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Here's a simple question:
What are the rules governing custody of an over-the-counter swap contract entered into by an investment adviser on behalf of its client?
Should be answered easily by existing legislation, right? Laws such as the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 or, if the client is a mutual fund, the Investment Company Act of 1940, correct?
Well, apparently the answer is not that simple. And that has two attorneys who specialize in securities law a bit worried.
Stephen Keen and Andrew Cross in the Pittsburgh office of the law firm of Reed Smith want the Securities and Exchange Commission to provide the securities industry with clear-cut guidance on what constitutes custody of an over-the-counter (OTC) swap contract.
And they also want clear-cut guidance on any additional controls may be required to ensure the safekeeping of client assets when it comes to the investment adviser's trading of OTC derivatives.
"We urge the Commission not to leave the implementation of adequate controls over OTC derivatives to chance," write Keen and Cross in a recent letter to the SEC. "We recommend that the Commission request comments on what controls are currently employed, whether these controls have been found to be effective and whether these controls could be improved through the central clearing of OTC derivatives or other requirements."
The letter was written in response to the SEC's request for comments in late August on how derivatives should be used by investment companies.
Keen and Cross believe that the lack of clear standards governing the custody of over-the-counter derivative contracts may create what they call "unnecessary risks for investment companies and other clients of registered investment advisers," including hedge funds.
Just what are those risks?
In a worst case scenario, an employee of the investment adviser could simply direct a swap payment to an account other than the account at which the client's assets are custodied. In that case, the "rogue" could take control of the payment.
Those instructions are typically located in a trade confirmation entered into between the fund manager on behalf of its investment funds and other clients and the swap dealer counterparty. The instructions, which control what the employee could change, easily control the payment of millions of dollars over the multi-year duration of the swap contract.
Keen and Cross do not describe how such an event would occur operationally, but operations executives say it's as easy as pressing a button. The executive could simply type in a new account number or bank number into a field.
No second party is required to sign off on the change. So a single person acting alone can take control of the instruction.
Why would such a lax process be permitted?
Apparently there are no legal requirements for custodians to verify the payment instructions given by the adviser for swap contracts, according to Cross and Keen. For example, with respect to a mutual fund, while there are specific regulatory requirements as to the custody of cash, securities and exchange-traded futures contracts, the regulations are completely silent when it comes to over-the-counter derivatives.
While the regulations in the Investment Advisers Act regarding custody of client assets are more general, they do not apply to an adviser's ability to give trading instructions, which may include preparing and executing swap confirmations.
Because investment advisers can provide payment instructions in a confirmation, according to Cross and Keen, the Investment Advisers Act, "would appear to give the investment advisers 'custody' of these funds and securities, while the investment company's custodian, who has no authority over the terms of the confirmation, would not appear to have 'custody' until these funds and securities are transferred to a custodial account."
"Unless the investment adviser and the custodian voluntarily implement additional controls nothing in the process of confirming, clearing and settling payments on an OTC derivatives trade prevents a trader from, intentionally or accidentally, providing incorrect instructions in a confirmation," they write in their letter to the SEC. "Payments by the investment company [i.e., the investment adviser's client] can also be misdirected if the confirmation provided to the custodian bank includes erroneous information regarding the other party's payment account."
Why hasn't there been widespread fraud then? Or at least any reported cases involving fraud?
The honor system may have worked. For the most part that is.
"We believe it is common practice for custodians and OTC derivatives dealers to contact one another to confirm payment instructions," write Cross and Keen. "This allows them to detect and correct errors before payments are due and also serves to deter traders from attempting to misdirect payments."
Their letter does cautiously refer to Nicholas Leeson, whose rogue trading of index derivatives brought down Barings Bank, and Jerome Kerviel, who was convicted of unauthorized derivatives trading that cost Societe Generale over $5 billion, as examples what can go wrong when there are not adequate controls on derivatives trading. After Cross and Kerviel's comment letter was posted, UBS disclosed it experienced $2.3 billion in losses from unauthorized trading that allegedly included phantom positions in exchange-traded funds.
So what should the SEC do to address this potential risk?
Cross and Keen say the SEC could require fund managers and broker dealers to modify master agreements they typically sign. The International Swaps and Derivatives Association has come up with guidelines for the language for such master agreements.
