essano Clear Complexion Oil Control Moisturiser Review

I really enjoy using this moisturiser. I have only recently realised I super sensitive skin, and products with SLS's and Parabens send my skin in a tizz. I really struggled finding products that I could try out within my price range. I am happy to buy a relatively pricey product, but not until I know that it works.

This moisturiser is great! Its within my price range and its gentle enough for my skin and it is made of all natural ingredients with no nasties!

It is a gel type moisturiser which is really nice and soft. Smells delicious, sort of like pears an vanilla, but not overpowering.

The moisturiser soaks into my skin pretty quick and I can fell my skin is so much softer and smoother now that I am using it.

I love that it has the probiotics in it. There are no other probiotic moisturisers I have found around, and from my internet research/Doctor Google, probiotic moisturisers are great for skin like mine so that is another big tick in its favour.

I highly recommend using this moisturiser and since trying it, it has become a staple in my regime.

I usually use simple spotless moisturiser but I find it annoying as lots of supermarkets don't sell it so I have to hunt it down, so I decided to see how this went and possibly replace the simple one.

It was on special for $13 which is a great price. I find the cardboard box unnecessary as it goes straight in the recycling bin.  It comes in a pink 75ml tube with a flip top. The consistency is like a gel but also creamy. It has a subtle vanilla scent.

I have dry skin but hate moisturisers which feel sticky and leave my face shiny, hence why I purchased this. It spreads amazingly, you only need a tiny amount.

It dries super fast on my face and my makeup applies smoothly. I use this in the morning only and it gives me sufficient hydration throughout the day. I get no irritation or redness. Doesn't cause breakouts and has kept my skin clear.

This is a lovely moisturiser which gives me matte skin as stated. Look for it when on special. A tube lasts ages. No nasty ingredients, cruelty free and made in NZ :-)

My skin has become a greasy mess this summer, even though I spend majority of the day in a building with aircon, Id be shiny by lunch time and my foundation would look awful by mid afternoon.

I read a few reviews on the Essano Clear Complexion range after spotting it at my local supermarket. For some reason I can be snobby when it comes to what I put on my face (I’m working on that) and have doubts that supermarket range skin care is any good.

However I decided to pick up the oil-control moisturiser as I needed something to see me through till I ordered something else online or went to Mecca. My expectations were low, to the point I that was already mourning the loss of money that I hadn’t spent yet on a high-end mattifying primer.

Not going to lie, I’m usually right about most things. But this was one of those rare times I was wrong AND I was happy about it! This moisturiser does some sort of sorcery to my skin. My face is less shiny. My foundation is still foundation-ing well past 5pm. To I think I spent a mere $20 on this bad boy. Oh, and did I mention the scent? I’d imagine baby Jesus, watching down on his from his cloud throne would smell somewhat similar (it’s nice).

This product is amazing! I highly recommend it as it works extremely well for my oily skin type. It is said to be fast absorbing and able to provide a shine-free finish which I agree with completely. Also love the faint smell of vanilla!

Like the cleanser from this range, this comes in a simple plastic tube. You get 75ml of product, which actually seems quite little compared to most of my other moiturisers. Luckily you only need a tiny amount (like size of one pea) for your whole face.

Its texture is halfway between a cream and a gel, but it's definitely on the more solid side. Nonetheless it still spreads easily and is easy to pat into my face. It doesn't leave my face feeling greasy and it absorbs into my skin amazingly. Five minutes after applying this my face literally feels dry to the touch. There's none of that oilyness or light stickiness that some moiturisers leave. This feels 'dry' like I had just washed my face yet I feel moisturised. Magical stuff! Now this means that I can apply any makeup directly on top, and I don't have to worry about it feeling or looking oily. I hate the way foundation slides on top of sunscreen and most of my other moisturisers. But this is completely different! I'm loving how bare my face feels, and how well my foundation sits on my skin after applying this.

It seems to do a pretty good job of moisturising my face. And I think in conjunction with the other products from this range it is helping to control my everyday acne as well as help those monster pimples that crop up heal faster.

I love a moisturiser that soaks in really fast because I don't have time in the morning to wait to apply my makeup, and this product does just that. It's super lightweight and smells nice but isn't overly fragrant. Sometimes I find that moisturisers trigger my face to produce oil but since this product is an oil control one I am still dry and oil-free even hours later. My skin is naturally very oily so this product helped me a lot but if someone has dry skin it may dry theirs out. A little product goes a VERY long way so the tube should last quite a while. Overall I am very happy with this moisturiser and it definitely has helped reduce my oil and breakouts.

This is a really lightweight moisturiser that really does control oil. I get oily patches on my skin and it gets unpleasant when I wake up to it. However ever since using this moisturiser it has really helped tone down the oiliness but keeps the life in my skin. You only need a very small amount and it soaks into the skin very quickly and well. It isn't very fragrant either which is a nice change from other moisturisers where the scent is so unnatural and overpowering. Overall a really pleasant moisturiser.

I think this product might be my favourite part of the whole collection. I wasn't sure that I would like a gel moisturiser, but I found it to be really nourishing.

It makes my skin feel really soft, and isn't greasy. You don't need to use much which is great, it spreads out so easily and sinks in fast. I've used cream moisturisers the most in the past, so the formula of a gel moisturiser was really different. I expected it to be awful and drying but it was the complete opposite.

After applying it in the morning, at the end of the day my skin is still really soft and moisturised - even after a long day at work.

My skin is so much smoother after using it every day, and I have so much less acne than I did before I started using these products. I think that this moisturiser is one that has helped the most, and I will continue to buy this when I run out of my current one. I've even planned to buy some of these products as Christmas gifts!