Last Updated on May 21, 2025 by Giorgia Guazzarotti
Have you heard of Epicé Skincare? Founded by Dr Michael S. Spicer, the brand specialises in therapeutic moisturizers for children with eczema and psoriasis. My first thought was, “Cool! High time someone created safe skincare products for eczema and psoriasis suffers.”
My second thought, “Wait! What?! This stuff has fragrance, alcohol, and other irritating stuff that could trigger a flare-up in sensitive skin…” Should you check them out or is it better to stay away? Here’s a quick guide to Epicé Skincare to help you make the right choice:
About The Brand: Epicé Skincare
Epicé skincare was created by dermatologist Michael S. Spicer, MD. After working for years with patients with a variety of skin concerns, he said a gap in the market for products that didn’t contain any “fluff” ingredients. You know, those are there just for the sake it, but don’t do anything for skin.
Initially, he had wanted to create an all-natural line. Until he discovered that natural products go bad really quickly. So he went back to the drawing board and, together with a team made p of an aesthetician, a skincare formulator, and a chemist, set out to find ingredients that are both safe, effective, and long-lasting (so you don’t have to replace your moisturizer every 3 weeks). Oh, and if it’s important for you, every product is vegan too.
What Are The Best Epicé Skincare Products?
Epicé Hydrating Facial Cleanser ($25.00)
Epicé Hydrating Facial Cleanser uses one of the gentlest surfactants on the market: Ammonium Lauryl Sulfate. Derived from coconut oil, AML gently removes dirt and impurities from the skin without disrupting the skin’s protective barrier. The bad bit? It also has fragrance, a wild card that could inflame your skin… or not. You won’t know until you try it. One more thing: the cleanser has its fair share of antioxidants, but they won’t do much when you rinse them down the drain…
VERDICT: An effective and gentle cleanser. But it’s a bit too pricey for what it does.
Related: How To Choose The Best Cleanser For Your Skin Type
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Epicé Therapeutic Moisturizer ($15.00)
Epicé Therapeutic Moisturizer is one of the best products from the brand. For starters, it’s fragrance-free. Phew! Plus, it has a blend of glycerin, safflower oil, and shea butter to strengthen the skin’s protective barrier, protect skin from harsh weather and other irritants, and deeply moisturise skin. Oh, and some aloe vera to help soothe irritation. My only criticism is the inclusion of Methylisothiazolinone, one of the most irritating preservatives used in skincare. There is only a tiny amount in here, but it may still cause a negative reaction to those sensitive to it.
VERDICT: Despite the unfortunate choice of preservative, I think this is a good, but basic, moisturizer for dry and inflamed skin.
Related: Why Shea Butter Is A Godsend For Dry Skin
What Are The Ok Epicé Skincare Products?
Epicé Epicell Recovery Serum 1 ($85.00)
Stem cells are just glorified antioxidants. An apple stem cell can turn into an apple leaf or an apple branch, but there’s no way it can create a new patch of skin or regenerate anything in your body. That’s stretching science into science fiction. What Epicé Epicell Recovery Serum does is hydrate skin. Carrageenans, a polysaccharide that’s extracted from seaweed, has excellent water binding properties. So does Sodium Hyaluronate. It can hold up to 1000 times its weight in water and works well both in high and low humidity conditions.
VERDICT: A good hydrating – and terribly overpriced! – serum.
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Epicé Hydrating Facial Mask ($35.00)
I wouldn’t recommend Epicé Hydrating Facial Mask to people with dry skin. Sure, it has sunflower oil to moisturize skin, glycerine to hydrate it, and ceramides to restore skin’s barrier function (which is often impaired by eczema). Plus, aloe vera to soothe skin and a bunch of antioxidants to help fight premature aging. So, what’s the problem? It has also bentonite and kaolin, two clays that can easily absorb sebum from your skin. Handy if your skin produces too much. Not so much if your skin is already dry and needs all the moisture it can get.
VERDICT: A good clay mask best suited for those with normal to oily skin.
