To be honest, I have no idea what is so extraordinary about the Melvita Extraordinary Water. I’ve been using this one off and on for months, trying to get a grip on it and the long and short of it is, I have no idea what it is. Is it a toner? A lotion? A hydrator? A serum? A …what?
I was told that this Extraordinary Water is one of Melvita’s popular products. Let me be honest. I have no idea why. To me it does nothing extraordinary and I don’t get any benefits from it at all. I guess this concludes my review LOL! 😛
Ok ok, let me just gab on a little longer. It galls me that I said everything I wanted to say in 100 words. It also means that I generally write too much and that you, the reader, has to plod through 1000 words on average. Sorry 😛 So this is what it feels like to read a short review huh? 😛 Let’s take a more in depth look at this product then.
There are 3 versions of this Extraordinary Water – Narcissus for brightening, Rose for rejuvenating and Orange Blossom for moisturizing. I first tried the Rose one. The bottles are relatively small 100ml blue plastic bottles with a stopper to control the flow of the water. I was told to just pour a few drops into the palm of my hand and just pat onto my face. You can use a piece of cotton pad too to apply, just as you would a toner.
I was also told I should experience more hydrated, more rejuvenated skin after using this. After about a month, I saw nothing out of the ordinary. I didn’t like the whole process of patting the water on my face because it was messy and it felt sticky. I’m no stranger to the process but I just didn’t like the texture of this water. The Rose one has a thicker more viscous texture, like a liquid gel and it felt sticky on my skin.
When I raised this to the people from Melvita, I was told that “a few drops” was too little. I should be using a lot more – like a large coin size. So, I went back and tried it. Too messy, too sticky, too much hassle. I didn’t bother too much with it thereafter.
Later, I tried the Narcissus Extraordinary Water, which has a lighter more watery texture and is meant to help brighten the skin tone. Because this one has a more liquid texture, it was really really hard to pat it on my skin that easily. Using a cotton pad is much easier in this case.
Results? Erm… nothing. It was much lighter on my skin than the Rose one, and did not leave a sticky feel but I didn’t see any benefits and I honestly do not know what its supposed to do! It didn’t do that great a job at hydrating and it was messy to use.
Left: Rose Right: Narcissus
This is just to show you the different textures in the waters. The Rose one is thicker and does not flow as quickly down the slope of my hand, while the Narcissus one, being quite literally like water, flows easily. I haven’t tried Orange Blossom and to be honest, I don’t plan to. These waters are pretty much just ordinary to me, and I’d much rather use the Floral Waters that I told you about before.
I don’t even get that nice hydrated feeling to my skin like how it feels after I’ve used the RMK Skintuner which is another “What is it?” sort of product. I would put that and these waters in the same category but I will choose RMK over this one even if its not all organic and stuff, because I see results with that and with this, I see nothing.
What makes these waters extraordinary is that they are supposed to contain distillations of the flowers that are more concentrated than their floral waters. I like the floral waters. In fact I am very happy sticking to using the floral waters as a mist or as a pre-toner or just whenever I feel like it. These? Meh.
In a nutshell
I don’t know what’s so extraordinary about the Melvita Extraordinary Water because I didn’t see any difference between using it and not using it.
Pros: Packaging is compact and easy to dispense product
Cons: Pricey, No results, No discernible benefits, Rose leaves a sticky feeling on my skin
Here is the ingredient list of both the Rose and Narcissus waters
Left: Rose Right: Narcissus
These are certified organic products by EcoCert and Bio Cosmetique so perhaps if you are opting to use organic skincare then these might be the toner replacements in your skincare range. For anyone else, I think you could safely skip these and not feel the loss.
Have you tried any one of the Melvita Extraordinary Water and would like to share your view? Did you like it?
Since I have these, I come back now and again to try them and its been months and I still can’t change my mind about them. Everytime, I just feel meh. So I guess that sums it up for me, really! Meh! Its not extraordinary at all.
xx Paris B
Melvita Extraordinary Water comes in 3 variants Price: RM78/100ml Availability: Melvita boutiques
Ai, what a disappointment. Maybe they ought to consider a spray mist type of dispenser/packaging – might absorb better into the skin?
