I don't know, what I was expecting. There are a lot of great reviews for this on the internet, so I thought I should give it a try. To be honest: I didn't see any differnces in my skin after using it twice a day over a couple of weeks now. I will finish it up, because I didn't have any bad reactions a consider it as a hydrating layer. It's just not love between this essence and me... you know what I mean... hahaha