I slapped Deliverance on under SPF at 7am and by noon my face felt like a slip-n-slide. That’s not hydration — that’s product failure.
Dieux designed this for repair, not daytime defense. It sits on top of your moisturizer instead of sinking in when you’re moving, sweating, or reapplying sunscreen. AM is a no.
$48 for 50ml. Claims to “reset your barrier overnight.” I rolled my eyes, then woke up with cheeks that didn’t sting.
Occlusive finish
Thick enough to seal everything in, thin enough to not glue your face to the pillow.
No pilling under slugging
Layered it over squalane and under La Roche-Posay Cicaplast — zero flaking.
One pump is plenty
I over-pumped night one and looked like a glazed donut. Learn from me.
Photo: kevin laminto / Unsplash
The hero is a 5-ceramide complex plus cholesterol and fatty acids — basically, your barrier’s building blocks in the right ratio. No essential oils, no fragrance, no “we added niacinamide for marketing.”
- Ceramide NP: Plugs the gaps between skin cells
- Cholesterol: Makes the repair actually stay
- Fatty acids: Calms redness by morning
- Glycerin: The real MVP for humectant power
It’s a cloudy gel-cream that turns invisible in 20 seconds. First pump felt too light — I almost wrote it off as overpriced water.
Week two: my tretinoin flaking stopped. Not “improved.” Stopped. The surprise? It fixed the dry patch under my nose that every other “barrier cream” ignored for months.
Morning redness? Gone by day 4. That tight feeling after washing? Never came back. My pores didn’t shrink — no serum does that — but my skin stopped acting dramatic.
Use it only at night and you’ll get the best sleep of your skin’s life. Daytime? Let it rest.