little white truths

I like the dropper style bottle and I personally do like glass packaging: I know some people don't because it's heavier (so not good for travel) and you could also drop it and break it - which absolutely makes sense - but I do like the weight and feel of glass, I must say.

Or perhaps I shouldn't say that because, knowing me, I'll drop and break it within a day of writing that!

Verdict

As mentioned above, this is a nice facial oil and I do like it - it's just not the best facial oil I've ever used in this price range. 

At the moment my favourite budget facial oil is Natural Instinct's Rejuvenating Rosehip Oil (reviewed here), which I find a little lighter on the skin than this one and also thinner in texture. But honestly they're both good and I don't think you can go wrong with either.

It's a yellow/green coloured oil with quite a strong scent, and I can definitely smell the jasmine/orange mentioned in the product description. It's not a bad scent but I don't love it and I find it a little strong and...fuzzy?... for my personal tastes. 

Hopefully the word 'fuzzy' makes sense to at least one person!

It spreads and applies well, but I do find that I need to use a good dose of this to cover my whole face, neck and dec (about one third of the length of the dropper). This is partly because my skin is dry so it inhales product and I almost always need to use more than those with normal or oily skin, but I do find myself applying more of this than some other oils because it's a little thicker.

I apply this in the evening after my serum. To start with I was applying it overnight after my night cream (also from Antipodes, review coming soon) but I decided that it wasn't penetrating through the night cream - even though I apply one about four hours after the other - so I decided to lay this down first and I believe that's working better for me.

I've been using it for a couple of months now and I feel that it's helped keep my dry skin hydrated and also helped stave off any dry, red patches that I usually get in winter. Indeed, it's been the first winter for a while that my skin hasn't been flaking off occasionally, so I'm putting that down to a combination of good skincare that's working for me and also the fact that I'm not pregnant (pregnancy sucks the life from my skin).

On the claims: yes it helps nourish and promote healthy-looking skin; no I haven't noticed any change to things like lines/wrinkles, age spots or scars; yes it helps my skin look less dry, stressed and tired (at least temporarily), but then, most oils do; and no I don't believe it's done anything in terms of collagen production - certainly not that I've noticed.

Overall I think this is a good, basic facial oil that's reasonably priced and I do recommend it. It doesn't perform somersaults and I do prefer the Natural Instincts oil linked above - as well as an oil from Goodness I tried recently, reviewed here - but there's nothing wrong with this one and it all comes down to personal preference. 

Decent.