The mist one is the floral water. I think this is a more concentrated distillation but either way, I’m not sure what it does LOL!
I’ve always been intrigued by the “extraordinary” water too, but never got around to trying it (no Melvitas in Penang 🙁 ). It’s too bad it didn’t do anything for you. I hate it when a super hyped up product doesn’t deliver. Always makes me think that there might be something wrong with me. 😛
To think about it, I actually don’t need another extra step in my skincare routine. skipping this definitely.
I know! I thought there was something wrong with me too. I mean if its a bestseller how come I’m not liking it? 😛 But yeah Melvita does do some good stuff but I wouldn’t bother with these water things to be honest 😛
this reminds me of Caudalie’s beauty elixir, which the whole world loves but smells like Baygon and does nothing for my skin. at least these sound like they’ll smell nice..? 🙂 i’ve gotta check Melvita out though, can’t wait to try the floral waters!
I’ve been reading a lot about the Caudalie Beauty Elixir recently too. In fact, been hearing a lot about the brand in general! Thanks for telling me it smells of Baygon.i guess I’m not going near it 😛
LOL! It is like that, isn’t it? For a product that doesn’t seem to do anything, just one sentence will finish the review. Maybe that’s also another reason why I don’t like writing negative reviews. Haha! Thanks for the review, so I guess I won’t be trying this range then…
Yeah I’d skip this product. I like the floral waters and I hear some of the other face products are good but I haven’t tried them. Too many out there 🙂
thanks for the review, i dislike sticky textures so i will staying far away from this!
The rose one left a sticky film but the narcissus didn’t 🙂 still I think we can just pass on this
This post is hilarious….I’ve been following your blog for ages & i’ve never come across a post by you having such a stong negative review…haha…you’ve always come across as – even if its not a good product, you try to get something positive out of it- but this…hahahha…..Im 100% steering clear of this ‘water’ thing…
Haha I guess nothing has ever irked me as much. It’s more of the name than anything. I mean, it’s supposed to be extraordinary right? 😉
So this is just an extravagantly-priced facial water? The product is probably too heavy for our weather, as it looked more suitable to prep skin during winter.
Floral water is good enough for me as I’m using it for multiple purpose and the light fragrance doesn’t irritate my nose. It seems like the extraordinary water is heavily scented due to the concentrated content.
Perhaps you are right, Trah. In cooler drier weather we could appreciate this more. Here, just normal water will do, thanks 🙂
hmm i have to agree. i feel good about using it..and it just stops there. to me, it is more like a feel good factor than anything
Haha it didn’t even feel that good for me 😛
i like honest reviews like this Paris! thanks for the info!
talking about melvita, let me share u a rather funny story….
on the one and only time i visited their boutique, i was approached by this sa with VERY STRONG bad breath and it was so strong that standing 1m away didnt helped. am not trying to be mean, but i was very distracted by the bad bad breath and end up not interested in buying anything. a pity, coz that sa was actually very polite and not pushy although enthusiastic.
XD
Not you too Gin!!! :s I had the same experience too! Maybe we went on the same day lol! But yes, I am not very keen on this product after it irritated my skin when I attempted (stupidly) to use it as a lotion mask haha!
Sorry to hear it irritated your skin. I tried using it as a mask and it didn’t irritate my skin but I didn’t like how it felt. Guess none of us found it very extraordinary lol!
Omg that was a terrible experience, Gin. What a lesson to all retailers to please please make sure their staff don’t have bad breath or BO! I’ve got the BO one before. Couldn’t get out of the store fast enough
Poor Gin. N we try so hard to be polite in such circumstances right?
As for melvita – not tried so no comment on product.
Maybe it’s extraordinary in the way that there’s always a telephone booth for Superman to change in???