The modification would require the custodian bank of the fund manager to verify any changes in the payment instructions of a swap contract. "This eliminates the need for a custodian to review each confirmation and prevents an investment adviser from changing payment instructions without notifying the custodian," they write.
A second option involves relying on technology: The custodian of the client's asset could be required to electronically approve any of the changes to a fund's OTC derivative contracts through a central trade confirmation or payment system.
Cross and Keen don't identify any particular system, but there are products currently offered by Depository Trust & Clearing Corp. to provide for trade confirmation and payment settlement.
"For certain OTC derivative asset classes such as credit and equity derivatives, third party settlement providers already offer a central settlement function for any payments to be calculated and exchanged between the parties," they write.
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|Mon, 03-19-2012 - 2:35pm
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|Sun, 04-01-2012 - 12:30pm
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|Sun, 04-01-2012 - 4:02pm
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|Sun, 04-01-2012 - 5:32pm
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Guangyan Zhang, Weimin Zheng, Jiwu Shu, "ALV: A New Data Redistribution Approach to RAID-5 Scaling," IEEE Transactions on Computers, vol. 59, no. 3, pp. 345-357, March, 2010.
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There is one company's name that surely still makes the former Attorney-General Lord ;Goldsmith shudder - BAE Systems. For although Goldsmith is now out of the picture, the saga continues.
The Serious Fraud Office is appealing against this month's high court ruling that it acted unlawfully by dropping its investigation into BAE Systems. Also, last week (21 April) Tanzanian infrastructure minister Andrew Chenge was reported to have stood down after becoming embroiled in the BAE fiasco.
Goldsmith, however, does not want to dwell on the past. He is now looking forward and trying to put those last few months in government behind him as he settles into his new role as chair of European litigation at US firm Debevoise & Plimpton.
He does, however, make it clear that his decision to quit was entirely his own, saying: "When I took the decision to stand down as Attorney-General, Gordon Brown did try to persuade me to stay, but I felt it was time to move on. I was the longest-serving Attorney-General in Labour history, having served over six years, and the last couple of years were a highly charged period."
With a CV that includes the legal justification for the invasion of Iraq in 2003, "highly charged" is no understatement. But Goldsmith's latest decision has again set tongues wagging across the legal profession. Why did he not go back to the bar and to his old set Fountain Court? Bar rumour had it that Fountain Court had even left Mr Justice Stadlen's old rooms free for Goldsmith to move in to.
Goldsmith says he thought long and hard about where best to continue his legal career and confesses he was tempted to return to his old job. "I'd received a lot of persuasion to go back to the bar from more than one set of chambers that wanted to welcome me back," he says. "It would have been great, but at the end of the day this [joining Debevoise] presented a very exciting opportunity - a global law practice, continuing public service and pro bono, being a hands-on lawyer but being able to do other things as well. And that was the opportunity I decided to take."
Goldsmith believes the bar continues to be in a very healthy state, and stresses that its supposedly uncertain future had nothing to do with his decision to move to a law firm.
The former Attorney-General says the bar still contains people who are experienced, focused litigators but adds that the legal profession is not the same as when he took up government office in 2001.
"My coming to Debevoise & Plimpton shows the world has changed," he explains. "The bar is still strong. It just needs to be prepared to work and adapt to the new conditions."
Adapting to the changing environment is a skill Goldsmith has clearly mastered and he knows that drawing on his time in government will be important.
Goldsmith explains: "I think it [being Attorney-General] has helped enormously - not because of special ways into government, but because I've seen how international problems go across the globe and what global legal problems actually are. And I've got political - in a small 'p' sense - insights into how best to deal with the strategy to tackle those problems."
As chair of European litigation, Goldsmith's strategy is to expand Debevoise's litigation practice across the board, which means developing the firm's investigative work, domestic litigation, multinational litigation and international arbitration.
The role will also see Goldsmith getting back into advocacy. "I very much hope to see myself getting on my feet in court," says Goldsmith. "I did far more advocacy as Attorney-General than anyone has ever done and now I'm even open to offers from other firms that would like to see me in court on any particular case. I'm sure we can come to some arrangement!"But before Goldsmith can really get back into court, however, there is still the small issue of him completing his qualified lawyer transfer test to make him a bona fide solicitor and partner in Debevoise.
