Review UC Berlin: hand and face creams

Monday, June 13, 2011

Review UC Berlin: hand and face creams

Hello beauties,
I'm here to talk you about some products from a new cosmetics company: URBAN COSMETICS Berlin!
They provide "cruelty free natural vegan organic health care products and cosmetics".

I'm always searching for new beauty product that are innovative somehow and this indie company caught my eye.

They were kind enough to sent me TWO FULL SIZE products to review: a UC 5 hand Protect cream and a UC Base Thistle skin cream designed for normal skin type.

left:UC Base Thistle face cream; Right: UC 5 hand protect cream

They're both created using a cold drawn technique for maximum benefit of the ingredients and both came in a 50ml plastic jar that can be reusable. Very ecofriendly of them!

UC BASE Thistle For Normal Skin Type 

What UC Berlin says about this:

UC Base Thistle is based on the rich, organic and cold drawn thistle oil. It is called “Base” because it next to Thistle Oil it only contains water and shea butter with lecithin, cetyl and tegomuls for a pure organic UC experience.Materials utilised
Thistle Oil (organic, cold drawn)
Water (demineralized)
Shea Butter (organic)
Emulgator (lecithin, cetyl, tegomuls)
Preservation (organic ethanol)
free of perfume and artificial preservatives

What do I have to say about this:

It's a rich face cream that smells like....well thistle! The smell it's a bit strong for me but after 15min it will go away.
The consistency it's fluid and it blend well on your skin.

Despite it's designed for normal skin type it's a bit oily for me so I only used it at night. But if you have normal to dry skin it's perfect because it gives you a lot of moisture. :)
Also it's PERFECT for sensitive skin. All the redness in my cheeks disapeared after 2 days using this face cream.

Overall Evaluation: ***
Smell - 2/5 stars
Consistency - 4/5 stars
Efectivness - 3/5 stars

UC Hand Protect Cream

What UC Berlin says about this:

UC5 – describes the shortcut of our cosmetic products. “5″ stands for the daily care for hard to please hands. Its main ingredients are sunflower oil, argan oil, cacao oil, babassu oil and the natural vitamins A,E and C. This handcreme enters fast in your skin and gives it a great protection.
Materials utilised
- Sunflower oil (organic)
- Argan Oil (organic)
- Cacao butter (organic)
- Babassu Oil (organic)
- Dexpanthenol
- Bisabolol
- Vitamine A,E,C (natural)
- Emulgator
- Preservation (organic ethanol)

What do I have to say about this:
Seriously, BEST HAND CREAM EVER! I absolutely LOVED IT.
They aren't kidding about hard to please hands. Most moisturizers and hand creams are no use in my hands. This one I use it in my elbows and knees too and the results speak for themselve!
The consistency it's harder than most hand creams and it smells like shea butter and cacao. Whammy!

It blend on your skin leaving it silky smooth.

before

after UC BASE

The cream it's mostly high moisture oils (shea, argan, cocoa...)and as you can see, it does wonders on my sore elbows. Hurray!

Overall Evaluation: ***** Take that Neutrogena and your false promises!

Smell - 5/5 stars
Consistency - 4/5 stars
Efectivness - 6/5 stars (never tried something so good)

If you are curious about UC Berlin go to theirs website :
http://www.ucberlin.com/products/
You can find a bunch of other vegan products that are effective and eco/animal friendly. Now... Go save the bunnies!