Dior Homme Dermo System Hydrating & Repairing Emulsion
Not a stranger to luxury skincare products for a long time now, I hadn’t quite ventured into designer brands and their product ranges. Sure fragrance is an easy step to sample or try out, but does their skincare hold any validity in results or is it all a hoax? Since I have to start somewhere with male luxury designer skincare, I opted to give Dior a run for it’s money.
Packaging wise there’s absolutely nothing you can add anymore. This is a true bottle you want to display or have to option to refill, well I sure did want to reuse this bottle somehow but it wasn’t in the cards. Every brand has their miracle ingredient or that one special action that sets them apart from the rest. For Dior it was a vitamin E & Beta-Ecdysone complex to repair skin after shaving and the daily stress. There’s a lot of science going on behind the scenes and I don’t quite phantom everything myself all the time, but if they promised a repairing action I was going to judge them based on that.
The product itself is a very runny white liquid with a subtle perfume. It’s what I would expect for a neutral male range, nothing overly fresh and masculine of the likes that I hate, but it’s still there none the less. I applied this all over my face and including the eye area, hoping to see it’s effect on different types of skin. Considering mine is combination, prone to dehydration and I suppose I should start looking out for anti aging about now. As an aftershave on the beard area this was divine. Sunk in immediately and left skin very smooth and hydrated. Didn’t do anything about ingrown hairs but that’s not one of the claims to begin with. It did soothe my hot skin and calmed the redness down quite fast.
The scent never stuck around and there was no balling up of product or grease anywhere after an entire day. In full wintertime with the cold wind and low humidity, this wasn’t enough on it’s own for my t-zone. Everywhere else it sufficed but my t-zone is a tough one to please. That’s why I would suggest this for people with normal to oily skin, or just during spring & summer for everyone.
The only remark I can make is that the pump system isn’t the best out there. It’s very nice to look at but mine frequently blocked, allowing me to pump vigorously without any product emerging. Perhaps I had a flawed bottle but it wasn’t the easiest in use every time.
If you’re into your high end & designer products and you want to try out a ‘for men’ range, as there aren’t that many out there, have a go with the product lineup from Dior.
Phil
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I recently covered Dior at my local counter (Agency- side job) and I was with a make-up Artist for Dior and asked her about the men’s skincare range and she said they were fading it out which I thought was really sad. I love the look of the bottle but after reading your review I don’t know if it would be enough with my skin as I have combination like you and my t-zone is a field of shiny and only seem to be shine free with a mattifer for about 6 hours. Thanks for letting us know what you thought. Worth trying the Armani skin minerals men’s scrubbing mud which is a fav of mine when I can afford it or want to treat myself
As far as I know they’re not removing the lineup completely, but have discontinued certain products. The moisturizer isn’t really that spectacular, packaging is nice and there’s science behind the formula, but I got the same results with a lot cheaper products. It’s a fancy basic moisturizer but don’t expect it to deeply nourish or mattify the skin. It sits in between the two, so for normal skin this can work.
I’ll have a look at the Armani soon, they’re on my list. Now I’ll probably start with the scrub
Good review as ever
I have always liked the look of the Dior Homme stuff, but have never been willing to take the plunge, price wise. I think I would always expect too much because of the premium brand and price. Sounds like it might be perfect for my skin type though, so I think I will at least have to test it.
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THey are quite posh in packaging yes, very pretty to look at
If you pay this much you do good to expect more from it.