I love this oil. It has such a beautiful natural smell, goes on beautifully and absorbs to leave your skin feeling delicious.
I used this at night because having oily to combination skin I just couldn't get my head around putting oil on my face for the day (I'm sure it would have been fine). It felt so luxurious to put this on my skin after cleaning it and the smell was light enough to not be overpowering when I was trying to go to sleep (my biggest bugbear with most night creams). When I wake up my skin feels nourished but not oily.
The oil comes in an amber glass bottle with a dropper lid. It contains five oils - hemp seed, rosehip, grape, jojoba & olive. Salicylic acid is included to exfoliate & smooth the skin. The idea is to use after cleansing, massaging 2-3 drops onto face, neck & décolletage to nourish, rebalance & hydrate. The first night I used this I squeezed too hard on the dropper & applied too much & I felt like I had landed in a vat of chip shop oil. However after I wiped some off & massaged it in, it absorbed quite well. I therefore didn’t put the lotion on top & went to bed with a shiny face! Once I had figured out that two small drops were enough, I continued to use it morning & night & applied the lotion afterwards. I was afraid it would be too oily for day time wear especially with the moisturising lotion on top but it wasn’t. As mentioned - it absorbs really well. I will actually use it as a night mask (by applying too much as stated earlier) now & again as I liked the effect. The only downside (a small one) is that it has a fairly strong smell (lemony) so I avoided using too much on my neck & décolletage in the morning in case it interfered with my perfume, but at night I slapped it on! I left it a little while before applying the moisturising lotion to allow it to be fully absorbed.
Tips: Great to use on its own or in conjunction with the mattifying moisturising lotion