Clarins Hydra Essentiel Silky Face Cream 30ml is a hydrating day cream from the French skincare house. Built around the brand's double hyaluronic acid complex alongside organic Kalanchoe extract, the silky texture is designed to deliver intense, long-wearing hydration with a soft, comfortable finish — suited to normal-to-dry skin.
About Clarins
Clarins is the family-owned French skincare and beauty house founded in 1954 by Jacques Courtin-Clarins in Paris. Best known for its plant-based, results-oriented skincare and signature double-serum, the Hydra-Essentiel line sits as the brand's hero hydration range, anchored by hyaluronic acid and organic plant extracts.
Key benefits
- Silky-textured day cream that absorbs into the skin without feeling heavy.
- Double hyaluronic acid complex for surface and deeper-layer hydration.
- Organic Kalanchoe extract — Clarins' signature hydration-supporting plant active.
- Up to plumper-looking skin in 60 seconds per the brand's marketing claim.
- Suitable for normal-to-dry skin.
Key ingredients
- Sodium hyaluronate (double hyaluronic acid): two molecular weights of hyaluronic acid for surface and deeper-layer water retention.
- Organic Kalanchoe pinnata leaf extract: Clarins' signature plant active for supporting the skin's natural hydration response.
- Squalane: a skin-identical lipid that helps reinforce the moisture barrier.
- Glycerin: humectant for daily hydration support.
- Vitamin E (tocopheryl acetate): antioxidant support against environmental stress.
Who it's for
Anyone with normal or slightly dry skin who wants a daytime moisturiser that hydrates without sitting heavily under make-up. Suits dehydrated and stressed skin, particularly through colder months.
How to use
- Cleanse and tone the skin in the morning.
- Apply your usual serum if used.
- Warm a 5p-sized amount of the cream between the fingertips.
- Press gently onto the face and neck, working outwards from the centre.
- Follow with SPF before make-up. Use morning and evening.
Specifications
- Brand: Clarins
- Range: Hydra-Essentiel
- Product: Hydra-Essentiel Silky Cream
- Format: 30ml face cream
- Skin type: Normal to dry
- Use: Morning and evening
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