I have suffered from eczema ever since I was a baby and over the years feel like I have tried every lotion and potion available to cure it. Since last November, I decided to stop using steroid creams, as my skin was becoming addicted to them. I have now been steroid-free for a year and am a lot better for it, preferring to use natural remedies to help my skin. Starflower oil, or borage oil was recommended to me by a lady in Singapore who had read my blog about my skin. Her little boy had also been going through steroid withdrawal and she used borage/starflower oil on his skin and internally as a supplemement. I decided to give it a go. Starflower ...  Read the complete review

I have suffered with varying degrees of acne for around 15 years, and consequently have learnt to deal with it, but never completely combat it! Mine seems to be of the cystic type, which I have inherited from my mother, (thanks mum) and just when I think it's cleared up it will come back with avengance. My skin is also quite sensative, and so a lot of the commercial 'spot fighting' products out there are way too strong and strip my skin leading to more spots. A few months a go I made the decision to go natural with my skincare and make-up, and whilst this does in-deed seem to have helped dramatically I was still suffering from the odd cystic lump. I've ...  Read the complete review

I first started to take Starflower oil after a recommendation from my sister, who in turn had been recommended it by her dermatologist. She suffers from severe eczema and she swears by it, but Starflower oil also has many other uses. It is very similar to Evening Primrose oil in that it contains GLA (Gamma Linolenic acid), an essential fatty acid that is naturally produced by the body. Many people have inadequate levels of essential fatty acids, reasons for this include the increased consumption of processed foods, glucose intolerance and ageing. Starflower oil is roughly twice as strong as Evening Primrose oil meaning you can take a smaller dose. ...  Read the complete review

1000mg of Starflower oil (borage oil) capsules provide 240mg of gamma linoleic acid (GLA) in combination with 378mg linoleic acid. You get them in capsules and they don't taste of anything. I am not an expert, but GLA helps our female hormones, which may not be working properly due to caffeine, alcohol, stress, lack of sleep, and poor diet. When our hormones don't function at their best we may have bad skin, irregular and painful periods, PMT, lethargy, headaches, and sometimes joint stiffness and dull, lifeless hair (ooo, I sound like an advert for L'Oreal!) GLA, also found in evening primrose oil in smaller quantities, is the active ...  Read the complete review

I have just started taking this in the 1000 mg form 6 days ago with 2600mg of evening primrose oil. Since having Swine Flu in July I have been having terrible difficulty keeping awake at work in the mornings (I am 44 far too young to be having these problems) and have generally felt under the weather. I started taking these on Friday and for the last two days at work (today being Wednesday) I have not nodded off in front of my computer screen. In fact I feel quite wide awake and alert. Quite full of energy. I also suffer from appalling breast tendernes for most of the month before my periods so I am hoping that this will help with these problems too. I ...  Read the complete review