Skin Hydrating Moisturizer Face Cream, Ceramide Peptide Lotion

Love this product. It’s actually the half and half by prequel. It’s a thin and milky toner/ moisturizer that should be applied immediately after cleansing your face/ neck. It absorbs immediately. The ingredients contain ceramides and amino acids which are amazing for our skin.. it’s actually good for all skin types and can be used by those with sensitive skin. If you are very oily this can be all you need for a moisturizer, but I use a moisturizer on top of this for my very dry skin. I don’t give high praise for a product unless I truly think it’s admirable. This one is worth the price.

I’ve been using the Prequel Half & Half Fluid Moisturizer for a few weeks now, and it has quickly become a staple in my skincare routine. The texture is incredibly lightweight — almost milky — but it delivers serious hydration without feeling greasy or heavy. — What really stands out is how soft and balanced my skin feels. The formula with ceramides, peptides, and amino acids seems to support my skin barrier, and I’ve noticed less dryness and irritation overall. It layers beautifully under sunscreen and makeup without pilling, and it also works great as a hydrating step before a thicker moisturizer when my skin needs extra support. It’s winter now and I’d give it 10 stars if I could! Just buy it.ᥫ᭡

I have oily combo skin and moisturizers can be way to heavy. If I use to much I start to break out. For that reason I never used moisturizer in the morning, only at night time. This however was recommended by someone with the same skin type as me and it looked so nice and light I decided to try it. I'm really glad I did! What a lux feeling product with such beautiful ingredients! My skin absolutely loves it as part of my morning routine and no break outs at all. It has a liquid and light texture, feels very softening on the skin. Is very nice under sunscreen. It says fragrance free and I will say yes to that even though I thought I smelled a very faint, light scent when I opened it but maybe it was something on my hands cause I don't really smell it now. This is just a really great moisturizer and I will absolutely be repurchasing!

I’m so glad I decided to give this a shot. I am loving the way it makes my skin feel and how glowy and moisturizing it leaves my skin. Not sticky at all. Last all day.

I wanted to try a higher end milky moisturizer but ended up purchasing this instead. Still have that on my list but omg this is absolutely amazing. I use a milky toner and then wait for it to dry a bit and apply this right ontop followed by a bit of moisturizer, and my skin is softer then it has ever been in my life. Legit do not have dry skin and my makeup goes on so smooth because of this.

I really like this moisturizer. It’s lightweight but still feels moisturizing enough, and it absorbs into my skin without feeling heavy or greasy. I also like that it layers well with the rest of my skincare and doesn’t pill under sunscreen or makeup. My skin can be pretty sensitive, especially with using tretinoin, and this has been gentle and hasn’t caused any irritation. No fragrance

