I received Clinique’s Moisture Surge Extended Thirst Relief in a GWP size a long while ago (November 2015, to be accurate) and I recently dug it up in an effort to use up all my skincare.
Skin Types: All
Lush cream-gel penetrates skin, enhancing natural hyaluronic acid—nature’s perfect moisture magnet. For 24 satisfying hours, skin is plumped, dewy, glowing—from the inside out. Oil-free.
It doesn’t mention this on the website, but the packaging says you can also try it as a 5-minute moisture mask. I find this slightly confusing: if you use this as a moisturizer, which is how it’s advertised, it would just stay on your skin all day, anyway. If you use it as a mask, you’d just apply it and rinse it off after the suggested 5-minutes? Why?!

In any case, I really like this moisturizer! I don’t think I’ve ever tried any of the Moisture Surge moisturizers, so I feel kind of dumb, now. They’ve been around forever, haven’t they?
It has a gel-like consistency and feels so nice and cool to the touch. The texture is light and while it doesn’t necessarily sink into the skin perfectly—it leaves a light, non-greasy something on the skin—it does make for a very nice base for foundation, so it kind of works like a primer, too.

I have very dry, flaky skin, particularly in winter, so I didn’t think this would work that well for me. However, it definitely works better than I would have anticipated, so I think this would be a great summertime moisturizer. My skin feels smoother and less flaky after using this moisturizer for a couple of weeks, in the daytime.
Bonus: it is a fragrance-free product, like all of Clinique’s facial skincare.
Would I purchase this in the full size? I can’t be sure, since I have a lot of moisturizers to try and this probably isn’t the one. But if I get it in a GWP again, I’ll be sure to use it up.
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Clinique Moisture Surge Extended Thirst Relief comes in two sizes: the 50 mL retails for US$39 / CA$46, and the 75 mL for US$52.50 / CA$61. It is fragrance-free.
Clinique Laboratories LLC, the world’s first dermatologist-tested brand of skincare, was founded in 1968, the brainchild of Estée Lauder’s daughter, Evelyn. Clinique remains under the Estée Lauder Companies and is based in New York, NY, USA.
That is silly to use this as a mask!
I tried this moisturizer a while ago through a gwp and I really liked it. I actually think I got a full size of it… I redeemed some Optimum Points for it, I think. 😕 I’ll have to check my stash. My thought was to use it during summer months since it’s a gel cream texture.
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Owh yes, this has been around for quite a while! I remember having used it in I think 2008 or 9ish. I even saved the little tub to store my DIY lip scrub.
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I’ve heard of this in the past, but never did I think of trying them. Sometimes Clinique seemed too strong for my skin.
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That sounds really confusing!! Lol! Though I do have the smaller size of this, but haven’t used it. I will have to give it a try! 🙂
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I too like this cream and have never purchased it either. usually I find something cheaper, but it’s a really good cream. also, the mask thing: those moisture masks aren’t to be rinsed off. You slap on more than usual and either go to sleep, or you wait ten minutes and gently wipe off the excess – if there is one left.
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btw I apologize if you get my posts in triplicate or sth. they keep not posting 😦
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