Living Nature Night Radiance Oil Review

I got this little oil in my best ever beauty box. I have super dry skin and beauty oils are pretty much my best friends. I've been using an oil on my face for the last couple of years and have seen such great improvements to my super dry areas. I was very excited to try this one out, I've never tried an oil this expensive before so I thought it must be amazing!

This comes in a little green glass bottle with a dropper. Droppers are the best way to get the right amount of oil out. This oil is a beautiful golden amber colour and has a very strong, herbal scent. It took me a while to place it but it reminds me of fresh parsley. I personally don't mind this scent at all but it is quite strong when you first apply. I don't notice it for too long after I apply it. I like to use 5 drops, I find this does my face and neck quite nicely. Although this feels quite rich going on, it actually absorbs into my skin very quickly which I quite like. It really doesn't feel like it will when you first apply it so it did surprise me when I first tried it.

Ultimately, the price factor really comes into play when I think about whether I want to buy this. I like it but I don't know if it's really doing anything different to my oils I purchase for $20 and are 3 times the size. If it was in some kind of pack, I might consider buying that or I'd definitely be happy to get it in another box.

I received this product in the New Zealand beauty box. I had heard of this brand before but had never used it. This is the first time I have used a facial oil and like how it contains mostly organic ingredients. I do have quite dry skin and find this absorbs well and has helped with hydrating my skin. However I have not noticed any real difference in my skin condition. It comes in a 10ml bottle that is green with a gold dropper lid. I find the dropper really easy to use without getting to much product. I will continue to use this until it's finished but 10mls for $69 is quite expensive.

I received this at the end of Feb in the BBBE and I’ve been using it for almost 2 months. At this stage this product is more useful to me a spot treatment for dry areas on my face rather than a preventative measure of aging. Having said that prior to using Living Nature, I was using Kiehl’s Midnight Concentrate for ten months and out of the two I prefer Kiehl’s.

I love everything about the Living Nature packaging, a frosted forest green bottle with a dropper – I expect nothing short of stunning for something that carries that sort of price tag for only 10ml. They say you can’t put a price on good skin care but umm if that product isn’t really making a difference I think you can and $6.90 per ml is a lot of money.

The oil is a similar colour to honey liquer and is quite runny but in comparison to Kiehl’s it’s heavier. It took me a good 2 weeks to get over the overpowering smell which reminds me of flaxseed oil mixed with leafy extracts of some sort. Considering it’s a night oil I would have thought it would be a light soothing fragrance (i.e. lavender) or something subtle but this one certainly made my nose wrinkle.

After toning and cleansing I use 3-4 drops to work into my face every night. The oil isn’t absorbed into the skin as quickly as Kiehl’s but it does sits nicely on the skin. In the morning my face feels soft and smooth but other than there’s really not much of a difference. However this could perhaps be a preventative kind of measure so in that sense I guess it’ll be ok but until such a time comes around I won’t be repurchasing this.

I received this as part of the NZ Brands Beauty Box. I have very dry skin so using a face oil is a regular part of my skincare routine.

This oil has luxury packaging. It comes in a frosted glass forest-green bottle, with gold writing and a golden top. To apply the oil there is an easy to use dropper in the lid. The oil is light green in colour.

I have been applying four drops of this to my face each night before bed. Although my skin feels moisturised, I have not noticed a much of a difference between this oil, and the other face oils I have used, on my skin.

The scent is quite overpowering. I think it is rosemary. After only a few drops of the oil on my face the smell overpowers any other scents - it is that strong. I am not used to using products with such strong smells. I prefer using oils with more subtle scents.

This is by far the most expensive facial oil I have tried. I honestly wouldn't have tried this if I hadn't won a bottle in a giveaway and then later found another bottle in the first NZ brands beauty box. All the ingredients are lovely and certified organic and it smells beautiful. The composition is mainly rosehip oil but the eye catching ingredients for me are the calendula extract, frankincense oil and carrot extract. When I apply this at night it sinks in and doesn't feel to heavy, though I definitely apply it sparingly since it costs an arm and a leg. Despite it's tiny size am on my third month of using this and I still have a third of the bottle left, possibly because I'm using this more sparingly than a would other oils because of the price tag. Results wise it moisturizes my skin and I gives my dry areas of my face a little more love, but unfortunately not more love than a bottle of rosehip oil that's about a third to half the price and three times the amount would. So once this runs out I won't be repurchasing it.

What can I say the description is pretty on point for this product. The certification of it being organic is done in Germany which usually means quality rose hip oil is very popular for anti-aging it is worth finding out how the oil was made / extracted from though as some distilling methods can take all the goodness out of the plant Jojoba Oil is a great carrier oil so they product will absorb into the skin not just sit on the top. By getting down into the deeper layers of the skin those layers will be nourished and as the skin sheds itself and the pre cared for nourished skin becomes towards the surface it will look and feel more amazing and healthy. A New Zealand brand that comes in a bottle with a handy pump dispenser small amount but the idea is its to use used sparingly like a serum. Ideal to use on dry / aging areas or you may break out.

I received this in the amazing NZ Brands BBBE, and was very excited to try it. I suppose I had very high expectations, given the price. I have tried to set that aside and just carefully examine my skin every morning, as objectively as possible, for signs of improvement. I have fine lines and pigmentation, being an outdoorsy Pakeha in her late 30s, so there's plenty of room for improvement! I honestly don't think there has been any noticeable improvement. However, it is a very pleasant wee oil to use - lovely dark green bottle with a dropper, so great for preserving the goodness inside. It smells nice as well, and you only need a few drops. It takes a long time to absorb into the skin, which I personally don't like. I prefer fast absorbing oil, so I don't have a greasy/shiny face in the evening - it also gets in my hair when I forget to tie it back, which in turn makes my fine hair around my face greasy. Just a personal dislike. But ultimately, I just feel that for the price of this small bottle, you can get other excellent NZ brands of oils that are just as good on the skin. While this oil didn't make any noticeable improvements overall on my skin, it did make it feel nice and soft the next morning - but plenty of other lower-cost NZ brand oils do that too. But others, with other skin types, may find otherwise. Overall I've enjoyed trying it, and I love to support local brands, but I won't purchase again given the price.

I received this in the NZ brands BBBE. I love face oils but this one is a lot pricey than my usual so I was interested to see how this compares.

This comes in a beautiful wee green bottle with a dropper that easily dispenses the liquid gold inside. A little goes a long way with this and three to four drops is enough to cover my face, neck and décolletage. It has a beautiful botanical smell. It quickly absorbs into my skin. I find this great on its own in summer or layered under night cream in winter for an extra boost.

Whilst I do love this oil I don't really see a huge difference in this and other oils I've used, apart from the price and size of the bottle. I'd definitely use this again if it came my way but I'm unlikely to purchase it on its own.

The only other oil i have used before is the Trilogy Rosehip oil which i liked for a small amount of time. So i was delighted to try another one when i received the NZ beauty box.

Comes in a lovely green frosted bottle with a gold lid, so it looks very luxury. I have used this oil every night before bedtime for the past few weeks, and i'm a big fan. The refreshing scent is so nice in the evening, my skin feels silky soft and the oil really soaks into my skin. I have felt and seen a difference in my skin since using it so i will continue to use it. This product will last a long time because 3 small drops on your skin is sufficient.