A while ago, I was contacted by Julea of Asiatic Beauty, a Malaysian cosmetics company, to help test a couple of her products. Being Malaysian, I am always supportive of local ventures, so I agreed and Julea sent me the Asiatic Beauty Antea Age anti-aging cream.
I was quite surprised to see the tube the cream came in. It was slim and only contained 20g of product so I was a little puzzled as to whether it was a treatment serum, in which case I’d use it sparingly; or cream for the face in which case I tend to be more liberal. There was no information on the box on how to use it, which I felt would be useful information to include in future.
Anti Oxidant rich White Tea Extract
According to the site, the Antea Age cream is specially formulated to help combat the effects of premature aging for all skin types. The cream contains anti oxidant rich White Tea extract that helps to neutralize the effect of free radicals & stress on your skin to minimize the look of lines & wrinkles. I ran into a slight snag at that point. I don’t have noticable lines and wrinkles on my face, so I wondered how I’d see if it was working. Some reviews on the site stated that they noticed firming up of their skin so I decided to be a mad scientist and try it anyway to see how I fared with it.
Fresh floral Scent and light texture
The Antea Age cream has a slightly watery texture. Again, it puzzled me until I tried shaking the tube. Then, it squirted out a light gel-like cream with a faint fragrance. The texture of the cream is light and absorbed into my skin quickly. I again saw on the website later, that you were recommended to shake the tube before squirting it out and again, I felt this information would be useful on the box or in an instruction sheet included with the product.
The scent is floral but quite refreshing not cloying. As I said, I can’t tell if its a serum or cream, so I used it as a cream and only at night. After about 3 weeks using the cream I did not find any adverse reactions to the cream. There were no unexpected breakouts and my skin was as normal. Due to my not having very noticable lines and wrinkles, I could not say if there was any smoothening or firming up of the skin.
Antea Age anti-aging cream contains Jojoba oil and may cause breakouts
As the formula is light and spreads well, you don’t really have to use much for your whole face. So 20g does go quite a long way. However, a point to note would be that the Antea Age cream contains jojoba oil as one of the active ingredients.
Fellow blogger Jojoba has tried this same product and although she finds it helpful for erasing lines, it also broke her out due to the jojoba oil. So, you would be advised to be careful if you are sensitive to any of the ingredients used. Another negative review came from a friend I got to try this cream for some fine lines on the face. 2 days after testing the cream, I got distress signals of a sudden breakout! So, the cream promptly got returned to me. I guess that’s the same reaction Jojoba had. You would be wise to be warned.
I guess I’m not sensitive to the ingredients so I found the cream worked well for me. I did however find that it was not moisturizing enough as I sleep in an air-conditioned room and by the morning, my face felt a little dry. I don’t feel this way when using my regular Eucein Hydro-Balance cream. That said, if this cream is a serum, then another layer of moisturizer ought to be layered over it. I tried using the cream in the day under my regular sunscreen, but it was a tad too oily for the day. I did use up the tube in 2 months + using it only at night so it does last quite a while. The Antea Age cream retails for US$29.95 or RM92 and is available online.
Pros: Light texture, absorbs quickly
Cons: May break some people out, packaging has too little information on how to use
[rating:3/5]
Ingredients: Acetyl Hexapeptide-3, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) seed oil, Pentaerythriftyl Tetraisostearate, Silica Dimithyl Silylate, Sodium Chondroitin Sulfate, Atelocollagen, Hydrolyzed Hibiscus Esculentus extract, Dextrin, Tocopheryl Acetate & Camellia Sinensis (White Tea) extract.
I’ve always thought Jojoba oil is a natural ingredient and Au Natural won’t cause any problems, I’ve read Jojoba’s post as well and I learn from it. I’ve got products that causes bad allergies on my skin and it is the RIGHT time to check on the ingredients and find out which one to spare me from spending money on products that could cause me harm.
That definitely looked like a serum, but yeah , Clinique’s moisturizers have the same texture or look too:) glad it didn’t broke your skin out 🙂 And Yay for supporting local brands Paris 🙂
Hiya Nikki: Yes Jojoba oil is natural but like everything else I guess everyone’s skin has different tolerances to different products. Finding the one item that causes breakouts can sometimes be like looking for a needle in a haystack! I’m glad it was ok for me though
Hey ParisB, I remember your sis helped you get Lavshuca loose powder from Taiwan, would you be able to do a review about it? Thanks!
Hi KS: Yes I have been meaning to write about it – soon I hope, thanks for reminding me!
hmmm lately i have been slowing taking notes to what i am sensitive to too, for RM92, i probably will not risk the money for something that i might be allergic too. thanks for the info 🙂
Hiya prettybeautiful: Its a bit scary isn’t it? But I think it might work better for those with drier skin. That said, some people had problems but I didn’t.
grrr… not you too!!! it’s relaly good at its anti-aging fector but for some reason there is something, might not be jojoba oil, that caused my breakout. my lines on the forehead reduced by a lot at the time i used. but once i stopped, the lines crawled back! i wish i could use this product as it does its job properly! just the breakout. oh, no, the breakout!!!
the gel was very rich for me and i have dry skin. that’s odd when you said it wasn’t enough for you. i guess my skin was not really doing well at that time so everything went wrong…
i was thinking you would have been better off… sigh… on the other hand, if you get the body bar, do give it a try. it’s so lovely!
Hi Jojoba: It was actually ok for me – I didn’t break out or anything. I just felt it could be a little improved. I do have the body bar. Its nice but I prefer the Yuan soaps 🙂
Ah yes… I’ve heard some people getting allergic reactions when using organic oils. It’s best to do a patch test for like… At least 5 days? I got an oil-free clinque face cream for christmas, saw the composition, felt a little wary, did a patch test, day one: No reactions. Day 2: Still no reaction. Day 3: Little bumps starting to form. Day 4: area starting to itch. Day 5: Have a rash.
Hi Ms. Blacklace: Yes if unsure, a patch test is the way to go but sometimes even then, you can’t tell…
I tried this antea age and found it quite good at reducing wrinkles round my eyes and forehead, no reaction either.
I used to use branded expensive product but it was no better than this and at rm92 I glad I make the change.
Hi Janice: I’m glad this works for you! I had no reactions to the cream either and yes I must agree its wrinkle reducing properties are pretty good. Thanks for sharing.
I discovered this anti wrinkle cream (antea age) online when researching the effects green tea extract has when utilised in anti aging creams.
Antea Age uses white tea extract & I admit to never having heard of white tea before;
but I soon discovered various snippets of scientific research suggesting it was higher in anti-oxidants than green tea & therefore supposedly more beneficial to my skin.
I purchased Antea Age online & after a few days of using the product I could feel my face becoming tighter although there did not appear to be any visual change.
After 2 weeks of using the product I began to notice the wrinkles around my eyes were visibly reducing, I was overjoyed.
Having got used to the mediocrity of so many products I was quite taken aback by the beneficial results I actually achieved with Antea Age Cream.
At 47 I wish I could have discovered this product 10 years ago.
My personal conclusion
Highly recommended with no side effects