This stuff makes my dry skin glow. My skin drinks it up, and it has a very cool plumping effect. I do generally add an occlusive afterwards (about 20 min or so) to lock in the moisture at the end of the night as I do have very dry skin. I wake up with glowing skin, and I find that I need less make up daily as a result. I've had no reactions whatsoever. Think of this as "skin drink". You need it. We all need it, and it's ridiculously well-priced considering it actually delivers what it says it does.