There is a difference between an inexpensive skincare product that happens to be good and a genuinely well-formulated skincare product that happens to be affordable. Prequel keeps falling into the second category for me. I have used enough skincare at this point, across just about every price range, that I don't automatically equate a high price with a better formula. Prequel continues to surprise me because their products feel like someone started with the formulation and skin biology first, then figured out how to sell it at a reasonable price. I absolutely love Half & Half. At 53, post-menopausal, with dry mature skin, I don't actually use this as my final moisturizer. I use it more like an essence or milky emulsion, after my lighter serums and before my moisturizer. Prequel even suggests layering it under moisturizer for dry skin, and after using it that way, I think that is where this product really excels for me. The texture is fantastic. You have to shake the bottle because this is a very fluid emulsion, and when it comes out it feels almost like a cross between a milky essence and an extremely lightweight lotion. I press it into my skin rather than rubbing it around like a traditional cream. It absorbs quickly, but my skin immediately feels softer, more hydrated and less tight. It gives me that slightly plumper, well-moisturized look without leaving a greasy layer behind. Then I put my regular moisturizer over it. That combination has been excellent for my dry skin. Half & Half gives me the water, humectants, lipids and barrier support I want underneath, while my cream on top gives me the richer occlusion my skin needs. I wouldn't personally expect this to replace a substantial moisturizer on very dry post-menopausal skin, but I also don't consider that a weakness. Used as a layering product, it has become far more useful to me than another heavy cream would have been. And the ingredient list is a big reason I rate this so highly. Glycerin and propanediol are right at the beginning of the formula, giving it a solid humectant base. Then there is squalane along with olive-derived emollients and other lipids, which help explain why this feels much more nourishing than the watery consistency initially suggests. It hydrates without feeling like one of those thin products that disappears in thirty seconds and leaves my dry skin asking what exactly just happened. The ceramide system is particularly good. There are five listed forms—Ceramide NP, AS, NS, EOP and AP—and Prequel specifically identifies a 1% dermo-mimetic Ceramide NP technology in an olive-glyceride lipid matrix. Ceramides are components of the skin's own barrier, so I find their inclusion much more interesting here as part of a broader barrier-supporting formula than I would if “ceramides” were simply slapped across the front of the bottle as a marketing word. For my skin, that matters. Post-menopausal dryness isn't something I can solve by throwing hyaluronic acid at my face all day. I want hydration, but I also want products that help support the barrier that is supposed to keep that moisture in. This formula approaches hydration from several directions instead of relying on one hero ingredient. There is also a surprisingly extensive amino-acid component. Sodium PCA, sodium lactate, PCA, serine, alanine, glycine, glutamic acid, lysine, threonine, arginine and proline all appear in the formula. These are the kinds of ingredients I like seeing in a daily hydration product because they support the skin's natural moisturizing environment rather than trying to turn an everyday moisturizer into some aggressive treatment product. And then there are the peptides: Hexapeptide-11, Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1 and Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7. I keep my expectations for topical peptides realistic. I'm not expecting a fluid moisturizer to erase wrinkles or somehow replace my stronger anti-aging products. But peptides make complete sense in a formula designed around hydration, barrier support and maintaining healthier-looking skin over time. They add another layer to an already very complete formula rather than being the sole reason to buy it. I also like what Prequel didn't feel compelled to add. There is no fragrance, which makes complete sense for this type of barrier-focused product. Most importantly, though, I like what this actually does on my face. When I use Half & Half, my skin feels comfortable. It looks hydrated and has a nice healthy sheen without looking oily. Fine dehydration lines are less obvious because my skin isn't parched, and everything I put on afterward seems to sit better. It also layers extremely well for me. I can put a richer moisturizer over it without creating a heavy mess, and I haven't had problems with pilling when I continue with sunscreen or makeup. That's ultimately why this has earned five stars from me. I can dissect an ingredient list all day, but if I don't enjoy using the product or don't notice a difference in how my skin looks and feels, none of that matters. I've spent hundreds of dollars on individual skincare products. Some have absolutely been worth it. Others haven't. Prequel isn't making me rethink luxury skincare, but it does keep reminding me that price and formulation quality are two entirely different things. Half & Half feels like a product that was formulated to be good first and affordable second.

I was very hesitant to try due to "pore clogging" ingredients, I have very oily acne prone skin and I use tretinoin at night. This product is a dream I wish I had tried sooner, lightweight but nourishing and I have had zero breakouts, using it night and day over lightweight serums and before tretinoin at night. Helps so much with dry patches, I also purchased the barrier gel from prequel to use on top of the half and half on my chin and mouth, that's where I get dry flakes from tretinoin and no more annoying dry patches halfway through the day! It's all to do with the formula, not individual ingredients as per dermatologists, I will trust their advice moving forward and not go by the "pore clogging" list. I also bought the gleanser and sulphur cleanser and they are excellent too, the gleanser removes makeup completely and is non drying with zero eye irritation. Excellent brand I will continue to use.

Very moisturizing toner similar to Haruharu wonder

Great, very lightweight yet moisturizing.

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