Body Shop Vitamin E Facial Oil - A Review

Hi everyone,

Hope you are all well!

So I decided it was high time I started to review some of the products the Body Shop kindly gave us last Thursday, and I wanted to start with a product I've been very surprised by and am LOVING - their Vitamin E Facial Oil.

I have dry skin which is mildly combination, ie I get very slightly oily in the centre of my forehead and down my nose. Due to this my skin is prone to looking dull and feeling tight, especially on the cheeks... I wasn't sure of what to expect from this product - although I've recently been converted to how great oils work for cleansing I was sceptical of using them on my face, and fully expected this to make my skin feel a bit oily. I was very pleasantly surprised.

In the UK this retails for £14.65 for 15mls. This sounds like a lot but for my skin I use around two to four drops per go of the oil, so a little goes a long way. The Body Shop state that the product is for dry skin, so I'm not sure how well this would suit people with oilier skins...

What Does it Do?

The Body Shop say: An aromatic, pre-moisturiser treat for the skin to boost moisturisation, nourish the skin when used as part of a daily regime. Absorbs quickly into the skin to leave it feeling soothed, silky-smooth and perfectly prepared for your daily moisturiser. Ideal for dry skin. Non comedogenic.

What's in it?

Wheat germ, rice bran and soya oils - are naturally high in Vitamin E.

Grapeseed and jojoba oils - to nourish.

A blend of essential oils including rose - to soothe the skin and the senses.

The Capenema Farmers supply our Community Trade Soya oil. Thay are based in Brazil and we have been trading with them since 2000. The soyabean farmers in Capanema believe in preserving nature and their traditional way of life. Long before the idea of organic certification came into being, they were cultivating their crops and rearing their animals firm in the belief that they wanted to maintain the purity of the land. Soya oil is well known in the cosmetic industry for its moisturising properties and is a great base for hair and body products

Triticum Vulgare Germ Oil, Corylus Avellana Nut Oil, Simmondsia Chinensis Seed Oil, Glycine Soja Oil, Oryza Sativa Bran Oil, Tocopheryl Acetate, Boswellia Carterii Oil, Pelargonium Graveolens Flower Oil, Lavandula Angustifolia Oil, Linalool, Citronellol, Limonene, Geraniol, Rosa Damascena Flower Oil, Vetiveria Zizanoides Oil, Anthemis Nobilis Oil, Daucus Carota Sativa Seed Oil, Chamomilla Recutita Extract, Citral.

How do I use it?

Use Vitamin E Facial Oil as part of your everyday cleansing, toning and moisturising regime.
Apply to the face and neck before moisturiser. Use as part of your daily regime for a moisturisation boost.
(Source - http://www.thebodyshop.co.uk/)

My Thoughts? I've been using this for a few days now, and I am really impressed with it.

I love the packaging and think it works very well - the oil comes in a small glass bottle with a dropper top, so its easy to dispense the product drop by drop as you need without creating a mess. It's quite small as well, so easy for travel - I know a couple of the other people who attended had a problem with the bottle breaking though!

I use this product after cleansing and toning and before moisturising. I find it sinks in quickly and easily into my skin and does not leave it feeling greasy at all. My skin stays comfortable feeling all day - none of that uncomfortable dry and tight feeling I sometimes get. This product also seems to make the skin a little more receptive to my moisturizer, so that I get better results all round.

I have noticed an improvement in the appearance of my skin - blemishes appear to heal a bit faster (Vitamin E - Is naturally powerful and one of the best antioxidants that help protect the skin against damaging environmental elements, such as the sun, pollution and cigarette smoke) and my skin also looks more naturally radiant and well hydrated. I usually wear foundation everyday, but if this little beauty continues to work as well as it is, then I'll easily be able to skip that.

I also like the feeling of giving my skin a massage twice a day - I have been using this morning and night (I use a couple of drops extra at night to give my skin an extra boost), and the mere action of massaging the product in (which doesn't take long) probably boosts the circulation to and therefore radiance of the skin

One of the things I also like about this product is that is can be used for a number of other things too - the Makeup Artist Chase Aston demonstrated using this on the cheekbones under liquid foundation to give the skin a dewy look, and you could also mix a drop or two in with your body lotion in order to give the skin on your body a boost too.

I will definately be buying this product again and would recommend it to people with dry to very dry skin in need of a boost and skin which looks dull and needs a kick of radiance...

I'd be really interested to know if any of you have tried this product and your thoughts on it?

Hope you enjoyed!

MizzWorthy xxx

PS - I also keep forgetting to mention that the body shop has a great policy regarding samples - ie you can ask for samples of most of the products that they sell (apart from the perfumes and some of the makeup, due to how they are packaged etc) to try before you buy, so if you are unsure about how well things will suit your skin, I would highly recommend getting a sample first and seeing how you like it before you shell out your hard earned cash on it...!