Skin Food Royal Honey Hydro Massage Gel

Hi :)
Today I would like to quickly review Massage Gel from Skin Food's Royal Honey Range.

The full sized product comes in 190g jar, I was testing just the 3ml jar-shaped sample.

Description: A hydrating massage gel with royal black honey and royal jelly extracts that replenishes lost moisture and transforms dehydrated skin into a nice honey-glazed complexion. 

How to use: Apply an even layer to the face and massage for 3~5 minutes. Leave in or rinse off with lukewarm water.

The product is a clear, unscented gel. It spreads easily on face and a little goes a long way - my 3ml sample lasted for three generous applications, with more economical applications it could last for four. I wasn't able to massage skin for 3 mins - not sure if my skin was so thirsty or this products is just absorbing so well - I've massaged for approx. one minute and left it on face overnight. Gel is light and non-sticky, I could barely feel that I have sth on my face. I washed it off in the morning with plain warm water and followed with toner, didn't want to ruin gorgeous moisturised feel with facewash. My skin was feeling great  - looking nice and healthy, smooth in touch. There was no breakouts, not even the smallest whitehead, what proves how light this gel works (I always got whitheads if use too heavy cosmetics). This is perfect proof, that oily skin needs moisturisation, not drying.

Price: £8-13 on e-Bay.

Pros:
+ gives well moisturised & smooth skin
+ lightweigt

Cons:
none so far :)

I am seriously considering buying full size product for moisturising therapy once or twice a week.

Skin Food Tomato Whitening Toner & Serum

Hello! :)
Today I will tell you about products, which is are my No.1 skin care at the moment <3

Skin Food Tomato Whitening Toner

Description: This skin-brightening toner containing arbutin and tomato extract rich in lycopene, vitamins, and minerals makes dull skin clear and blemish-free, improving skin tone.

Key ingredients:

• Arbutin - an active ingredient brightening up skin, used to treat hyperpigmentation caused by acne, allergies, infections, scars etc. It's also a natural filter against UV radiation (types A, B, C).
• Sodium Hyaluronate (sodium salt of hyaluronic acid) - is a powerful anti aging ingredient in skin care. It is naturally occurring in the skin, but as we get older it's level decrease causing our skin to age and sag. It has ability to absorb water up to 1000 times its weight, what makes it one of the best moisturising substances known.
• Aminoacids: Alanine, Proline, Serine, Threonine, Glycine, Arganine, Lysine - moisturising and nourishing skin
• Tomato extract - rich in lycopene and vitamin C. Lycopene is natural colourant occuring in red-coloured fruits and vegetables; one of the strongest antioxidants - protects skin cells from premature aging. Vitamin C protect skin cells and skin's support structure from UV-related damage, improve the appearance of sun-damaged skin, reduce inflammation and promote collagen production. 
• Konjac root extract - Kojac has many healthcare benefits and has been used in traditional Chinese medicine for detoxification, tumour-suppression, blood stasis alleviation and phlegm liquefaction. Root extract is rich in Glucomannan, that can support skin healing process.
• Pomegranate fruit extract - incredible antioxidant, has anti-microbial, anti-inflammatory and anti-aging properties and ability to encourage radiant skin. It can help with a number of skin care issues including dry skin, age spots, hyperpigmentation, acne flare-ups and acne scars.

Full list of ingredients: WATER, ALCOHOL, GLYCERIN, ARBUTIN, PROPYLENE GLYCOL, PEG/PPG-17/6, COPYLOMER, PEG-60, HYDROGENATED CASTOR OIL, HYDROGENATED LECITHIN, BUTYLENE GLYCOL, BETAINE, SODIUM HYALURONATE, SORBITOL, ALANINE, PROLINE, SERINE, THREONINE, GLYCINE, ARGININE, LYSINE, GLUTAMIC ACID, SODIUM PCA, DIETHOXYETHYL SUCCINATE, BETA-GLUCAN, SODIUM CITRATE, TOCOPHERYL ACETATE, CAPRYLICYC/CAPRIC TRIGLYCERIDE, DIACETYL BOLDINE, SOLANUM LYCOPERSICIUM (TOMATO) FRUIT/LEAF/STEM EXTRACT, AMORPHOPHALLUS KONJAC ROOT EXTRACT, PUNICA GRANATUM FRUIT EXTRACT, CHAENOMELES SINENSIS FRUIT EXTRACT, DISODIUM EDTA, METHYLPARABEN, PHENOXYMETHANOL, CI 15985, PARFUM 