When The Lawyer mischievously asks how his exams are going, Goldsmith is happy to share the joke, saying: "My children have been teasing me about the fact I've had to go back to school, so to speak. They ask me whether I've packed my sharpened pencils for my exams."
Exams will be the easy part for Goldsmith. Trying to shake off the stigma of the BAE affair is a different matter. He can at least take comfort in his successor as Attorney-General, Baroness Scotland, telling The Lawyer (7 April) that if the issue arose today we would see a "similar situation".
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listening to this as the maintenance guy unclogs my toilet. i wonder what he's thinking
listening to this as the maintenance guy unclogs my toilet. i wonder what he's thinking
fuck yes
there are socks with a thousand holes and in my dream i escape every last one. i think that i'm back when i'm around and when i'm here i'm always gone. i don't think love exists, but exits. it's constant reaffirmation like yeah, beat me again. say it again. slap me on the wrist. it hurts, but i love you anyway. i love you anyway and that's all there is. i can't keep making myself believe in congruent lines or lines that fade away in a sort of diagrammatic order. i make believe the lines are swirling, dancing, breathing, whatever whatever whatever. making myself come is not the goal. effort is annoying but well worth the foot i put forward. language is a game that we all eventually lose. i like drugs. i like the lack of depth in humanity. they're all so fucking stupid. all so fucking stupid. i could draw myself into a corner and be okay with that just so i could watch you. i'm afraid of stupidity catching me. catching me fall and fumble and laugh and i'm afraid of falling for humanity when there is none. nothing. there's nothing at all i'm afraid of because i don't know anything ever. really.
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Re: Arduino Dashboard
on: October 12, 2012, 03:23:17 pm
@Mathias very nice demo.
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Re: Silverlight, Firmata and Arduino
on: October 12, 2012, 03:18:00 pm
@hengis I believe you would have to write a custom app in Silverlight to work with your sketch.
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HoneyWell HIH-4000-001 Humidity Sensor Temp compensation
on: September 13, 2012, 01:01:12 am
While playing with my new HIH-4000-001 Humidity sensor, I'm trying to make sense of the temperature compensation that comes in the sensor documentation.
It lists;
Temperature Compensation True RH = Sensor RH/(1.0305+0.000044T-0.0000011T²)T in C
(True RH = Sensor RH/(0.9237-0.0041T+0.000040T²) T in C)
There is no equals sign between the words Temperature Compensation and the following two lines.
There is no line between the second two lines so I don't believe division is indicated. I'm just wondering
what this is. I'm rather mystified. I'd post this in the math section but I didn't find one. LOL Knew I should have paid more attention to math in school.
Is this two different ways to get the value? The sensor is pretty close in comparison to the inside humidity of my Oregon Scientific (OS) weather station whose calibration is also unknown. LOL OS reads 40RH and the sensor 4 inches away reads 46RH.
To get the sensor RH I'm reading it with a UNO analog pin, dividing the reading by 1023 and multiplying by 100.
Since the sensor is ratiometric to Vcc from 4 volts to 5.8 volts, I'm assuming this is a valid method with a 10 bit ADC.
My Vcc is exactly 5.002 Vdc. I'm using the default analog reference on the UNO.
I did a search on this forum and found two mentions of the HIH-4000-001 but neither mentioned compensation. Well at least I don't think so. The second thread was in French and I'm 40 years out of High School French class. LOL
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Re: Silverlight, Firmata and Arduino
on: September 11, 2012, 12:22:11 pm
Yup, Andrew I tried to read firmware capability etc. None of this worked.
Edit. Yes, I installed the standard firmata sketch that comes with Arduino IDE. I think without that the test program would complain.
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Re: Silverlight, Firmata and Arduino
on: September 11, 2012, 10:38:39 am
Quote from: Andrew Craigie on September 11, 2012, 06:18:49 am
Hi carpenterbee,
I'm not too sure what you mean by...
"A simple way to create the file to unsandbox your project/program would be nice."
. Could you give a little more detail and I'll try to help out.
When working with the project in Visual Studio the option to
'Enable running application out of the browser'
is found in the
Project Properties
Project > AndrewCraigie Properties...
You will also find an Out-of-Browser Settings... button here too.
Hope this helps.
Your online tutorial was excellent Andrew. Thanks for posting it. You should do well with your grades on that. I would not have even attempted installing your project without that resource. I'm unable to locate a project to change properties. I've installed the serial socket redirector and suspect it's working fine. I've downloaded your Uno test program. When I run the program it brings up the main screen with the Uno photo, but will not function. I've got the right port number, and localhost is the correct address for my machine. I've edited the port settings so they match on the serial socket redirector. The program connects but fails to do anything else. So I'm pretty sure it's the resource sandboxing that stands in my way.
I downloaded MS Visual Studio just to unsandbox the program. There is no menu selection that is anything like your example. Even though I've downloaded your test program, VS doesn't see it, so I can't change the properties. Maybe I've got to download your source and build the project myself to have this option?? I hope not as dealing with a new MS product is not my idea of fun.
I've whiled away over 8 hours on VS and filled up 9 gigs of my hard drive with it! LOL
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Re: USB monitor package to replace simple Arduino serial monitor
on: September 11, 2012, 10:25:59 am
Quote from: dxw00d on September 11, 2012, 01:28:14 am
Alternatively, use a terminal emulator that supports cursor movement, then you could position output as you wanted. I believe PuTTY supports VT100 control codes, and probably others.
Bingo! This was my original question. When I use my LCD I can position the cursor. But as I said sometimes I don't want to setup a complicated hardware setup just to try out a new sensor or a new way of programming something. I've been thru several terminal emulators. None had cursor position ability. I'll give PuTTY a try next. Thanks for the suggestion.
After playing with firmata and MS Silverlight for a while I believe I could develop some really nice interfaces with the Arduino. Unfortunately I suspect for me to come up to speed on this would take a number of weeks. A rough looking terminal emulator should do fine.
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Re: USB monitor package to replace simple Arduino serial monitor
on: September 10, 2012, 07:13:48 pm
@PaulS you've obviously not tried this yourself as this will scroll too.
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Re: Silverlight, Firmata and Arduino
on: September 10, 2012, 03:27:50 pm
A simple way to create the file to unsandbox your project/program would be nice.
After quite a few hours with Visual Studio, I finally gave up. Looks like it would
be a neat demo of the UNO's capabilities if I get it working.
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Re: USB monitor package to replace simple Arduino serial monitor
on: September 10, 2012, 01:12:52 pm
Quote from: dxw00d on September 10, 2012, 01:08:23 pm
If you know how to send the data you want to the LCD, I don't understand why you can't route the same data to the serial monitor.
I can. It just scrolls all over hell's half acre and is a pain to look at. I suspect if I had more knowledge with formatting the data on the com monitor I could get what I want. I don't have the knowledge. I was looking for something a little easier. As usual I wasted 10 hours looking for this "easy".
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Re: USB monitor package to replace simple Arduino serial monitor
on: September 10, 2012, 01:02:22 pm
Quote from: PaulS on September 10, 2012, 04:34:19 am
Something that I can set labels beside variables from the arduino.
Instead of having the Arduino send the labels? Why?
Consider me a beginner, even though I've played with C, C++, Basic, Fortran, and others in my distant past.
Why? With the knowledge I have all I get from the Arduino com port monitor is a scrolling mass of numbers.
I've poked around trying to find out how to format things so it's easier to read, with no success. In the 80's I used a piece of HP software that interfaced with RS485. It could be configured to format information in a nicer, human readable format. I figured 32 years later there would be something even better that would work with USB.
Google for this problem proved not to be my friend. At least with the keywords that entered my mind. So after no inspiration here I found firmata and Silverlight. So I installed a sample test project to allow my PC to access the Arduino Uno. After reading and watching videos I installed the firmata program, a serial port to socket thing a majib, and uploaded the example firmata sketch that came with the IDE. Everything went well til I tried to get the thing out of the Silverlight sandbox. Installed Visual Studio 2012
as instructed so I could change the project settings so the program could work outside the sandbox. That's where after 8 hours I decided I'd once again forgotten what it was I wanted to do, to start with. It's kind of funny after installing 8 gigs of Visual Studio just to change some settings I still am unable. hehehe I'll just go ahead and hook my LCD screen up to the Arduino and use it for the output I want to look at. At least I know how to do that. I was just trying to make use of a perfectly good PC screen in front of me and not eat several pins on the UNO. heheheh
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USB monitor package to replace simple Arduino serial monitor
on: September 09, 2012, 08:34:04 pm
I've been googling around and looking a ways back in this forum for infomation on an alternative for the simple com port monitor that comes with arduino.
Something that I can set labels beside variables from the arduino. Something that will be easy to look at on my computer when I'm designing or debuggin. Not a running string of numbers. I'm sure there must be dozens of these.
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Programming Questions
Re: Advice on LedControl library
on: August 23, 2012, 04:22:21 pm
Yup, I believe you are absolutely right. Since this is just a mock up of a full blown home brew weather station it's something I don't need right now. I'll just throw it on the big LCD I've got that drives me crazy with the U8glib. heheheh
This is the first part of my current project:
I was just going to put the second module beside it. I don't want to have to tag fly wire off module one to module two right now.
This is the large LCD I'm playing with right now:
I ordered a couple of Hall effect angle sensors last night to start designing the wind direction vane.
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Re: Advice on LedControl library
on: August 23, 2012, 02:54:24 pm
Yep, daisy chained just showed the same info on both displays. I doubt I'll have to poke around on the hardware for an output unless they guy who made these things didn't consider using more than one. I'm going to have to contact him and see. He does sell a board with two 4 digit leds. All you'd have to do is add another as the Max led driver will handle a 8 by 8 matrix. For our purposes 8 digits by 8 segments(one decimal point each digit). So it is very possible he didn't consider using two of his 4 digit modules together and didn't have an output to go to the second boards input. Considering that his 4 digit modules were in effect wasting half of the MAX led driver, he might also have had trouble finding an output to go to another 4 digit module since the MAX driver probably only output the inverted O15 bit for chaining to another MAX driver. Yup, just pulled up the MAX7219 data sheet and dOUT is pin 24 and is not used on the board. Would be unable to use it with two 4 digit boards as the data on dOUT is only valid after 16.5 clock cycles. So you can only daisy chain the 8 digit modules. Oh well.
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I purchased the modules here:
And the LedControl reference page is here:
Hmmmmmmm, daisy chained. Why didn't I think of that. I'm gonna try that right now. I'll get back
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I'm using LedControl library to control a 4 digit LED unit to display temperature captured from a Dallas 18B20 sensor. I've gotten enough to do this pretty good. I can create a LedControl variable with the pins used to control the LED unit:
LedControl lc=LedControl(12,11,10,1)
arduino pin 12 is Datain
arduino pin 11 is CLK
arduino pin 10 is LOAD or CS
fourth arg indicates only one display is in use
Now I've got two of these displays and I'd like to use them both. I'm using a BMP085 sensor which gives pressure and temperature ouput. I want to display the temp on one display and the pressure on the other. I can't figure out from the LedControl online reference how to set this up.
Do I have to use a different variable in the declaration statement? In my
above "lc" is the variable declared to be LedControl. To setup a second display with different pins do I have to use a different variable?
It doesn't make sense since the statements used in the library to control the displays all seem to have a argument to select which display they are operating on.
Or...... do you simply add the additional pins in the LedControl declaration statement?
LedControl lc=LedControl(12,11,10, 9, 8, 7, 2);
9, 8, 7 being the arduino pins connected to the second display and the last arg "2" being the number of displays.
Wouldn't appear so as the compiler complains there are too many args.
LedControl lc=LedControl(12,11,10,2);
LedControl lc1=LedControl(9,8,7,2);
This will get past the compiler but then I have to use either the lc variable or the lc1 variable depending on which display I want a command to operate on. This makes no sense when almost all the commands contain an argument specifying which display to operate on. Darn, I'm repeating myself! I wish there were a better explanation of how to use the neat library.
A little sunshine on this subject would sure cheer me up.
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I have purchased this at least ten times over. I adore this product and it has made the biggest difference in my skin. Much calmer, no breakouts. I'll never change products!
I am so confused about this product. My fop dry area feels great but my slightly area is full of big spots.
