Review: Innisfree Green Tea Seed Serum [SPONSORED]
Hello everyone ~
After a quick poll that I
had in my personal Facebook account about which product should I review first
(you know how great I am in procrastinating so yeah, I need that kind of motivation: people’s
opinion LOL ~) this product came up as the most requested. So yeah, girls I’m
listening to you! Here’s the review of the cult favorite, every Korean skincare
lovers’ Bae and ‘It’ product: Innisfree Green Tea Seed Serum ♥
Product
Info
Innisfree Green Tea Seed
Serum
Brand:
Innisfree
Netto
Weight/Content: 80ml
Origin:
Korea
Where
to buy: W2Beauty.com
Price:
$28.89 – NOW IN SALE FOR $27.39
Ingredients
(from innisfreeworld.com)
The
green Tea Extract (75.9%), Propanediol, Biosaccharide Gum-1, Ethanol, Glycerin,
Betaine, The green Tea Seed Oil (208mg), Prickly Pear Extract, Orchid Extract,
Tangerine Peel Extract, Camellia Leaf Extract, Citrus Aurantium Bergamia
Extract, Grapefruit Extract, Orange Extract, Tangerine Extract, Bis-PEG-18
Methyl Ether Dimethyl Silane, PEG-60 Hydrogenated Castor Oil, Cetearyl Olivate,
Hydrogenated Lecithin, Sorbitan Olivate, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate
Crosspolymer, Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer,
Ethylhexylglycerin, Cocoa Extract, Dextrin, Potassium Hydroxide, Disodium EDTA,
Fragrance
This product comes in a
green-themed box, which everything printed on it is using soy ink! I love this
concept of Innisfree that makes even the packaging eco-friendly by using
recyclable and degradable material.
Another great thing is
that you can find the product description along with the ingredients list on
the box written in English! Maybe because this is a global best-seller so they
include them aside the Hangeul description. Wish all Korean products and brands
are to follow this trend as now people start to concern more on what they put
in skin!
The product itself is
hold inside a green plastic bottle. The cap however, is also made of plastic
but I found them can’t hold to the pump tightly. I do think this product is
travel friendly because it’s lightweight – not heavy like glass bottle – and not
easily broken, but I recommend you to put this on flat surface/inside its box
while bringing the product along so that the bottle won’t be upside down that
the cap falls off and causing spillage all over your stuff.
Now let’s get into the
product. The serum is clear, translucent in color but it has a tinge of
brown/yellow in it. It has a pretty
strong scent, like the blend of green tea and citrus? Kinda remind me of
the Elizabeth Arden Green Tea EDT, but this one is more citrus. I love how
runny the constituency of this serum, it’s so
lightweight and can be absorbed into
the skin quickly without leaving greasy feeling/film/stickiness behind. All
the product completely gets absorbed into the skin not long after you rubbed it
in. Amazing eh?
Even though the name is ‘serum’, this product is meant to be used before
toner. Yes, BEFORE. After reading
some reviews online – be it in blogs or forums – some people wear it in the
wrong way. I am not very sure if this product is a pre-essence/booster, but according
to the how-to-use and description from Innisfree, this product was meant to be
applied first after you
cleanse your face to boost up moisture and prepare the skin for the next steps –
so I assume this one is a pre-serum,
not the regular serum/essence that
was meant to use after toner.
This serum gives you a
nice plumped skin effect, but not greasy looking at all. One pump is enough for the whole face. Definitely great for
people with oily skin which want a lightweight pre-serum. People with dry and
normal skin might think it’s not enough as a pre-serum, but don’t be fooled by
its thin texture – it hydrates your skin deep inside! However if you demand a
richer pre-serum for a very dry skin or winter time, then this one is not for
you.
After wearing it
religiously for the past two-weeks in night time, I can see my skin is now
looking more radiant (not brighter, sorry) and not dull at all. My skin looks
so healthy and plumped right now, pores are not really visibly smaller but I
can tell they look less scarily big and dehydrated right now.
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However…
This product causes me
tiny bumps and outbreaks in weird places. At first I thought it was not because
of this serum, it might be something else as I was trying out several new
products throughout the week. But after continuing the use, I found new pimples
started popping out in places where I don’t apply the other new products (doing patch tests for them), while this product is
what I used all over my face. Boo-hoo!
When I started to analyze
the ingredients, nothing was wrong. Yes it has pretty high alcohol content in
it but my skin accepts alcohol like it’s nobody’s business, so the alcohol is
definitely not the bad boy for now. If you’re allergic to alcohol, then stay
away from this product.
Next what came to my
surprise was the essential oils. This green tea seed serum uses green tea
extract as the main ingredient but there are also essential oils to add
benefits to the skin. As seen above in the ingredients list, please let me list
down the oils inside this serum here:
- Camellia Sinensis (green tea) seed oil
- Citrus Unshiu Peel Extract *
- Citrus Aurantium Bergamia (bergamot) fruit extract *
- Citrus Paradisi (grapefruit) fruit extract *
- Citrus Tangerina (tangerine) fruit extract *
- Citrus Aurantium Dulcis (orange) fruit extract *
However, these oils (*) appear to be causing
photosensitivity to occur if exposed to UV rays according to this post by a
site about essential oil. Easily translated, your skin may get sensitive to the sunlight by wearing this serum in
daytime. If you’re doing it right (putting this serum in the
first step of your skincare routine) and wear sunscreen on top, plus you have
no sensitive skin like mine, maybe your skin will just be okay.
I read several people
complained why their skin appeared to be
darker after using this serum and…this
is the answer! I won’t say everyone got to be photosensitive by using this
product in daytime, but better to be aware of the presence of these oils if you
have troubled or sensitive skin.
Score
Innisfree
Green Tea Seed Serum is a nice pre-serum with high green tea & antioxidant
content in it. It’s fairly cheap and works quite great, by penetrating deep
inside your skin and hydrates it well. With the runny and lightweight texture,
it is very suitable mostly for people with oily skin type which want a
moisturized & hydrated skin without heavy/sticky/greasy feeling. However,
the presence of some fruit extract may cause photosensitivity if exposed to
sunlight therefore I suggest you to wear this at night time only. Unfortunately
this product gave me outbreaks too, but it seems to work wonder on another
people so you may want to give it a try first! :)
If
you want to get this almost-sold-out-everywhere product with an ease and no
fuss, go grab it from W2Beauty.com! They seem to always have stocks of this
product and selling it in reasonable price, plus you will get FREE SHIPPING
WORLDWIDE!
For
my readers, here I have a $5 off coupon code:
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Enter
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Don’t
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promotion/sale/giveaway going on there!
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What
do you think about this serum? Have you tried it? Share the thoughts in the
comment box below. Okay I should be away and prepare myself for tonight’s date,
Toot’s going to pick me up in 2 hours.
Happy
weekend ♥ xo
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Terimakasih infonya
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