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Peter Thomas Roth Water Drench Hyaluronic Cloud Rich Barrier Moisturizer for sensitive skin

Average

  • HighNormal 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

  • Offers excellent moisturizing for your normal skin due to sodium hyaluronate and polyglutamic acid, which hydrate and plump effectively, while squalane provides emollient action.
  • While the formula provides general hydration and soothing benefits, it lacks specialized ingredients to target your specific concerns of redness and irritation.
  • The product is safe for your sensitive skin, as it contains no harsh or prohibited ingredients that could cause irritation.

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 .

People Say

★4.7Overall rating based on 500+ reviews

This moisturizer is widely praised for its ability to deliver deep, lasting hydration that leaves skin feeling plump, soft, and healthy, making it a favorite for those with dry, sensitive, or "tretinoin-stressed" skin. While most users love its lightweight, fast-absorbing texture, a small minority of users with specific preferences or skin types find it either not moisturizing enough or prefer a thicker consistency.

Highlights

  • Intense hydration Mostly Mentioned
    • “Hydrates skin well”
    • “drenches skin”
    • “120 hours of hydration”
  • Fast absorption Often Mentioned
    • “Absorbs super fast”
    • “melts into skin”
    • “no greasy feeling”
  • Lightweight texture Often Mentioned
    • “Feels like silk”
    • “not heavy”
    • “light and airy”
  • Refreshing feel Sometimes Noted
    • “Feels cooling”
    • “refreshing on face”
    • “soothing”
  • Skin barrier support Sometimes Noted
    • “Strengthens skin barrier”
    • “helped my skin barrier”
    • “great for tretinoin users”
  • Insufficient moisture Rarely Noted
    • “Not moisturized enough”
    • “need something thicker”
    • “not for very dry skin”
  • Potential breakouts Rarely Noted
    • “Broke me out”
    • “caused irritation”
    • “sensitive skin reaction”
  • Texture preference Rarely Noted
    • “Prefer something thicker”
    • “too thin for me”

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Questions and answers

How well does Peter Thomas Roth Water Drench Rich Barrier Moisturizer work for sensitive skin?

This moisturizer works reasonably well for sensitive skin and is safe to use, but it lacks specialized ingredients to calm redness and irritation. A product of this type needs soothing ingredients like fermented Centella Asiatica, Cica Ceramide, and nourishing oils to truly excel for this skin type.

International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2025Journal of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2015

Which ingredients make this cream a good fit for sensitive skin?

Sodium hyaluronate, polyglutamic acid, and squalane make this cream work by drawing in moisture and keeping your skin soft and smooth. While it is safe and provides gentle hydration, this skin also needs specialized soothing ingredients like fermented Centella Asiatica, cica ceramide, and nourishing oils to properly calm redness and irritation.

International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2025Journal of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2015

What does Hyaluronic Acid do for sensitive skin?

Hyaluronic acid helps calm and hydrate sensitive skin while improving skin barrier strength and reducing dryness and redness. It is generally well-tolerated and may enhance overall skin comfort and texture.

Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology, 2018Journal of Drugs in Dermatology, 2025

What does Hydrafence do for sensitive skin?

Hydrafence helps calm sensitive skin by supporting the skin barrier and keeping it comfortable and hydrated. This type of product needs gentle barrier-repairing ingredients and soothing extracts to protect reactive skin from irritation.

International Journal of Cosmetic Science, 2022Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology, 2024

Where does this cream go in a skincare routine for sensitive skin?

This cream goes as the final step in the evening routine for sensitive skin. To truly address redness and irritation, sensitive skin needs specialized soothing ingredients.

Can I use this cream with retinol, and in what order?

You can use this cream with retinol because it is safe for sensitive skin, and you should apply it after your retinol treatment to help lock in moisture. Using a barrier-supporting moisturizer alongside retinol helps reduce dryness and keeps skin comfortable.

Cutis, 2006

How often should I use this cream?

You can use this moisturizing treatment daily in your evening routine to keep your skin soft and smooth. Daily application of moisturizers helps improve skin moisture and keeps the skin barrier comfortable.

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 cause breakouts for sensitive skin, as reviewers report negligible potential for clogged pores. To best care for sensitive skin, a moisturizer needs gentle, calming ingredients and barrier support without harsh additives.

International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2025

Can I use this cream around the eyes or on my body?

This cream is safe to use around the eyes and on the body because it has a gentle makeup that avoids harsh irritants. However, because skin is very thin around the eyes and varies across the body, a moisturizing treatment of this type needs extra soothing and strengthening ingredients to best protect those areas.

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy, 2002

Is this cream fragrance-free and alcohol-free?

Yes, it has no fragrance and no drying alcohol.

What the research says

  • Poly-gamma-glutamic acid derived from a novel Bacillus subtilis strain dose-dependently increased skin barrier markers, hyaluronic acid synthesis, and aquaporin 3 expression in keratinocytes, and elevated filaggrin, involucrin, CD44, and aquaporin 3 expression in a reconstructed skin model compared to the control.

    International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2025
  • Hyaluronic acid extracts are safe and efficacious products for skin repair when used in tissue regeneration alone or in combination with herbal or Western medicine.

    Journal of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2015
  • Polyglutamic acid and polylysine composite hydrogels promote wound repair and hemostasis through high water absorption, bioadhesion, calcium ion-mediated coagulation factor activation, and inherent antibacterial properties in a deep skin defect model.

    Macromolecular Bioscience, 2021
  • Topical 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, 2011
  • Topical 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, 2022
  • Treatment 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, 2019
  • An amylopectin and carboxymethyl chitosan composite hydrogel loaded with isochlorogenic acid A/Fe3+ nanoparticles exerted nearly 100% bacteriostatic activity against Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus in vitro, and achieved an 86.5% wound healing rate at day 7 in vivo.

    Gels, 2026
  • Squalane at 0.005-0.015% counteracts UVA-induced oxidative stress, inflammation, and collagen metabolism inhibition while stimulating fibroblast migration in human dermal fibroblasts.

    Molecules, 2025
  • Plant-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, 2025
  • 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, 2017
  • The 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, 2020
  • Ten 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, 2001
  • Wearing 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, 2024
  • A 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, 2000
  • Treatment 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, 2007

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, 2024
  • Topical 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, 2002
  • A 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

Water, Dimethicone, Glycerin, Dimethiconol, Dipropylene Glycol, Yeast Extract, Squalane, Sodium Hyaluronate, Vaccinium Vitis-Idaea Fruit Extract, Gluconolactone, Calcium Gluconate, Polyglutamic Acid, Amylopectin, Lactic Acid, Lithothamnion Calcareum Extract, Hydrolyzed Silk, Tocopherol, Sodium Pca, Citric Acid, Sodium Citrate, Sodium Chloride, Propanediol, Pentylene Glycol, Sodium Benzoate, Potassium Sorbate, Xanthan Gum, Ethylhexylglycerin, Lauryl Peg-9 Polydimethylsiloxyethyl Dimethicone, Dimethicone Peg-10 15 Crosspolymer, Disodium Edta, Mica, Phenoxyethanol

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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