Bio Essence 24K Bio-Gold Eye Contour Lifting Serum, the Wonder Gold!

Do you believed that "gold" really does "wonders" to your skin? I did a quick check on Mr. Google and found out that it is believed that 24k gold can help the skin reverse the sign of aging. Hm.. it does leave me ponder about it.....

Anyway, long story cut short, I did bought this "wonder gold" set end of last year in one of the local drugstore (I think it was Guardian). And the thing that attracted me was that this 24K thing was on some sort of promotion that is going for RM149 (if I'm not mistaken) where the original RP is RM179.90.



I'm not sure if I'm correct on this one but the serum selling individually was about RM90 (was it? or more?).


Overall, the 3-in-1 set feels "more worthy" when it comes with a face and neck cream plus additional facial cleanser. =D


Back of the box.


So what does Bio Essence say about 24K Gold?


Sounds powerful right?

Here's the product I'm going to review today. Face and neck cream will be done at a later stage since I don't really use that much of the gel yet.

The pump that I always prefer skincare items to have.


The amount that you get.


Spot the gold!

Don't you think the serum has more liquid that the gold? =/

Tiny weany gold flakes! 99% serum with 1% gold flake? Hm..


Here's the promotion picture from the Bio Essence Website.


Product Size: 20g
Product Price: RM149 (promotion price that comes in the set of 3 items: eye serum, face and neck cream, cleanser).

My Thoughts:
Out of the points stated in the promotional ads, I don't think I saw any obvious results using this.

Well, on the good points is that it does feel lightweighted and not oily hence I don't see any "extra" oil seeds from using it. The serum does also settle on the skin really quickly and it has very minimal fragrance. I do feel my puffy eyebags firms up a little bit but I don't think I see any "lifting" on this one.

Also, it is said that it can reduces wrinkles but I don't think it does reduces the lines around my eye area though. As long as it doesn't create "extra" fine lines or wrinkles, this is good enough for me.

But anyway on the double plus point, I like how elegant the packaging looks! My other eye serum looked very "boring" but this one does stand out from the "crowd". LOL!

Will I repurchase this?
Not for now as I think there are many other eye serums that I want to try first out there. =)

So have you use this 24K eye lifting serum before? Do share your thoughts as well and I may be the only one not "feeling" it. =)

Vitamin K Eye Circle Creme :Skincology 維他命K眼霜

I reviewed about my Astaxanthin eye cream four months back. And that time my eye cream was running really low so I have to get a new one. So I got this, again, from Niu Er's Bio Beauty range.



The packaging..


Instructions in Chinese.


I did a little search on Vit K, or so called Phytonadione.

From Medicine Plus:
Phytonadione (vitamin K) is used to prevent bleeding in people with blood clotting problems or too little vitamin K in the body. Phytonadione is in a class of medications called vitamins. It works by providing vitamin K that is needed for blood to clot normally in the body.

In short, with Vit K (aka Phytonadione), this eye cream is said to heal/lightens dark circles.

And do you know that this is my second bottle already? ;)

Let me show you more before I tell you why I'm still all strings attached with this baby..

The eye cream packaging...


The "healer" of eye bags!




The pump...



Noticed the pump of this? It's short right? So when the cream hits the bottom, you'll need a spatula to get it out, so it's quite troublesome also. (Cut points already!)

Another thing is this...


The fragility of the bottle. It cracks really easily (especially you got a clumsy girl like me :P ).

The magical eye cream....


My thoughts: (results might differ for each person)

1. Consistency is quite thick for this one. However, it absorbs into the skin fairly fast as well (which I think it absorbs faster than my previous Astaxanthin eye cream.)
2. It has a little tea tree kinda smell in it and quite soothing to me.
3. It brightens my under eye area, however if you have dark eye circles/eye bag, I don't think it will bring any miracle to it...
   
4. I even dab it on my pimple scar and it really does brighten up and lightens it!
   
5. I guess it might not work (as in lightens the dark circle area) if you use it consistently for months and I suggest alternate it with other eye creams that you have. ;)
   

In case you are wondering, here's how I apply my eye cream..



- I gently pat the eye cream (like the dots) until it fully absorbs. I don't really "swipe" it coz I think it will pull our skin--> loosen the firmness(?) at the eye area)
- The arrows pointed upwards is where I swipe the eye cream upwards so that it gives my eye some sort of "lifting" to it (since I have quite a droopy eyelid >.<) Hope this helps for anyone who wants to know about eye cream! ;) The product: 15g

Price: RM65-RM70 (Price differs from online stores, just google and you'll get them ;) )

Astaxanthin Age-Defying Eye Creme 牛尔虾红素红颜莹白平纹眼霜

Yes. Another one from Niu Er (牛尔）. Even though this looks like a tube of face cream, but in fact, it is an eye cream. (Yeah, I seriously need this even though I haven't hit the Three Zero Stage. I just can't stand the little fine lines at my eye area, argh!)

This eye cream is from the Astaxanthin (红虾素）range and can be found in Niu Er's website.

Wondering what is Astaxanthin? Some facts that I've found online:

Astaxanthin is a powerful biological antioxidant, especially effective at preventing lipid peroxidation, with up to 500 higher efficacy than vitamin E, and up to 10 times stronger than beta-carotene. ......skindna.com.....

Astaxanthin has a number of essential biological functions, ranging from protection against oxidation of essential polyunsaturated fatty acids, protection against UV-light effects, pro-vitamin A activity and vision, immune response, pigmentation, and communication, to reproductive behaviour and improved reproduction

Astaxanthin protects against cell death. ........cosmeticdesign.com......

Pretty cool right? Can we say bye bye to wrinkles and pigmentation already? :D



The packaging when I first got it. In RED color. So "Ong!". :P

The label behind of the eye cream.

Chinese translation (apologized my poor Chinese dictionary):

Helps lighten and prevent wrinkles and fine lines around the eye area,and also brightening and lifting up the eye area.

Please excuse the mess. :) This eye cream is going to hit the bottom real soon!



Eye cream on the hand. The illustration below is to show you that it does not leave any shiny /dewy effect upon application (I'm not able to show you how it will "lighten / brighten" the skin area with just one application on the hand, LOL!).



On the eye. It does help a little in minimizing / lightening the small wrinkles around the eye area. But not immediate results though, it needs at least 1.5 weeks to see the results of this.




The box and its description.


The Ingredients and English description.


Price: 500NT (After direct conversion is about RM55+-)

Overall Review:
When I got this eye cream for the first time, I immediately fell in love with the smell of this eye cream! I'm not a big fan of perfumes and fragrance (ie. L'occitane Honey mask just make me faint on the spot :P ) but this one just took me away! (LOL!). The texture wise, it is creamy and smooth and I can smooth it out easily without rubbing/massage it onto the skin area.

However, this eye cream absorbs fairly slow, hence it requires some "patting time" to absorb into the eye area (another reason is because our eye area doesn't have pores as well!). Since, this eye cream also does not come with a spatula, I've to scoop it out every time (not so hygienic) with my fingers (Before I got hold of my spatula).

The results of using this eye cream is not obvious, but overall love how soft and radiant my eye area becomes, right after applying it.

Will I re-purchase this? Hm.. If only I've no other choice.

Overall Rating: