Regarding the gel moisturiser - gel based and gel are not quite the same. Gel based are moisturisers that provide a suspension for oil based emoliants. Gel moistursers are largely clear and contain no oils while pure aloe vera gel alone works great for most - it doesn't seem to do the business for me.
Here's a link to Face Oasis:
http://www.h2oplus.com/retail2002/produ ... 00158-000
And the ingredients list:
Water (Aqua), Propylene Glycol, Glycerin, Glycereth 7, Glycosaminoglycans, Dimethicone, PEG 12 Dimethicone, Carbomer, Triethanolamine, Imidazolidinyl Urea, Phospholipids, Panthenol, Fragrance (Parfum), Trisodium EDTA, Zinc PCA, Benzophenone 4, Linalool, Sea Salt (Maris Sal), Undaria Pinnatifida Extract, Ulva Lactuca Extract, Tocopheryl Acetate, Blue 1 (CI 42090), Methylchloroisothiazolinone, Methylisothiazolinone, Crithmum Maritimum Extract, Algae Extract, Retinyl Palmitate, Magnesium Ascorbyl Phosphate
source:
http://www.amazon.com/H2O-Plus-Oasis-Hy ... B00029V15W
I'm not a cosmetologist so how the darn thing works I have no clue. I just know that with ANY other moisturiser i'd always had breakouts - thought it was normal. With this I can get perfectly clear skin. Worth fighting for eh? Even Clinique's DDMG doesn't really work for night use like Face Oasis does.
To be honest I haven't tried any of Karen's moisturisers - largely because Jojoba oil and Emu oil both break me out terribly. See my dilemma?