tripeptide application improved skin wrinkles, elasticity, and density while reducing advanced glycated end products in 22 Asian women over 4 weeks.
International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2022Marine collagen extracted from Greenland halibut skin showed a non-cytotoxic effect on fibroblast cells and provided a slight skin hydration effect when incorporated into cosmetic hydrogel formulations at dosages of 0.1, 0.25, and 0.5% in 23 healthy volunteers.
Marine Drugs, 2023Topical application of a 0.1% copper-zinc malonate-containing cream significantly enhanced elastin biosynthesis and induced elastic fibre regeneration in photoaged facial skin of 21 female patients after 6 weeks of treatment compared to baseline.
Experimental Dermatology, 2009Bioactive recombinant humanized elastin (RHE) gel effectively restores skin elasticity, reverses UV-induced damage and oxidative stress, and promotes extracellular matrix remodeling in zebrafish and aged mice models compared to commercial vitamin E and recombinant humanized collagen gels.
Materials Today. Bio, 2025Water-soluble hot alkali pig aorta-elastin increased skin water content to 77.2% compared to 49.4% in untreated skin samples and inhibited tyrosinase activity by 11.3%.
Journal of Cosmetic Science, 2017Safflower oil body-human epidermal growth factor microgel emulsions mixed with xanthan gum enhance transdermal absorption, regulate inflammation, accelerate angiogenesis, and promote re-epithelialization and remodeling in full-layer skin wounds in rats.
International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2022
Why other moisturizers fit sensitive 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, 2024Topical dexpanthenol acts as a moisturizer, improves stratum corneum hydration, accelerates wound healing and epidermal regeneration, reduces erythema, and improves symptoms of skin irritation compared to vehicle or no pretreatment.
American Journal of Clinical Dermatology, 2002A dexpanthenol-containing cream accelerated skin barrier repair, increased stratum corneum hydration, reduced skin roughness, and decreased skin redness compared to vehicle and untreated controls in sodium lauryl sulphate-irritated skin.
The Journal of Dermatological Treatment, 2002
Ingredients
Propylene Glycol, Glyceryl Stearate, Peg-100 Stearate, Stearic Acid, Carbomer, Carthamus Tinctorius Seed Oil, Hydrolyzed Collagen, Hydrolyzed Elastin, Triethanolamine, Cetyl Alcohol, Dimethicone, Disodium Edta, Ethylhexylglycerin, Phenoxyethanol, Parfum, Coumarin, Geraniol, Hexyl Cinnamal, Linalool
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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