There seems to be a lack of good sensitive skincare for oily skin. Most products seem to be for both sensitive and dry skin and it can be hard to find a shear, non heavy cream that is soothing and will calm oily sensitive skin. I think I found a perfect concoction for this and that’s Skinfood’s Lettuce and Cucumber Water Jelly. Skinfood is a Singapore brand which is not available in Australian stores. It can be found online however and recently I was able to pick some Skinfood products up on my travels. I got this jelly, their mushroom BB cream as well as a facial mask for sensitive skin which I’ll be reviewing soon. As for the jelly, …

Clinique market their comfort on call cream as a clinically tested product for allergy relief and prevention. It is formulated with sensitivity in mind, and with ingredients least likely to disagree with easily irritated or sensitive skin. It is also formulated to provide relief when the skin is in the midst of an allergic reaction, by calming inflammation, soothing and helping restore the skins compromised lipid barrier. It is not an oily cream though, as oils can be one of the things that can exacerbate inflamed skin, so be careful of how you use them (ie test them first). Comfort on call however is simply perfect in texture, consistency and feel on allergic skin. It definitely is creamy, not greasy, …

There is one shower gel that really cools me down and that’s L’occitanes Verbena (lemony/citrus) one. The verbena range is quite extensive, you can get just about anything from shampoos, fragrance sprays, soaps, salves, creams,body lotions and more, but my favorite is the shower gel (with the hand wash gel coming a close second). Firstly, I just love the combination of the texture of the hand gel with the lemony scent. The feel of the gel (both shower and hand wash) is very cool and I don’t know if it’s due to anything specific in the gel or just my association with the smell. The smell itself is so fresh and lovely, it has a sweetness to it that takes …

This has been a daytime moisturizer that I have used with Estee lauders Idealist pore minimizing serum. Both it and the serum are good at controlling oily skin, especially under make up, heavy or other wise, all through the day. I really like the smell of Daywear, and the colour of the packaging and I know that that shouldn’t count but really, a large portion of what you’re paying for a product is it’s packaging so you might as well enjoy it on some level. As for sensitivity, I don’t trust this completely although I have no complaints so far. I find that it is not the greatest on very dry skin which need more replenishing, heavier creams. It is …

I have quite an interesting product to review today, it’s actually a gel containing flakes of pure silver for use in controlling oily skin and acne. While reviewing this antibacterial and oil balancing gel by Ayurda I thought I’d take the opportunity to also post a bit of interesting information about it’s primary ingredient as it has a long and colourful history. Silver is known to pretty much everyone as a metal used in jewelry but in the colloidal form it has long been used as an anti-microbial agent in both industrial and health related products. Although it has been shown safe to be used topically on the skin there have been a few unfortunate cases of colloidal silver …