Related: How To Choose The Best Face Mask For Your Skin Type
What Are The Worst Epicé Skincare Products?
Epicé Purifying Exfoliant ($32.00)
Epicé Purifying Exfoliant is an exfoliating cleanser. It uses gentle surfactants to help water mix with excess oil and dirt, so they can be rinsed away, and polyethylene beads to manually exfoliate skin. And that’s the problem. If you suffer from eczema or psoriasis, your skin is too sensitive for manual exfoliation. Oh, and it has fragrance, too. Ouch!
VERDICT: An exfoliating cleanser that’s too harsh for sensitive skin.
Related: Do Exfoliating Cleansers Really Work?
Is Epicé Skincare Cruelty-Free?
Yes, Epicé Skincare, to the best of my knowledge, is cruelty-free and vegan. They don’t test on animals and don’t use any animal-derived ingredients.
What Are The Pros Of Epicé Skincare?
Simplicity. The products are simple. They don’t fill their products with a lot of unnecessary ingredients or sprinkle in just a few drops of natural extracts to pretend to be natural. They only use ingredients that do the job. And you can rely on Epicé Skincare to do the job.
What Are The Cons Of Epicé Skincare?
For a brand that’s been created for sensitive skin, they still use fragrance and physical exfoliants, which are a no-no. I also wish they’d expand the line to serve other skin types. I mean, your skin can be oily and sensitive, and then what do you use?
Availability
You can get Epicé skincare products on their website: https://www.epiceinternational.com
At this moment, they don’t offer international shipping. Shame.
The Bottom Line
I expected more from Epicé. It has some good skincare picks, but some of the products are too harsh for the sensitive, eczema and psoriasis prone skin they’re aimed at.
I’ve never heard about this brand but I agree with you, you expect more when created by dermatologist:)
Helena, you do indeed. I hope they’ll improve their formulas cos this brand has potential.
Cetaphil makes some good products for eczema: http://www.cetaphil.com/restoraderm-eczema-calming-body-wash/
Magnesium baths can help with eczema. Just buy some of it from the drugstore and put it in your bath water and soak in it. Putting coconut and/or jojoba oil on the affected area can also help. You may want to use soap less in the shower.Take gamma-linolenic acid (GLA). This unusual fatty acid is found in evening primrose oil, black currant oil and borage oil but is very hard to come by in the diet. GLA appears to have nourishing effects on skin, hair, and nails. Take 500 mg twice a day and expect to wait six to eight weeks to see results. A big reason why many people have eczema and psoriasis can have to do with diet.Skip the process foods for awhile and expects to see a difference. Taking fish oil can help with psoriasis. http://thoughtcatalog.com/noah-cicero/2014/01/i-have-psoriasis/ Taking COLD showers can help with psoriasis. http://thoughtcatalog.com/noah-cicero/2014/01/i-have-psoriasis/
Trust me. Home remedies work and are not bogus. I had granuloma annulare on my leg (of which dermatologists prescribe steroids and stuff for (and they admit it never usually does much to cure it!)) and instead of going through with that my mom and I did research and CURED it naturally! Pictures of what I had: https://www.google.com/search?q=granuloma+annulare&rlz=1C1KMZB_enUS680US680&espv=2&biw=1280&bih=709&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiu8e3AkL3LAhUIx2MKHcEhA8wQ_AUIBigB#tbm=isch&q=granuloma+annulare+legs
I recommend doing more research and getting more info for yourself on these home remedies.
If you have eczema, your skin is most likely producing less fats and oils than it should be, and the ability to retain water is diminished. The space between cells widens since they aren’t plump with moisture, you begin to lose water from the dermis, and irritants and bacteria can enter easier. This is why things like soaps and detergents can worsen eczema, as they strip away what lipids your skin is producing, and it will breakdown faster than healthy skin would to become dry, inflamed, and sometimes cracked or blistered.
Hannah, thanks for such an informative comment, as usual. I’m sure people with eczema and psoriasis will find them very helpful. And I agree, sometimes it’s worth to try home remedies, especially when traditional medicine can’t do much for you.