Zen Zest Tea Tree Oil Review

Hello people! Second post for today, hooray!

I'm here again to share a review about one of the products that has been effective on my skin so far. It's the Zen Zest Tea Tree Oil. :)

So, what's special about it? Nothing actually, aside from the fact that it works on me, and that's not something I can take for granted. Few products work on my extremely oily and frustratingly sensitive skin. boohoo :(

First of all, I feel bound to discuss the wonders of Tea Tree Oil. According to this article:

"Tea tree oil is a great natural alternative for getting rid of pimples. It has unique disinfecting and soothing properties and, unlike other acne treatments, tea tree oil will not strip your skin of its natural oils and cause further damage."

Wow, that sounds really awesome, right? It basically promises to give you a pimple-free skin the natural way without making it dry. Of course I just had to jump at that bandwagon, like every other person wishing for an acne-free skin. :D

Before I bought this stuff, I did my research first and the reviews I read really convinced me to try it out. I was aiming for TBS Tea Tree Oil but I find it too pricey for its size so I just settled with the Zen Zest Tea Tree Oil 15mL which I bought for just Php150. It's so cheap that's why I didn't have second thoughts about buying it. You can't go wrong with an affordable and natural product, yes? Yes.

What I did was I mixed it with my current witch hazel toner right now. I just added some few drops if Tea Tree Oil in my bottle of Witch Hazel Toner and shook it real well. I really enjoyed that part, it was like doing witchcraft  and chemistry laboratory experiment with my face as a test subject. Yey for me being a guinea pig! :>

The Witch Hazel Toner mixed with Tea Tree Oil smells weird. haha! But together, they work perfectly. My skin has been acting up lately because it's my time of the month and yet they effectively made my pores a bit more refined now and the Tea Tree Oil helps me get rid of the occasional zit. I also use this as a spot treatment for cystic pimples brought by my weirdo hormones. The bottle will last you for months so you can do a lot of experimenting with it like mixing it with your facial and body washes and scrubs. You can even use it to get rid of head lice. (not that I have lice. haha!)

Positives:

• Affordable! Only Php150 for a 15mL bottle that will last you for months! 
• Effective! Yes, it may not actually prevent pimples for good but it helps in zapping them in as fast as 3 days.
• Natural! No more benzoyl peroxide, hydroquinine, salicylic acid, tretinoin and all the other toxic-sounding products which are also extremely harsh for our skin.
• It also has a load of uses aside from acne treatment. Google them! ^^

Negatives:

• The only thing I don't like about this is the dropper. I'm not sure how to dispense the product properly. I sometimes even find myself squeezing the glass as if it's actually squeezable, but nah. :| haha

Neutral:

• The scent! It reminds me of rubber, leather and shoe polish. lol. It takes a lot of getting used to

Overall, I am loving this tea tree oil. I'm considering to go all organic with my skin rituals now. I'm gonna rate this 9 over 10! :D

Something New

Hey there! wow I am always neglecting my blog nowadays :( I am just soooo busy that I couldn't find the time to blog. Anyway, I've decided to go all white with my theme to make my posts look clean. It's easy on the eyes, no? I changed it because I thought "Deym, my writing style is weird and so noob-like, I need to at least make the background look a bit professional." *laughs* :)

I am basically making this post to serve as a checklist for the reviews I need to write and for the things that I literally need right now.

So what are the reviews that has been pending for months now? A lot! But here are the things that I may possibly write if I had the time:

• Las Ventanas, Tagaytay Review: J and I went to Las Ventanas last October 23 pa! So that review is definitely long overdue now. lols
• Garnier Pure Active Anti-Imperfections Roll-on: my go-to spot treatment whenever my indomitable cystic zits attack.
• Essence Soft & Natural Long Lasting Foundation: one of my favorite foundie ever, it provides great coverage!
• Aido Lipsticks:  They are ridiculously cheap so I bought 3 of them! haha! I had to stop my self from buying all the shades. 
• and I also want to show you my clothing haul from Divisoria, oh man the shopaholic inside me just powers up whenever I go there! Everything is affordable, you just have to exert extra effort to find those with good quality ;)

The list just goes on and I don't have the patience to write them all so yeah, I'm lazy.

Next list is for my skincare:

• Moisturizer: I need a moisturizer for oily and sensitive skin, do you know any? I have fine lines already and I'm just 20y.o! But whenever I try to put on moisturizer, I always wake up with a new pimple on my face. :<
• Toner: I'm always trying different toners but I still haven't found my HG toner yet
• Tea Tree Oil: because I heard they're great for drying up pimples :">
• Bleaching cream: for dark spots and beyond. wooohoo!

Well, that's basically everything I need to buy for my skincare. It's the time of the month again when we girls can't help but wish that we're a boy. Oh God, these mentrual cramps are killing me and to make matters worse, my skin has been acting up lately and my indomitable pigsa-like pimples are spontaneously popping up all over my face, boohoo :<

And lastly, I thought of doing something new with my blog. Me and J are gonna... *drum-roll* ...write about our adventures! (a.k.a. 'dates'). Well yeah, I know some of you may think "blah! we don't care about that" but meh, I'll still write about our dates anyway. *evil laughs*. Please don't judge yet, it won't be about the cheesy and vomit-inducing corny stuff we do noh! You see, J and I loves to eat! And we also go to movies a lot and try out new things so basically, we'll be writing about food, entertainment and travel experiences and then I'll label them "Date Day #__" hihi :3

So that'll be all, btw, do any of you know how to make a freakin header??? Look at my pixelated header! I've been trying for hours to make a decent one but still no success. :'( Please teach meeeeee!

Till next post reader, thanks for reading!