Haha how did superman come in the picture!? Lol
hahahha Paris, I always love your titles! So funny. And your third paragraph, I can relate LOL, wonder if my readers get annoyed. I’ve never tried these before. And now I don’t see a need to do that. Thanks for the heads up!
Glad you like them MM 😉 I hope my readers don’t. I do think I’m too wordy but I’m a rambler. I can’t summarize anything! I do enjoy reading yours thou. I love reading long posts that make sense 🙂
Oops! I still haven’t tried anything from Melvita yet, but I already know I’ll skip these! I’m all for skincare products with natural ingredients, but this doesn’t mean they don’t have to WORK!
Haha indeed! They do have some good products, just don’t get pushed into buying these
That’s too bad about this one. Like many others, I’ve been wanting to try this product for a long time. It just sounded so light and refreshing and–well, extraordinary! I’m also a little bummed that alcohol is in the first half of the ingredients list. Still, I’ll admit that there’s just something about this product that I’m still a little intrigued about…:P
Haha yes it should have been quite extraordinary but maybe it’s the weather here. It might even suit you better in your weather 😉
I’ve tried the rose extraordinary water..well it hydrates my skin but as you said,it’s NOT EXTRAORDINARY,I guess they can’t think of better name to attract customer’s attention..
Perhaps, as another reader pointed out, it’s more suitable for drier weather not ours since few of us can appreciate it
I have been trying as well and also cant see what so extraordinary of it exept.. its smells really good and makes me skin a litle bit soft after using it. Hmm….
Haha maybe that’s about as extraordinary as it gets! 😉
Great post! I gave up in all these facial mists.I’ve tried everything from LRP, Vichy, Bioderma,Uriage and Caudalie. Caudalie has 2 type of mists, one is the beauty elixir which contains alcohol and did nothing to my skin,another one is grape water mist.Again no result as well.All the mists just hydrates, other than that it delivers nothing. one thing Ive noticed that most frenchies here buy the regular brand like Evian and some supermarket brand. When I asked them, all their answers are the same, its just some spritzing water mist, so y forking out more for those pharmacy brands like Avene etc?Ever since, I stick to my Evian and pure rose water which I purchased from India in a big bulk bottle and fill it into my toner bottle.U can get these kinda rose water in indian beauty salon in KL.
Thanks for the tip! I wasn’t impressed with Evian when I tried it. It literally felt like water while the others like Vichy felt nicer on my skin. Maybe it’s just psychology but thanks too for the rose water tip. I’ll try to find it locally 🙂
Oh~Quite disappointed when heard of this. Guess this would not be in my list again.
Wow……almost 100% negative comment for this extraordinary waters ( EW )from Melvita.
Well, I have news……..I tried the product about 2 weeks ago and OMG…..this is one of the best product I’ve ever tried ! So much, much cheaper than all those products containing hyaluronic acid, which costs like 8 times more than what Melvita EW is priced at their boutiques.
It gives my skin an instant deep moisturizing effect…….the trick is not to use this product during the daytime since this product is quite sticky but oh, feels so comfortable and satiny upon application. Just use it all over the face, the eyes area and the neck, follow by other skin care before bedtime. I happened to use Melvita Rosehip oil after the EW application. This combination of EW and Rosehip oil truly rejuvenates the skin just only after about 2 weeks’ faithful use.
Because of the good result I got for my skin, I tend to give my trust to this brand name and after reading carefully their brochure and company mission statement, I went back to get a tube of their organic toothpaste and hand cream. The toothpaste taste real good but have insufficient foam/suds, so brushing teeth with this is not quite so satisfying, but I guess unless I find another better brand of Organic toothpaste, I will have to make do with this in the meantime.
I think Melvita as a brand is a good one and not too expensive. I’ve tried other products that work well, and its just this one that I found very disappointing both in performance and in ingredients. That said, that’s the beauty about skincare -it can’t suit everyone, and it’ll suit anyone! 🙂 glad you like it. I can’t use the Rosehip oil as it breaks me out but the Argan oil is quite nice and light as is the avocado oil if you’d like to try those.