I received a little 3ml sample bottle of Linden Leaves Miraculous Facial Oil as my Day 5 gift in a 2016 beauty advent calendar.
I was a little hesitant to use this facial oil, as I'd only used Rosehip Oil before and all Rosehip Oil seems to smell rather fishy to me and I really don't like the smell. But, the smell of this facial oil was pleasantly surprising. It smelled quite nice.
The box said to use 1-2 drops, but I found that I had to use 3-4 drops from the tiny dropper, to be able to spread the golden coloured oil sparingly across my face and down my neck. 1-2 drops only did half my face (forehead, nose and tops of cheeks). My hands were completely dry by the time I reached my cheeks and chin and no amount of massaging moved the tiny bit of oil any lower down my face.
As I have oily skin, I chose to use this nightly, instead of night cream and found that it left my skin feeling soft and smooth, with absolutely no oily residue. By the time I had put the drops in my palm and rubbed my hands together, the oil had practically disappeared. There was the smallest amount to be spread over my face.
I'm not sure how miraculous this oil is, as I haven't seen a huge change in my skin, other than a few more breakouts than I usually have. I'm not using any new products, other than this oil, so I'm not sure what's causing the breakouts. Maybe my skin just doesn't like this product.
I highly doubt that I would buy a full sized bottle, as it is expensive and I haven't been overly wowed by it.
I love the thought of buying natural products especially if they are products of NZ. I had heard good things about this oil and have had luck using rosehip oils in the past but this wasn’t quite right for my skin.
It’s quite a rich oil and a little does go a long way. A few drops was enough for me.
The solution is quite a dark colour - bright orange. I think they suggest mixing it in with a moisturiser if your going to use it. I used this prior to knowing that and ended up with quite a stained pillowcase.
I felt like it sat on my skin and wasn’t that readily absorbed.. making my skin feel greasy hence I think it was just too heavy for my skin.
There is a slight scent to the product but not overpowering.
The packaging again is not really for me - even though they are quite simple with their packaging I kind of feel like they aim it towards a different target audience. So I’m not really too excited by it. The actual dropper bottle is nice but hard to see how much product is left.
It’s ok for occasional use for me but probably not every day. Just a wee bit too heavy.
Tips: Mix with moisturiser to avoid a stained pillowcase.