Review - Face moisturiser.

Hi all, thanks for dropping in to to check out my today's review:

Evohe Edelweiss & Nectapure Moiusture 24/7

I purchased this at a health food shop in Berwick, for a whopping $45.90. Pretty sure at that price point we could start off with at least a decent product....

So, here's what I thought:

It met the following criteria- 

• Australian made and owned
• 80% of the ingredients in this particular product are Certified Organic Ingredients 
• The ingredients are 100% naturally derived (which means they come from an animal or plant based source- not petroleum sources).
• Smells gorgeous
• Lovely packaging
• Has a fantastic website with additional information here: evohe.com.au 

First I should say that I wanted to LOVE this product. I could get it at my natural food store, it was mid priced, I love that the percentage of certified organics were listed, and the ingredient list was in clear plain English. I could actually identify each of the ingredients listed as a plant/nut/fruit. I love the packaging and the heavy glass bottle (yes, I'm one of "those girls" that likes to look at my shelf in the shower and see my gorgeous Kerastase bottles, and dream that great hair is only a shampoo away!) I love that it is Aussie, and I wanted to love it enough to send it overseas in little packages for my sisters... but, I just didn't.

I didn't love it because it left my skin feeling taut and dry. I had to apply some coconut oil over the top by Saturday (after starting to use the product twice daily the previous Wednesday), just to keep my skin from flaking and burning! Not too attractive when you have 4 bridesmaids to make up on the same day... I had to excuse the condition of my skin and explain that I was doing "industry research"! Additionally, remember that lovely smell I mentioned previously? After a few minutes it reminded me of Kava. Yep, that smell of drinking Kava in Fiji. Beautiful memories, but the stuff is basically muddy water- and the products smells vaguely similar. I couldn't really blame a single product in the ingredients list for this, maybe a combination of a few, who knows?

Now, I have combination sensitive skin, oily T-zone, and dry cheeks- like 90% of the women in the world. I promised myself that I wasn't going to blog about how a product might work if someone was a different skin tone, so I won't. I think this is a common case of a very plant active product that is just all a bit too much. I would often see women at counter that would come looking for a new skin solution because their "organic products" failed them. I had to explain that although the company I worked for was lab created, I do feel that they took the sensitivity of skin in mind, whereas organics/essential oils are sometimes so active that they can independently cause alarming reactions on some skins. I wouldn't say I'm have a "reaction" as such- but it's certainly not the dreamy luminescent skin I'm aiming for.

Would I but the product again?  Sadly, no.

Would I try other products in their range? Yes, definitely.

What am I going to do with the product? Probably use it as a hand or body cream.

If you have tried Evohe, please let me know what you thought, comment below!