My dermatologist recommended me this moisturizer for my face as I was undergoing intense acne treatment, Accutane. For those of you unfamiliar with this treatment, it is a prescription drug and the last resort for treating acne. It stops your skin from secreting oil, thereby alleviating blocked pores and clearing pimples. During the five months of treatment, my skin was so dry that sometimes I had nose bleeds and eczema. More importantly, my skin became sensitive to some cosmetic products. I remember I had sensitive reactions to some moisturizers and lotions in the Body Shop as well as some brands of face masks, all of which were fine before and after the acne treatment. This was the only moisturizer that worked for me during the acne treatment. It works for sensitive skin and moisturizes very well; it has a light texture, which is a plus because I personally hate it when I can consciously feel the product sitting on my skin. It has minimal fragrance, which I also love. Now several months after my acne treatment, my skin is gradually returning back to its original oil prone state. Still, I use this product to retain moisture and it works miracles. It is a bit costly, but I think it's worth it, especially for those of you with sensitive skin!
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Finally!!!! Something that doesn't irritate my skin! I have eczema and have been struggling to find a moisturizer that doesn't make me have a negative reaction. This is finally it! I was having dry patches and itchy skin for months until I was recommend this line. The face wash leaves my skin sooooo incredibly soft. Highly recommend these products for problematic skin types.
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LOVE. I have combination, sensitive skin and it's hard to find products that work for me and don't break me out. My facialist recommended that i use water-based products. So i tried Avene but their lotions didn't seem to absorb well into my skin. I have been using Lrp's toleraine for a few months now and i feel a difference in my skin. It's more hydrated and my skin looks and feels fresh and supple after usage. A fantastic basic, safe moisturizer that i will definitely repurchase!
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This cream, together with LRP's Cicaplast B5 Baume, has made a significant difference in the texture and comfort of my skin this winter. I moved to a very cold, dry climate this winter, and spent a fair amount of time in hotels early in the season. My skin became painfully dry and itchy, especially around my nose, mouth, and chin, which are also the areas of my face that are most likely to break out in adult acne. My lips were so dry that I couldn't move my top lip normally. I found that applying this cream all over my face, including around my eyes and over my lips, cleared up the problems caused by dryness within a week. I have been using this cream all winter at night and my skin has stayed comfortable and moisturized.
The cream itself is thick but not greasy, applies smoothly, and sinks in quickly. I stopped applying this cream to my forehead after a few uses, as it made my forehead greasy the next day, but I do not seem to get greasy anywhere else and my forehead is naturally the oiliest part of my face. Applying four pumps per day to my lower face, eyes, lips, and neck, the product has lasted me approximately 5 months. The packaging is somewhat top-heavy and tips over easily, but it is very unique - it is actually a very thin plastic membrane suspended inside the bottle which contracts as the product is pumped out. This minimizes how much the product comes into contact with air and means that the product needs very few preservatives.
Overall I am very grateful for the relief this product has provided over this beastly winter. I am not 100% sure that I would repurchase next winter, as this may be contributing to a gradual increase in blemishes I'm experiencing (there are other factors that could be causing or contributing as well, but I can't rule this one out yet), and this product does seem to have spoiled slightly, as it's developed a slight butyric acid scent. This is a product that should be used up quickly, and perhaps should be kept somewhere colder than the top of my water heater. I am also a little wary of the squalane, as I'm a vegetarian, but I am not opposed to animal products if they outperform the alternatives. I will look into the lighter version of this product for the shoulder seasons, however there's a very good chance I will repurchase next winter.
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I actually like this moisturizer. I have quite sensitive skin, but I would not call it intolerant or mega sensitive. My skin can handle fragrance, scrubs, masks and gel cleansers, but since I have hormonal/stress based acne, I thought I could try this cream for super intolerant skin.
I have now been using this for month and it has done nothing to my skin. And I mean that in a good way. Usually moisturizers break me out, make my face shine, make the pores larger or make my whole face red and hot. This one does not, it just moisturizers my face.
It has no secret acne/rosacea/other skin problem fighting power, but it keeps your skin moisturized. If that is what you are looking for, then you should really give a try. I will probably look for a moisturizer that can beat my breakouts, but this one definetely has a place in my bathroom. I havent tried yet but I can imagine this one works wonders for sun burned or wind burned skin.
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I had high hopes for this moisturiser, but I've been left very disappointed. I though this might help combat some of the redness on my cheeks and nose due to mild rosacea, but this moisturiser only seemed to increase the redness. I also found it slightly greasy for my already oily skin. And it's a poor base for makeup - even with primer, my foundation is patchy before the day is up. I will continue to use this at night as it's sufficiently moisturising and I don't like to throw out skincare products unless they cause breakouts or irritation, but I will not repurchase.