{"id":3116,"date":"2009-06-19T09:15:57","date_gmt":"2009-06-19T01:15:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/?p=3116"},"modified":"2012-11-22T22:40:10","modified_gmt":"2012-11-22T14:40:10","slug":"review-ren-skincare-overall-feel-brilliant-good-and-so-so","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/2009\/06\/review-ren-skincare-overall-feel-brilliant-good-and-so-so\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: REN Skincare Overall Feel – Brilliant, Good and So-so"},"content":{"rendered":"
If there’s one thing I can say about REN Skincare<\/a> – the products are wordy. Just looking at their names makes my head spin. I guess they wanted to make sure product plus benefit is mentioned. As I previously mentioned, I’d been testing the trial sized facial line for about 2 weeks now. The trial set states that it will last a week. It can actually be stretched out to 2 weeks + used day and night except the eye gel – that one lasts exactly 1 week.<\/p>\n Here’s a brand overview of the products I have based on these 2 weeks of testing REN Skincare. Some were brilliant and most were good while one is meh.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Rosa Centifolia Facial Cleansing Gel – Normal skin (link<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n The cleansing gel is a clear gel with a strong rose scent. It does not lather up very much and you do not need much product. If you are used to sulfate free products you’d be used to this. However, unlike other sulfate free products I’ve tried, this cleansing gel left my face feeling clean but not dried out. I tested this by leaving off my moisturizer for a while and I did not get the tight skin feeling you sometimes get after cleansing. The full size of 150ml retails for RM123 and despite the rather hefty price tag, I could look towards this as a purchase… and I never purchase expensive cleansers!<\/p>\n Vita-Mineral Radiant Day Cream – Normal skin (link<\/a>) This is the day moisturizer.There is a strong smell of roses but because its a natural sort of fragrance and not artificial it does not bug me and it does not linger. It is rather thick so you don’t need much in our hot humid weather. This is a point to note because if you slather it on, you might find it too heavy.<\/p>\n I applied a thin layer under my regular sunscreen and although it initially felt a little heavy, it soon sank into my skin. My skin did not feel any oilier than normal throughout the day and it stayed hydrated. The full size of 50ml retails for RM174.<\/p>\n My fave product below! Omega 3 Overnight Lipid Renewal Serum – All skin types (link<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n I rarely love skincare products on first try, but I love the Omega 3 Overnight Lipid Renewal Serum! What it is is a oil serum containing Vegetal Plankton Extract and Gold Of Pleasure Oil both rich in Omega 3 and Rosehip Seed Oil and Wheat Germ Oil, that leaves my skin looking and feeling radiant and smooth on first use! You can visibly see pores getting smaller and your face looking and feeling smooth upon application.<\/p>\n As it is quite liquid and viscous like a light oil, I squirt the product into the palm of my hand, warm it up between my hands then slowly apply it on my face, massaging gently until absorbed. This was one of the gems I tested.<\/p>\n I only used this at night as recommended with the night cream over it. Its lovely on the skin. The next morning, my skin felt amazing and looked so refreshed and radiant. However alls not well in paradise.<\/p>\n The sample bottle I have leaks like the Leaky Cauldron. One squirt on my hands and lipids get everywhere. At RM238 for a full size 50ml bottle, its not cheap so bad packaging can seriously ruin everything because I want the serum on my face not on my hands or on the bottle or on my dresser! I sincerely hope that the full sized bottle works better because a good product should not be downed by its packaging. I will check it out in person because I might consider purchasing this at some point in time but only if I’m wow-ed by the full size packaging. Product-wise, I’d say this is a must try because my skin loved it!<\/p>\n Frankincense & Boswellia Serrata Revitalising Repair Cream (link<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n This is a rich night cream that had no oily feel and goes on the skin very smoothly. Despite the richness of the cream (frankincense is an expensive oil!) it absorbs nicely into the skin and feels nice on top of the Omega 3 Lipid Serum. It does not feel heavy nor oily and is generally quite nice. Scent wise its not all that strong. I can’t quite say if it was great for my skin as a night cream because I was more enamoured with the Omega 3 Lipid Serum!<\/p>\n A full size 50ml bottle retails for RM223. You only use very little and it spreads quite easily so I expect a full size bottle can last you months!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Active 7 Radiant Eye Maintenance Gel (link<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n The eye gel is a clear gel as the name indicates. So you only need very little which I spread between the ring fingers of both hands and pat on my eye area. There is a cooling feel which is quite refreshing but it takes a while to be absorbed.<\/p>\n However, I did not quite notice any lightening of dark circles not did it seem to leave my eye area looking any smoother than it was. Perhaps it needs more than 1 week for any effect to be noticed since my sample lasted just a week. I was quite meh about this one and it made my eye smart when some product got into it. The full size of 15ml retails for RM133.<\/p>\n
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