[Review] innisfree – the green tea seed cream

My first review on skincare! I will share something that I love (^_^)

Brand:    innisfree
Product:  The green tea seed cream
Price:    SGD33 
Type:     Moisturizer
Size:     50ml
Origin:   Made in Korea
Website:  innisfree green tea line

THE PACKAGING

Very simple and eco-friendly ‘feel’ plastic tub – a standard look for all innisfree moisturizers. Besides the korean words which I can’t read, the front says:

“100% JEJU GREEN TEA. Enriched with fresh green tea seeds and squeezed green tea from the pure Jeju island to deliver abundant moisture and nourishment deep into your skin.”   Sounds good, eh?

Have you been to Jeju? I’ve been once in Oct 2014 and oh… it’s awesome.  So full of pure beautiful nature and yes, I went to the innisfree/O’Sulloc green tea fields where the exact ingredient is harvested! Made me love the product even more lol XD

THE PRODUCT

See, I am almost finishing the whole tub! I have very very sensitive and acne-prone skin and I usually can’t tell whether the product is good or bad until I have used it for quite a while… so almost finishing the tub is a good sign!

A small dab of the white product onto the back of my hand. The texture is very light-weight and gel-like.  Perfect for oily combination skin like mine.

Contrary to its light-weight texture, it actually promises deep moisturizing properties. From the website:

“The vitality and condensed moisture of green tea grown from the organic green tea fields of the pure island of Jeju refines the skin for clarity and suppleness.”

Everyone knows green tea is good for health from its anti-oxidant properties, so naturally a green tea SEED should follow the same, right? (just my logic haha)

Lightly blended.  Quite water-like and super easy to spread.  Skin feels instantly moisturized.

Fully blended into the skin.  You can see a light sheen on the skin which feels like a moisturizing barrier.  The good thing is – NO sticky feel.  For me, I blend and tap into the skin until the product is fully blended in.

MY VERDICT

Pros

• Very moisturizing, yet very light-weight gel-like texture
• Lovely mild scent (I don’t know how a green tea seed smells like, but this scent certainly delights me)
• No breakouts from using at all (this itself is a big plus for me already)
• Simple, practical and clean packaging

Cons

• Can’t think of any at the moment! It’s not even pricey as there are tons of more expensive moisturizers in the market but did not work well on my skin.

Overall

Highly highly recommend to try this!  I was going to repurchase this, but got attracted to their new “Orchid Enriched Cream” 15th anniversary set – which is another much-raved-about anti-aging moisturizer from innisfree and I got that instead!  Can’t wait to try that out soon~