Review - Botani Olive Skin Serum

Been using this serum for 3 months now. I think it is time for me to review it.

First of all, this is an organic product. You might think what can an organic product do? I thought that too, we live a world full of chemicals, only chemicals like SKII, Clinique will give result. But, can organic products work?

This serum is actually in oil-form. It contains a very important ingredient called Squalene, which is extracted from olive plant. Squalene is important to us because part of our skin is made of Squalene. As we grow old, our skin will decrease its production of Squalene, which is so-called aging. I am quoting  Erica Yuen for this statement.

This serum suits me as I have dry and dehydrated skin. I have serious acne on my forehead which is due to stree + insomnia + constipation. Also blackhead issue on my nose and both of my cheeks.

To use the serum, you need to release a drop of serum on ur finger (using the pump), then rub the drop with other fingers, once ur fingers have the serum spreaded on them, then dab your fingers on ur face and press gently. Press it on ur cheeks, chin, forehead, eyes, lips and throat. My face needs 3 drops of serum oil to cover the face area and neck area. For 3 drops each time, I would say this serum can last a very long time. HK artist, Erica Yuen even apply the serum on elbows and feet. I purchased this serum online at RM100 including postage. Not a very expensive skincare product, since u can use it for so long.

This is my favourite product so far. It mosturizes my skin. Best thing is, it acts as an eye cream also, so I save the money in buying expensive eye cream. On my pimples problem, I think it helps a bit. It is not that kind of product that gives miracle immediately, but I definitely feel my skin more hydrated than before. My forehead still have a lot of tiny pimples. Blackhead problem is not improving as well, it got worst. I guess I need to do some detox colon cleansing some other times.

Don't Cry Over Spilt Botani

Oh my heart aches, I spilled almost 3/4 of my newly bought + favourite Botani Olive Serum! I was trying to multi-task - applying the serum and surf the Internet at the same time. Wu~~ wu~~ my precious serum. How could I let this happened?

Now, I got about 20% left. I have been quite thrifty in using this, normally I use 2-3 drops each time (morning & night). The whole puddle of oil was lying on the floor this morning, I had no choice but to pick up the oil and spread it all over my arms and legs. Wu~~wu~~

Anyway, I need to get over it.

The greasy floor after the spill.

My Botani Olive Serum

Belated Mother's Day Gift

I am the kind of consumer that is easily to be persuaded. After looking at the Erica Yuen's youtube video introducing the Botani Squalene Olive Serum, which I have also blogged about this video before in here. Since then I have been thinking about getting it. And it was so happened that this website was having a promotion in conjunction with Mother's Day.

So, I bought it. I am also so into organic products nowadays. The parcel is nicely wrapped:

The Mother's Package that I bought consists of 4 items :

1. Botani Smoothing Olive Cleanser RM139

2. Botani Soothing Facial Mist RM55

3. Botani Olive Serum RM95.50

4. Botani Boost Balancing Mosturizer ~RM70

For these 4 items, the package was sold at RM259, which is a saving of about 28% discount. For me, I think it is quite a steal for natural organic products.

Skin after 25 Years

Today I was looking at HK artist Erica Yuen's video at youtube. In this video, she introduced a product called Squalene. The Squalene product seems very seducing, however that is not the main point. She mentioned what happen to our skin after we approach 25 years old.

You might not know, I just passed my 26th birthday. I am over 25!

According to Erica, before 25 y.o., we do not need to take care of our skin a lot. However, after 25 y.o., skin will start to discharge a lot of oil that you cant control. That is so me, I thought. Cos nowaddays, my face is so oily, especially at the sides my nose. Before that, it is not like this! Could it be because I took the bitter gourd drink ?

After 25 y.o., our face will start to age in a rapid way. And our face will not be able to hold the moisture as good as before.

Another important point is, all the time, we have been looking for products which can heal our skin, make our skin look good. But have we ever think, our outer skin is actually damaged? Will our skin be able to absorb the things that we apply on it?

And I start to think, the chemicals that we put on our face, is it really good for our skin? Even though some skin products give miracle results. Are these results temporary? Do them just suppress all our skin problem, and push it down beneath our skin?

This is something I thought of today.