Blue Tansy Cream
An enjoyable, straightforward face cream that does exactly what its name suggests, but comes at a price.
I purchased this product with my own money from berlinskin.com.
The Backstory
I bought Berlin Skin’s Blue Tansy Cream for one very simple reason: I love blue tansy. I wasn’t particularly interested in the claims or expecting anything remarkable from the formula. I just wanted a nice face cream with a scent I enjoy.
And that’s pretty much what I got.
Formula & Claims
The formula is fairly straightforward, with aloe, glycerin, safflower oil, squalane, and a selection of botanical extracts, including blue tansy and frankincense. Berlin Skin makes claims about soothing redness, firming, and repairing the skin, but this isn’t a product I approached expecting dramatic results.
Sometimes a cream just needs to be a good cream.
The Experience
The cream has a lovely pale blue color and a subtle but recognizable blue tansy scent. It’s pleasant without being overwhelming, and I genuinely look forward to using it.
The texture sits comfortably in the middle: neither particularly rich nor especially lightweight. It moisturizes nicely and leaves a soft satin finish. I find it suitable for both morning and evening use.
In the morning, I can happily use it as my finishing cream. At night, I generally prefer to layer something richer, like a balm or heavier cream, over it.
And that’s really the extent of my experience. It does its job, feels nice, smells nice, and hasn’t given me much reason to complain.
Final Words
My difficulty with Blue Tansy Cream is figuring out exactly whom I’d enthusiastically recommend it to.
If you prefer a truly matte finish, this isn’t quite it. If you’re looking for something especially rich and nourishing for dry skin, I don’t think this will satisfy you on its own either. It occupies a comfortable middle ground without particularly excelling at either extreme.
I like it, and I enjoy having it in my routine. But at $98, I find the price a little difficult to justify for what is ultimately a fairly ordinary face cream. The blue tansy scent is lovely, and it’s probably the main reason I look forward to using it. I’m just not convinced that the scent alone is enough to make me want to keep repurchasing it.
Even the name is refreshingly honest. It’s called Blue Tansy Cream, and that’s exactly what it is. No diamond-powered rejuvenation complex, no miraculous age-reversing technology. Just a perfectly competent cream that smells like blue tansy.
Sometimes that’s enough. At this price, I’m not entirely sure it is.
