FYI,
my skin type is : oily-combination, sensitive, acne prone, blemished, dull and
uneven, easily got darkened by sun exposure.
I borrowed these pics from www.dandanxiang.com since I can't provide it my self, sorry.
This one I found from advertisement pic on the web, from skinfood malaysia I guess :
Below is the full size version of Skin Food Gold Kiwi Line, I borrowed the advertisement pic from the web, Skin Food Korean Web I supposed :
The
gift set comes with 4 products : toner, serum, emulsion and cream. This set can last for about 2-3 weeks, the
serum is the first bottle that ran out, followed by the cream in small jar. Those
are in small cute packages which I like : ) even the mini serum has pump too.
Now I will give my review one by one.
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1. Skin Food Gold Kiwi Toner
It’s a medium
scented toner I guess. The scent is rather fruity sweet I guess but not too
much fruity, think it’s gold kiwi smell. It’s not disturbing me although I
prefer non perfumed skin care (if available). The toner has a mild formula and
moist type. It hydrates my skin, but for my oily skin it’s kinda bit too moist
plus it takes more time to absorb than other skinfood toner that I used (for
example peach sake toner).
2. Skin Food
Gold Kiwi Serum
Texture : white semi transparent lotion,
it’s moist and easily absorb to my skin, has medium consistency (not
lightweight but not too thick either)
I like this
serum, I feel that it helps to soften my skin. A little amount enough for
entire face. I used it carefully not to put too much cause this serum is moist
type of serum. It’ll be greasy if I put it too much.
3. Skin Food
Gold Kiwi Emulsion
Texture : white lotion, little thick
consistensy, rich in moisture, medium smell (the same smell as the toner), sticky,
greasy.
This
emulsion has thicker consistency than the parsley mandarin emulsion that I used
before, it also take longer to absorb into my skin than the parsley usually
does. Think it can’t absorb completely
and leave sticky, greasy feeling on my skin. When my hair accidentally touch my
face, the hair will stick on skin because of this emulsion. I also feel it too
moist for my oily-combi skin although it hydrates the dry part of my face.
However,
I will not recommend this emulsion to those who have oily and acne prone skin
since it’s way too rich, sticky and greasy. Think it will work well to those
who has dry-normal skin. After a week of usage, I gave it to my mom who is
having dry skin, she said that it’s also sticky on her skin n she did not like
that although it helped to hydrate her skin.
4. Skin Food Gold Kiwi Cream
It’s
a rich cream, richer than the emulsion but less sticky in my opinion. Actually
I like this cream coz it feels nice on my skin, refreshing, hydrating but not
too sticky as the emulsion. This is great for hydrating the rough part of my
face. The cream has more pleasant effect on my skin than the emulsion, may be
because the texture and the ingredients, I’m bit unsure why.
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The skin food web says that the order is : toner
-- > serum -- > emulsion -- > cream
On
my first trial, I used the products as night regimen in order that exactly as
written in the web. After cleansing my face with facial foam, I used the toner,
followed by serum, emulsion and cream.
Whoa, I felt thick, heavy and sticky layered moisturizer on my face. I guess it’s
way too much moisture for my skin. So sticky that I could not let my face
touching the pillow. In the morning I woke up, my skin felt hydrated and
smoothed. I thought this also reduced tiredness on my face. On the next few usage,
I noticed this product line even out my skin tone and helped a little to reduce
my pigmentation.
I used the toner and emulsion and sometime
the serum in the morning before applying bb cream and in the night I used
toner, serum and the cream.
My morning order was :
Skin Food Gold Kiwi Toner -- > serum --
> emulsion -- > bb cream -- > loose powder
I found it too rich for my skin and
greasy, so reduced the order into :
Skin Food Gold Kiwi Toner -- > emulsion
-- > bb cream -- > loose powder
Seems
like the emulsion made me blot more than usual, like triggering oil glands on
my skin, and the next usage, I decided to not use the emulsion in the morning,
I used it in the evening. So I changed
my morning order by replacing the gold kiwi emulsion with my dearly Skin Food
parsley mandarin emulsion and sometimes I still use the serum in the morning.
My night order was :
Skin Food Gold Kiwi Toner -- > Serum --
> Cream
or
Skin Food Gold Kiwi Toner -- > Serum --
> Emulsion
Well, let me sum it all :
Pros :
- Affordable price if we buy via ol
shop, can goes for quite long way if we use just the right amount of it
- Has a medium pleasant sweet smell
(kiwi’s smell I guessed)
- I like the serum and cream, those
are great for night treatment
- help to brighten my skin, always
wake up with a brightened skin whenever I use it at night.
- Great for hydrating and
moisturizing
Cons :
- The emulsion is sticky, greasy
and take long to completely absorb into my skin
- Way too moist for my oily-combi skin
Will I repurchase ? Maybe, for the serum and cream but not the
emulsion and toner.
May like it :
- Dry to normal skin
- Want a brightening product
- Need a rich moisturizer
May not like it :
- Combination to Oily skin
- Acne Prone
- Want oil control product
I’m
sort of a fan of Skin Food Product, I have tried several products and had good
experiences with them. I think the Gold Kiwi is also a good product for those
with Dry-Normal skin. Skin Food is a brand that known for the usage of natural
ingredients from plants, fruits, and our everyday food, too bad that their
products are mostly fragranced. I hope Skin Food can make their skin care
products ‘more natural’, I mean no fragrance, alcohol, preservatives, and
coloring. Come on, Skin Food, U can do it.
5 comments:
i have this one too! well, not my fav skinfood products for me. it's just so so, not many good things i could tell about this line.
Hello, thanx for dropping by
I have read ur review about this gold kiwi too. Yeah, u're right, it's just so so, fortunately we only bought the gift set version ha ha.. (can't imagine how regretful I'd be if I bought the full size)
The parsley mandarin emulsion is still my skinfood fave until now.
Hi, thank for the share. I'm also in love with SF. And my skin is oil combination too. That's so lucky found you. Which line do you recommend for oil combination skin for moisturizing and sebum control ?
Very interesting blog. Alot of blogs I see these days don't really provide anything that I'm interested in, but I'm most definately interested in this one. Just thought that I would post and let you know. gluten free cosmetics
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