Saima's Review: Skin Food Honey Black Tea Jelly Foam

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Me again (Saima) ~~~ 

Shanzy has been a bit busy lately so I'm taking over the blogging side of OhMaiSS and hopefully you shall hear from her soon. 

Over the past few days since my last post, I've tried a few more samples from Skin Food so that I know exactly what to buy again next time I go back to Malaysia. 

Today I will be doing a review on:

 ~Skin Food Honey Black Tea Jelly Foam~

 

After giving away many of my samples (as I had four of each), I kept one or two for myself and I actually had two samples of this particular product.

Funnily enough my skin reacted differently the second time I used this, so I am actually confused about whether I like this product or not.

Product Description:

According to the back of the sample, Skin Food state that the product is "A foaming cleanser with honey and black tea extracts, with a firm jelly texture that leaves skin soft and supple"

Right... so this firm jelly texture is supposed to turn into a foam; I wanted to check if it actually does foam up and took pictures to show you guys:

So as you can see it does foam up but I did have to be quite vigorous about it and it wasn't anything truly amazing like a whole load of foamy bubbles (hahaa me and my high expectations)

Anyway the product looks and feels a lot like honey and it smells sweet too .. absolutely delicious ~

The product is quite runny and sticky feeling so you have to make sure that you lather it in to a foam quickly on to your face and neck otherwise it will be dripping everywhere (Yes this happened to me)... while massaging it into the skin it does feel very smooth and the stickiness disappears due to the foam.

• Sample 1 ~

So the first time I used this I liked how moisturising and smooth it felt while massaging it into the skin, but I didn't get that thorough clean sort of feeling (probably because I have combination oily/dehydrated skin which leans more towards oily). It felt like one of those cleansers where I can't just use it on its own so I had to exfoliate my skin after.

• Sample 2 ~ 

When I used the second sample, I was expecting to have the same results are the previous time... but no... this time the application was still smooth and hydrating but I could feel a slight stinging sensation (most probably because I had many breakouts which were already feeling sore). When I washed the foam off of my face the stinging reduced but I could still feel it around a few of the blemishes. My skin did actually feel thoroughly cleansed this time and slightly tight but not in a drying sort of way. Later that day I also noticed that the blemishes were drying up.

More Info:

I checked the Skin Food website to find out more about this product and why my skin reacted in such a way.

Here's the product description that is on their website:

"This mild and clear foam cleanser gel, enriched with a moisturizing honey extract and tea extracts that have an excellent exfoliating effect, is astringent and leaves skin feeling fresh and hydrated. Beta-glucan and NMF (Natural Moisturizing Factor) reduces skin dehydration after washing."

Now that completely explains the stinging sensation! I had no idea that this product has astringent and exfoliating properties as well as keeping the skin hydrated. It's actually meant to be perfect for my skin type so I have no idea why the first application wasn't as great as the second... maybe because it was something new for my skin so needed some time getting used to.

Overall Impression:

After using this a second time and then reading more about it, I am actually considering purchasing this again as it does seem to be quite a nice cleanser that could be beneficial for my skin type with regular use, however I did notice that Skin Food also have a bubble foam and a regular cleansing foam (both no jelly) version of this, so I want to try those and also cleansers from the other ranges first before deciding. 

~ OhMaiScore = 7.5/10 ~

 

(My opinion might change after comparing it with the other two versions of this or after purchasing the full size and using it more often.)

*Notes: As I don't have the full size product of this sample I can't give a clear account as to how beneficial or how effective the product is over time. This is only a general review on one off use. 

*Disclaimer: I received this free sample to try, after purchasing products for my own personal use. Everything written above is my own personal opinion of the product. I am not affiliated with any company and have not been paid to write reviews.

~ Saima ~