Toner comes in 135ml glass bottle. Under the cap it also got plastic blocker with small hole in the middle - it prevent's from spilling the product, you can turn the bottle upside down and only one drop will come out, so you need to shake it to get out more on your cotton pad. It was a little annoying on the beginning, but now I used to it - and considering how clumsy I am it's actually doing a good job.
Toner does contain alcohol, however dosn't smell with it, which is good. It has very nice, cosmetic scent, a little floral I would say, however nothing tomato-like ;) The consistency - to my surprise - seems to be a little bit more thicker than typical watery one I used to with toner. But difference is slightly noticable.
What I really like in this product is, that even though it contains alcohol, it doesn't dry my skin. Usually after face wash my skin feels a little bit dry and tight and some toner are making this feeling worse - this one dosn't.
As for whitening properties I am unable to judge it separately, as I purchaed it after serum.... I will sum them up together at the end of this note.

Price: £9-15 on e-Bay 
 
Skin Food Tomato Whitening Serum

Description: This skin-brightening essence containing arbutin and tomato extract rich in lycopene, vitamins, and minerals makes dull skin clear and blemish-free and improves skin tone, without stickiness. 

Key ingredients:

• Arbutin - an active ingredient brightening up skin, used to treat hyperpigmentation caused by acne, allergies, infections, scars etc. It's also a natural filter against UV radiation (types A, B, C).
• Tomato extract - rich in lycopene and vitamin C. Lycopene is natural colourant occuring in red-coloured fruits and vegetables; one of the strongest antioxidants - protects skin cells from premature aging. Vitamin C protect skin cells and skin's support structure from UV-related damage, improve the appearance of sun-damaged skin, reduce inflammation and promote collagen production. 
• Pomegranate fruit extract - incredible antioxidant, has anti-microbial, anti-inflammatory and anti-aging properties and ability to encourage radiant skin. It can help with a number of skin care issues including dry skin, age spots, hyperpigmentation, acne flare-ups and acne scars.
• Honey extract - natural moisturising and nourishing extract. Honey has also anti-bacterial properties, may be used to reduce inflammation and aid in tissue health. Great for sensitive skin.

Full list of ingredients: WATER, GLYCERETH-26, ISOHEXADECANE, ARBUTIN, SOLANUM LYCOPERSICUM (TOMATO) FRUIT/LEAF/STEM EXTRACT, ISOSTEARYL NEOPENTANOATE, DIETHOXYETHYL SUCCINATE, BIS-PEG-18 METHYL ETHER DIMETHYL SILANE, SODIUM ACRYLATE/SODIUM ACRYLOYLDIMETHYL TAURATE COPOLYMER, POLYSORBATE 80, C14-22 ALCOHOLS, C12-20 ALKYL GLUCOSIDE, STEARIC ACID, HYDROGENATED LECITHIN, GLYCERYL STEARATE SE, CETEARYL ALCOHOL, PUNICA GRANATUM EXTRACT, HONEY EXTRACT, HYDROXYETHYL UREA, CHAENOMELES SINENSIS FRUIT EXTRACT, BUTYLENE GLYCOL, ALCOHOL DENAT., DIACETYL BOLDINE, ARGININE, CARBOMER, CAPRYLIC/CAPRIC TRIGLYCERIDE, DISODIUM EDTA, TOCOPHERYL ACETATE, METHYLPARABEN, PROPYLPARABEN, PHENOXYETHANOL, FRAGRANCE
  
Product comes in white plastic bottle with pump. It doesn't have any extra packaging (like box), comes just thermo-wrapped in transparent foil.

The serum itself is quite rare, lightweight, white-ish cream.  The scent is similar as in toner - floral and not tomato at all ;) It absorbs in skin quickly and completly - dosn't leave any film. A little goes a long way - one "pump" in enough to cover whole face, for night time I use two.

On this picture I was trying to show you how full bottle is - when I opened it first time it was full up to the bottle thread. Now, after two months of constant use, I can't see exactly how full botte is, but I didn't use up even a 1/3 of it...

Now the best part - effects. I started using this product before I created this blog, so I can't really show you any "before" and "after" photos, but belive me - it does work. My skin is nicely moisturised, well conditioned, face is a bit brighter and my acne scars are less noticable. Name of the product may be a little confusing, as it's not really whitening but brightening in delicate, beautiful way - so don't worry, there won't be any "Twilight" effect :P It's also very light on skin - dosn't make my skin more oily, neither block my pores. Effects pleased me enough, to buy the toner, which I started using approx. month after serum.

