Sune: May 2014

(REVIEW) Elishacoy Honey Murumuru Moisture Oil

Don't know what's up with my skin lately~ Probably hormones and not enough sleep ha... Anyways~ Time to continue with my Elishacoy Reviews. Today I am going to talk about and review Elishacoy's new Honey Murumuru Moisture Oil! Using oils for massaging, moisturizing and SHINE has been REALLY REALLY trendy as of late. Especially since "You who came from the stars" Jun Ji-Hyun is known for her nearly perfect skin. At age 32, she still looks amazing especially since she looks like she looks like she puts on very little makeup!

Jun Ji- Jyun~ <3 Beauty, Skin, Fairy Goddess (cause she's SPARKLING!)

Has anyone else watched the drama lately? I think drama's are one of the reasons (probably the main reason) why I don't sleep. *OH CURSE YOU WI-FI/INTERWEB!!!* Also another reason why my skin has gotten so bad lately. When I don't get enough sleep my pores definitely get bigger, eye bags get darker and puffy and my blemishes are more definitely more noticeable. But in spite of all my imperfections, I am still trying to achieve perfect skin. I know, I'm contradicting.

So, let me tell you a little bit about massage, moisture oils. One of the best ways to achieve that glowing, dew, healthy looking skin is with face oils! You may question, "WHY would I want to put oil on my face?" Well, I'll tell you some benefits:

- anti-oxidants and vitamins absorb into the skin easier

-oils smooth and soften the appearance of fine lines

- oils penetrate deep into your skin (the epidermis; outer layer of your skin) and

maintains moisture for a brighter more radiant appearance.

- facial oils create a protective barrier over your skin and protects against harsh external factors, like pollution, environmental effects such as toxins and keeps skin moist even after over cleansing.

- oils will not cause breakouts. When absorbed to the skin, it will not feel sticky and will not look

greasy but will make your face look dewy and healthy like you just woke up from a nice sleep.

Now, onto myself. I knew about oils a long time ago but i never dared to try them because i have oily, combination skin with pores. Slathering oil over my oily skin? No way was i ever going to try that!!! But what made me change my mind? Jun Ji-Hyun is one of the reasons but I had always been curious.

A while back when I was walking around the mall with my friend who loves skin care products decided to go to Bloomingdale. She, like me also loves Korean, Asian skin care. While walking around, we saw Bobbi Brown's Extra Face Oil. My friend took a few drops and just put it on her face, OVER HER MAKEUP!!! (@___@ You should have seen my jaw opened face hahaha!!!) I was like, "what are you doing??" She acted like it was nothing. I imagined her BB cream to go crazy messy or come off but no...!!! Her face looked amazing~ Glowing~ and dewy but not greasy! Enough was enough, i finally decided to try for myself this "Face Oil" that has been going crazy popular.

So, this is what I picked up and there is no way would I ever regret it, I can definitely tell you that. I love Elishacoy~ This is their Honey Murumuru Moisture Oil.

This is the packaging, (click for bigger size) the bottle looks like a drop of honey and it looks like the color of honey. This product is paraben free, mineral oil free and benzophenone free.

What the product says:

- contains origin plant; gives skin intensive moisture to improve dryness

- makes skin feel moist while giving it a protective layer

- contains manuka honey (manuka honey helps treats wounds, infections, treats burns, reduces inflammation and is really good for acne)

- contains 9 kinds of oil complexes excellent in absorption

- coconut seed butter and rose water- gives skin immediate luster

How to use: (Right from the box; After skin drip adequate amount in the hand and rub against then apply in the full face. I translated that to "After cleaning and toning, apply a small amount to hands, rub and then massage onto face." Sounds about right to me..)

Here's the texture.

The texture feels a little oily at first (of course it does, duh it's oil) but then it becomes really SMOOTH and not sticky. Really you have to try these for yourself to believe it. Even after the

product completely dried, you can see the shine! Not in a greasy way but in a really smooth way!

MY BARE SKIN!!!! eek!!!!!! You can see my coarse pores and some redness on my face.

An "adequate" amount, this is about 4-5 drops. (oh right, if you have combination, oily skin, use less just to try it out first to make sure you do not break out from oil products)

After "massaging onto face" you can see how much smoother my face became, still some redness probably because of the massaging. But you can see the sheen! the DEWINESS! Definitely working it terms of glow~ After the oil completely dried, just like on my hands you can still see the shine, but not too much, and the texture really isn't greasy or sticky.

Next step is to try it with BB/ CC cream~!!!

I chose Elishacoy's Always Perfect CC Cream, light coverage, for pores and helps cools down the skin. I mixed the oil with this CC cream.

But first, here's a picture with the massaged oil on the face, with just one layer of the CC cream.

Very natural coverage like i don't have anything on, you can still see a little bit of redness, but you can also see a very natural dewy shine to the skin. Very healthy looking skin right? The application with the CC cream also feels more smooth compared to normal.

And here's the pic of my me WITH the oil in the CC cream. Definitely notice the dewiness. Got a LOT of compliments and questions this day at work on how I got my skin to look like this. haha ^___^V Seriously, this picture looks like i just waxed my face. Please EXCUSE the dry lips.

Yes, please excuse the dry lips with CC cover over. Since it was so dry, I decided on a little D.I.Y. I had coffee, sugar packets, oil and a lip balm on me. All organic, mild products so I was just thinking "why not?"


My REALLY dry lips, really there is no emphasis on this. Just really dry...

Time to mix~!!!

Mixture to the lips, i let it sit there for a bit first because the sugar is a little to big for scrubbing. I recommend white sugar more.. but this works too.

SOOOO after scrubbing and exfoliating~!!! TAD-AH!!!

The before and after.. my horrible dry lips to THIS!! I guess my little D.I.Y worked a bit.

So the final VERDICT of Elishacoy's Murumuru Oil

Pros:

- dewy skin

- moisturizing

- non-sticky

- fast absorbent

- soothing smell

- smoothing to touch

- Great for acne

- Great for smoothing out fine lines

- Can use for dry parts of body (not a massage body oil)

Con:

- May cause breakouts since it's oil

- I wish oil's were less expensive

- CANNOT USE ON HAIR(tried, did not work out)

So if you want to have that shiny dewy like skin texture that most Korean stars have. I really think that you would love this oil. I would definitely recommend it for all skin types since it works very well with dry skin and acne prone skin because of the ingredients. This product also works well with sensitive skin type. Definitely recommend it for dry skin types, especially during the winter when your skin feels more dry.

Would i repurchase it, so far I have only tried Argon Oil, Naruko's Rose hip Elixir Oil (Which I also really love) but i definitely like Elishacoy's better. If I do not find a better one than this then I would keep repurchasing Elishacoys Murumuru Oil.

I got mine HERE

http://www.mysune.com/Elishacoy-Honey-Murumuru-Moisture-Oil-p/4651432.htm

For $35 when they had their Mother's Day Sale~

Sune

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