Natural Instinct #6weekskincarechallenge

I am finishing the trial in a week’s time. I have a near new moisturiser, near new eye cream and more than half a tube of cleanser which I feel super bad to bin.

If you don’t mind that they’ve been used (and especially if they work for you) I am more than happy to pass them on. If you have read my blog you’ll know how to contact me.

How true that is after reading so many people’s different experiences.

My experience has been great. My routine was sporadic before trial. Thanks kids and work! I have used skincare in all price ranges but prefer natural inexpensive ranges but do have my non negotiables that I will buy regardless of price if they perform well. I love the eye cream. My under eye area is so soft and after using for four weeks it does seem to have lightened my dark circles. I used Acure’s eye cream prior and whilst I love the way it moisturised my eye area it didn’t smooth eye area and improve puffiness and dark circles. I wasn’t sure what to make of nourishing moisturiser at first as I didn’t think it would be moisturising enough but I really like it and haven’t had a reaction at all. Love using the serum under my make up during the day. It’s nice and light. I wanted to buy the eye cream prior to challenge so when I saw challenge advertised I signed up and am thankful to have had opportunity to try around $60 worth of full size products for free. My skins looking great 🙂

Oh, a new thread!

Just to briefly post my experience too.

Eye cream: very drying! My skin around the eyes went crepey that after seeing this I freaked out and stopped using in in the week one.

Moisturizer: had to stop using it on the day 3! It literally was heating my skin to the point of feeling the burn. And coated feeling , matte look, loss of my previous glow also happened immediately. Tried to push trough, but on the day 3 my skin was just so red that I had to stop. I have melasma, that gets worse when skin is exposed to high temperature and heating.

Face cream wash: like the other trialists reported-it does leave the film on. Takes a long time to rinse it off…very long time.

Serum: this was the only product I used that I did not have reactions from. Just would leave skin dry after application, as possibly all that crazy rinsing of the face wash also caused lots of stripping of the skin.

I tossed all the range in the bin after week one. Could not pass it to anyone, as I did not want anyone to experience skin damage as I did.

SO wanted to love it, as I am a fan of all things natural based…but there must be something not listed that was causing the trouble…or just a flimsy formula: too much waxy base, emollients, fillers, not enough of oomph and hydrating stuff for the skin. Just coaters….

I saw the NI skincare range at Priceline today . Really attractive packaging . The only problem was they didn’t have one tester to try. Hopefully they will have that in the future as they had it on other brands .

I haven’t tried the cleanser yet, but I’m really liking all the other products. I already had the rosehip oil so apply that after the serum and before moisturising and my skin seems to be reacting really well so far.

I have always been very diligent with my skincare regime so when I switched over my skin went into a big shock mode.

The serum was way too drying (alcohol is the second ingredient).

My non-sensitive resilient skin reacted to the moisturiser (dry itchy patches).

I don’t like the foaming cleanser. It has a residue that can’t be washed away.

I don’t like the eye cream as it is too waxy and difficult to absorb.

I blog every week with before-after pictures, I cannot see any difference and if anything, my skin feels drier. I have to reduce my use of the drying serum and the waxy eye cream to limit the damage they are doing to my skin. I haven’t blogged this week (week4) as I have discovered I have 3 whiteheads in unusual places. I am going to give them some time to go away. If they don’t, it would be another negative comment to add to the products.

There were a lot of people who complained about reaction to the products in the first two weeks. There are not as many people complain in recent weeks as those people who reacted have mostly dropped out by now. I persisted so I can finish the 6 weeks as I said I would.

So far, my verdict is – if you already have a regular and quality regime, don’t bother switching. If you are on a budget and want to start your skincare regime somewhere, you can try this brand, although I would rather spend my money on another Aus/NZ budget brand such as Swisse and Sukin. Natural Instinct is not Australian owned.

I am using the Natural Instinct shampoo right now and it is nice and gentle . For an organic brand like this I am a bit surprised if any reactions do happen . It does sound like an unlucky bad batch .

ok so i have been going since the 5th of september so I’m going on my 5th week now. i have honestly not noticed any difference in y skin at all which I’m disappointed with. however i really love the feeling of the foaming cleanser and the facial moisturiser.
i hate the serum it is so thick and heavy for my skin. i down mind the eye cream but i hate the twist top.

I’ve found that the eye cream has dried my eyes out so much…they currently feel like sandpaper :/