MCaffeine Naked & Raw Coffee Hand Cream Review
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About MCaffeine
Started in the year 2016, MCaffeine is India’s First Caffeinated personal care brand. The company’s product line has a key ingredient, that is coffee in one form or the other. The brand stands on belief that caffeine is a superfood which is rich in antioxidants, and has many benefits for skin and hair.
About MCaffeine Naked & Raw Coffee Hand Cream
The hand cream is supposed to keep your hands moisturized with a mattifying effect. The ingredients list contains arabica coffee to tone the skin and white water lily to soothe the skin. It also contains sweet almond oil and shea butter to treat dry skin. The cream is free from SLS, SLES, silicones and parabens.
Ingredients
The product has the following ingredients:
Aqua (Water), C15-19 Alkane, Glycerine, Polyacrylate-13 (and) Polyisobutene (and) Polysorbate 20, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Xylitylglucoside (and) Anhydroxylitol (and) Xylitol, Phenoxyethanol & Ethylhexylglycerin, Sorbitan Stearate (and) Cetearyl Alcohol (and) Cetearyl Glucoside, Peg-100 Stearate (and) Glyceryl Stearate, Cetearyl Alcohol, Sodium Carbomer, Cetyl Palmitate, Fragrance, Coffee Extract, Caramel, Acacia Senegal Gum (and) Xanthan Gum, Sweet Almond Oil, Caffeine, Disodium Dihydrogen Ethylenediaminetetraacetate, Sodium Palmitoyl Proline (and) Nymphaea Alba (White Water Lily) Flower Extract, Tocotrienol (Vitamin E)
| Function | Ingredients | What exactly they do |
|---|---|---|
Antioxidant | Caffeine | These ingredients have anti-aging properties and help protect skin's collagen. |
Skin-identical ingredient | Glycerine | This helps the skin to stay highly hydrated. |
Chelating | Disodium Dihydrogen Ethylenediaminetetraacetate | These ingredients help in keeping the formula of the product stable. |
Colorant | Caramel | These ingredients help to give color to the product. |
Emollient | Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Cetearyl Alcohol, Glyceryl Stearate, Cetyl Palmitate, Sweet Almond Oil | These ingredients are responsible for making the skin soft and smooth. |
Emulsifying | Polysorbate 20, Sorbitan Stearate, Cetearyl Alcohol, Cetearyl Glucoside, PEG-100 Stearate, Glyceryl Stearate, Xanthan Gum | These ingredients help in binding the mixture of oil and water, which tend to separate. |
Moisturizer/humectant | Glycerine, Xylitylglucoside, Anhydroxylitol, Xylitol | Ingredients that help the skin to stay hydrated so that it feels moisturized. |
Perfuming | Fragrance,Caffeine | Add fragrance to the product. |
Preservative | Phenoxyethanol, Ethylhexylglycerin | They help in keeping the formula to stay effective for longer duration. |
Solvent | Aqua (Water), C15-19 Alkane | These ingredients help dissolve other ingredients in the formula. |
Surfactant/cleansing | Polysorbate 20, Cetearyl Alcohol, Cetearyl Glucoside, PEG-100 Stearate, Xanthan Gum | These ingredients help the product to distribute evenly and with ease on the skin. |
Viscosity controlling | Polyisobutene, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Cetearyl Alcohol, Sodium Carbomer, Xanthan Gum, Disodium Dihydrogen Ethylenediaminetetraacetate | These ingredients give texture to the product, by thickening them to give a moisturizer like consistency. |
Price of the Product and Packaging
The product is priced at INR 325 for 1.69 Fl. Oz. (50ML). It comes in a plastic tube packaging. The packaging is sturdy and can be easily put inside a bag. It has a round flap opening.
The Product
The product is a light brown colored cream. It is easily applicable on hands and absorbs easily. The cream has a mattifying effect and is not greasy. You only need a small amount of the product to moisturize the hands. The product absorbs quickly on your hands. The effect of the cream lasts for about 2-3 hours. The fragrance of the product is extremely sweet and very prominent. The product is so perfuming that it smells like a chocolate deodorant for men.
How to Use The Product
The cream is to be applied to clean dry hands. It can be used throughout the day, when your hands start to feel dry.
Pros of MCaffeine Naked & Raw Coffee Hand Cream:
- The packaging is travel friendly.
- The cream is moisturizing.
Cons of MCaffeine Naked & Raw Coffee Hand Cream:
- The fragrance of the product is so prominent that it gives me a headache. That is a really big disadvantage in my opinion.
- The effect does not longer very last of the cream but the fragrance does.
Personal Opinion
The product does a decent job at moisturizing hands. The fragrance is a major drawback of this cream, it is really overpowering. I would give a rating of 2 out of 5, only because it does its intended function and that it has some good ingredients in there. Will I buy it again? A big no would my answer.
This content is accurate and true to the best of the author’s knowledge and is not meant to substitute for formal and individualized advice from a qualified professional.
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