Fleuria slapped “100% natural” on the front of this jar. Turn it around — the second ingredient is a synthetic emulsifier. That’s not a flex.
Greenwashing isn’t always lying. Sometimes it’s just… omitting. This cream leans hard on the *Centella* trend but loads up on stabilizers to keep it shelf-stable for 24 months. Mother Nature doesn’t do preservatives that well.
[IMG_1: Close-up of ingredient list with synthetic stabilizers circled in red pen]
🧴 **Bounce House**
$38 for 50ml. The claim: “Cica bounce cream for glass skin.” I bought it because the texture looked like a cloud in a jar — and I’m a sucker for pretty textures.
Bounce Gel Texture
Feels like a memory foam pillow for your face. Jiggly, weirdly satisfying.
Cica Complex
They say 10,000ppm of Centella Asiatica extract. Sounds impressive until you realize “extract” is mostly water.
No Fragrance Oils
Actually true. Smells like nothing. Thank god — the “natural” scented stuff usually breaks me out.
[IMG_2: Spoon scooping out the jelly-like texture — that satisfying bounce shot]
📜 **Ingredient Reality Check**
Here’s the thing: Butylene Glycol is the second ingredient. That’s a synthetic humectant. Not bad — but not “100% natural.” The star is *Madecassoside* (the actual wound-healing compound in cica) at a decent concentration. But they buried it under thickeners and synthetic esters.
- Centella Asiatica Extract: Mostly water, sorry
- Madecassoside: The real healer — acne spots beware
- Butylene Glycol: Synthetic hydrator, not natural
- Hydrogenated Polyisobutene: Fancy name for synthetic oil — gives that bounce
[IMG_3: Ingredient deck screenshot with “100% natural” claim highlighted next to synthetic ingredients]
🌿 **First Touch**
It’s cold. Like, fridge-cold even at room temp. Spreads like a gel-cream hybrid — disappears in about 12 seconds. My dry skin felt *okay* after the first application. Not moisturized, more like… patted on the head.
Week 2: My pores looked smaller. Not smaller like a filter, but genuinely less noticeable. The cica calmed some redness around my nose. But by hour 4, my T-zone got slick. This is not for oily gals.
[IMG_4: Texture spread on inner arm — showing how it melts into skin]
❌ **The Honest Before/After**
Redness reduced by maybe 30%. Texture felt smoother. But my dehydrated lines? Still there. It’s a surface-level soother, not a hydrating deep dive.
[IMG_5: Side-by-side of skin before and after — subtle improvement, not dramatic]
✅ **Final Call**
It’s a pleasant gel-cream that does *some* calming. But the “100% natural” claim is marketing BS. You’re paying for texture, not transparency.