Manuka Vantage New Zealand Manuka Oil Blemish Gel

First of all, to preface my opinions, I didn’t have any major breakouts during the week I trialled this so it’s difficult to give clear feedback since I couldn’t test it on a major breakout. I like that it’s natural and it was easy to use. I liked the consistency and it felt good to apply. In regards to effectiveness, I can’t really comment. Next time I have a breakout I will know for sure how much it works in comparison to more chemically-based products!

This was great! It cleared up my breakouts in about 2 days. I would just use on the breakouts as it was a bit drying to the rest of my skin.

I like the packaging, it shouts “natural” with the green colour and the Manuka flower. The claims are quite visible on being 98% natural and 80+ Manuka pollen. It gets the sustainability tick as the packaging is recyclable and to top it all it’s made in NZ. The bottle is a pump and works like a wiz. The gel is quite gentle on the skin and is very sweet smelling. It’s not sticky and easy to apply, very natural compared to products with chemicals in them. The skin feels quite healthy and soft after use. I have a few spots and marks on my face. After using for a few days I can see some improvement. My face is looking brighter and there is slight reduction in the blemishes. I’m sure using it on a regular basis will make a difference to my skin. I will definitely be using it again.

The bottle doesn't match the facial wash which annoys me a bit but that's being on the super picky end of the spectrum. The bottle is a lot smaller than I would like. You don't need alot of product, but it would be nice for it to be slightly more value for money. The gel is super potent in smell. It's not unpleasant but it's strong. It is a slightly cloudy coloured gel which is quite thin in consistency for a gel. It almost melts away on your fingers.

It instructs you to use the facial wash first for best results which I did. I followed up by using the gel on my problem areas as directed. My problem areas are around the mouth and chin. I started off by having 4 breakouts around my mouth area and chin. They were red and inflamed.

The gel has a cooling effect on my skin and can sting a little on broken skin. It's not painful just tingly. The great thing about it is you use such a small amount that the small bottle would last ages. After a week my skin is nearly cleared up with the exception of one stubborn breakout. It is drying up though and looking less angry. My conclusions are that it definitely works and my skin hasn't behaved this well since before my baby was born. I give it a 4 out of 5 only because of the smell. it's smooth and plump. Love it.

I thought this was likely to be a mild acne treatment - maybe it was all that talk of manuka honey.

It is in fact quite astringent and does have a tendancy to be a little drying - which if you have super oily skin with angry spots, might just be what you need!

I found for my t-zone this was really effective - the blemish gel dried up active white heads within hours. But for lesser spots and my cheeks, it was a bit too harsh, so i'd say if you have breakouts and dry skin, you're going to want to go easy using this.

There was the occasional sting when using this, but nothing worse than using tea tree oil, and I feel this was more effective than tea tree, particularly for weepy spots. Within days the spots I tackled where healing well and there was minimal redness, which i'm guessing is the manuka honey doing it's thing.

The range smells fresh and vibrant and I liked the functional, simple packaing.

If you have very oily skin and suffer from typical breakouts, I'd recommend these products for sure.

My daughter reviewed this product as a junior reviewer aged 12 with plenty of spots. She enjoyed using this product. The texture is nice and light like a gel. The feeling is cool on application to the skin, a little stingy on open skin but overall feels soothing on the skin that is healing. After one week of use we feel confident there is less bacteria and the acne infection is getting under control. Overall the acid mantel is looking better, dry areas are looking hydrated and less spots in general. Skin tone is looking more even and less inflamed. Redness is reduced. Fragrance is herbal and organic. Looking forward to see if other products in this range become available. Thanks for the opportunity to try, this has been a positive experience and my daughter is feeling confident with the outcome, skin has improved already after a short time period.

I just love this product!!!! Comes in a nice box and has a cap that protects in from leaking or spilling. The bottle in itself is nice and small and if you travel would not take up a lot of space The smell is amazing!!!! Just love the Rosehip and Manuka Oil/Honey smell I use this day and night. Before going to bed I put this on and it dries out all the blemishes and definitely heals the inflamed parts, I then use it again in the morning to dry out any parts that still needs a bit of healing. A little goes a LOOOOOONNNNNNGGGGG way, and when you pump it out you have to just be careful because when you pump too hard a lot of the product tends to come out, so I really just give it a half pump and that is enough to cover all the spots

I was lucky to be chosen as a trial team to review this product.

It came just in right time as it was that time of the month and had breakouts on my chin.

The gel comes in pretty cute green pump bottle, it looks like a glass but not 100% sure. It is very easy to use and you don't waste a product, getting as much as you want thanks to the pump. The texture is gel type, colorless and smells like citrus. It is subtle and lovely scent.

The product should be applied after cleansing the face. I used it 2-3 times a day for the best result.

I won't say it completely cleaned out my skin, but already after second use I could notice that my pimples become smaller and less visible. It also helps to fade pigmentation. I still have few but this time the breakout healed much faster than before.

So I am quite happy with this gel and it does what it says. Would recommend it.

My teenage son used the product as he has a lot of spots and blackheads at the moment. He found the gel really reduced redness and swelling of the spots and will purchase the product again