All rounder (and great for your moustache) (Bio Oil)

Member Name: Squiddly450

Product:	Bio Oil
Date:	02/03/09 (1571 review reads)
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Advantages: Makes skin feel lovely and helps pigmentation

Disadvantages: Expensive, not great on scars

The reason I started using this stuff (you'll all laugh at me) is because, in the summer, the skin on my upper lip darkens slightly. I think this makes me look like I've got a tache (I'm a lady, honest!) although OH assures me it doesn't. When we were at my parent's house last year, he dared me to ask my mum if she thought I had a moustache and she said "Oh, well now you mention it"!! I was gobsmacked!

So I saw this advertised and it said it helped with pigmentation so I thought I'd try it.

60ml costs about £4 but it varies quite a lot depending on where you get it from. This is a good size to start with I think. The packaging looks a little bit retro and the oil itself is pink (not very macho but then I'm a lady so that's fine by me).
It smells quite fragrant, almost flowery and quite feminine. The smell disappears once you have applied it though so this is nothing to be concerned about.
The oil itself is quite light, the top of the bottle has a small hole in so I hold my fingers over the end and tip it up to dispense some onto my fingers. Once you have the oil on your fingers, I find it works best to massage it hard into your skin. Because it's light, it doesn't feel like you're making your skin oily (which is what I was worried about) and it sinks in pretty quickly. If you don't rub it in well enough, your skin will look a little oily but if you thoroughly massage your skin with it, it will just leave you looking radiant. For this reason I use it as an all over moisturiser on my face rather than just on my moustache (!).
So-the results! To be honest, my moustache goes away in the winter so I'm not sure whether it's fixed that, I can say that the resto of my skin is so soft and the skin tone has improved vastly. I had some hyperpigmented acne scars on my temples and they disappeared within about two weeks of using it which was great. If I don't use it, I can tell a huge difference within two or three days.

As far as helping to reduce scarring (what it says on the advert), I'm a bit of an Al Capone when it comes to scars and i have them all over my body. I have tried using Bio Oil on a two inch linear scar I have on my forearm from a car accident about 10 years ago and to be honest, it has made no difference. In the early life of a scar, it will fade from red to white and I have a feeling that this may expedite the fading of a scar in this way but once a scar has faded and become a bit older, I don't feel it will work.

My skin isn't particularly sensitive although it is sometimes tight, I can't comment on how this would work on sensitive skin but it definitely smooths, soothes, and relaxes my skin.

In all, it is expensive but not compared to some skin creams out there, and it is a lovely product which can be used for problem areas or simply as an all round moisturiser.

Summary: A great all round moisturiser