I must say, that since started using both product together I didn't actually notice any more bightening. What serum did, was brightening my skin to certain level and then just keep it. It doesn't displease me, because if it would brighten more and more I would end up completly snow white and I don't think it would look healthy...

Price: £9-11 on e-Bay

Pros:
+ serum is moisturising
+ serum is lightweight
+ little bit of serum goes a long way
+ toner doesn't dry out skin
+ serum is good priced comparing to how efficient it is

Cons:
- toner is using up quicker than serum - I am sure one bottle of toner won't be enough for one bottle of serum
- toner is quite pricey for how efficient it is

Overall, if you would like to brighten up your skin tone a little bit I can strongly recommend this products. However, if you want to cut off costs a little bit, I think that serum on it's own will do fine...

Skin Food Good Afternoon Peach Green Tea BB Cream

Today I am posting a review which took me really a lot of time to create. I just couldn't get this cream right...

Product description: An oil-controlling and skin-mattifying BB cream that keeps skin fresh and matte with vitamin-enriched peach extract and sebum-regulating green tea.

Product comes in casual squeezy tube (i call it 'casual' as very popular among BB creams is tube with little pump), cap. 30g. The tube is in cute cardboard packaging.

It's available in two shades, #1 Light Beige and #2 Natural Beige - I went for #1, which is perfect - looks bright, but healthy bright, not vampire pale ;)
Cream has a lovely peach smell.
The consistency is quite thick, so application may be a little problematic. It smudges when spreaded, so it's much better idea to pat it, however you must be careful as it's easy to put too much. Thanks to thick consistency you can easly layer it up, which guarantees us a good coverage, but unfortunatelly thicker layer doesn't look natural on skin. So i guess it could be alright for people who like more foundation-like look. I personally prefer natural look - if I have to choose between natural look with some of my scars visible or mask on a face with all my scars covered - I prefer the first one.

And here we comes to why I couldn't get this cream right - it just took me a while to find the right amount to apply. I also tried different ways of application - fingers, brush and sponge - and found out that sponge works the best, gives the most natural look.

Another thing about this BB you should be aware of is that it makes all dry patches and irregularities very visible. It helps you find some dry skins about which existence you had no idea. One day it made something very wierd and very cakey to my forhead. Yuck! Then I used scrub (it is not recomended to use scrub on acne prone skin very often...), tried once more and there it is - beautiful, evened out skin, ta-dah! So now i know, to just not use it if I haven't scrubbed for a while.

As it comes to the matte effect - it is indeed more matte that for example Missha, however it's not a full foundation-like matte, still glows skin a little bit.

I also didn't notice any sebum control - as usual, my skin began to shine after approx. 2 hours. After blotting skin looked alrgiht for the next couple of hours. But you must be careful during blotting, because this cream is quite easy to wipe off.

Peach Green Tea BB Cream has a SPF20 PA+.

Price of full size product: from £5 on e-Bay.

Pros:
+ more matte than other BB Creams
+ well matching shade
+ nice coverage
+ lovely smell
+ cheap

Cons:
- makes dry patches really visible
- rolls up in wrinkles
- smudges during application
- doesn't control sebum as promised

Summing up, this BB Cream is not some kind of miracle. I think that my mistake were too high expectations. However it's not a bad product, considering low price. I am quite happy that I tried it out, but I am not sure if I will buy it again.

Ingerdients: Water, Cyclopentasiloxane, Titanium Dioxide, Cetyl PEG/PPG-10/1 Dimethicone, Ethyl Methoxycinnamate, Dipropylene Glycol, Boron Nitride, Ceresin, Cyclohexasiloxane, Sorbitan Isostearate, Sodium Chloride, Vinyl Dimethicone / Methicone Silsesquioxane Crosspolymer, Peach Extract, Sorbitan Olivate , Caprylyl Methicone, green tea extract, HDI / Trimethylol Hexyllactone Crosspolymer, Trimethylsiloxysilicate, Silica, Aluminum Hydroxide, Stearic Acid, Triethoxycaprylylsilane, Talc, phenoxyehtanol, Methylparaben, Propylparaben, Fragrance, Yellow Iron Oxide, Red Iron Oxide, Black Iron Oxide