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