Update on Benton Fermentation Essence & The Ordinary Matrixyl 10% + HA & Melano CC Vitamin C Essence

It took me a while to stop using these products. I’ve been using them for a while and didn’t want to give them up out of familiarity. But, I think it’s time to pull the plug. Even though I love skin care products, I wondered if any of them are even working on my skin. I feel like I’m just flushing money down the drain sometimes. I decided to stop using these products. Read on to find out why. I stopped using these products the other day too. 👈🏻

Benton Fermentation Essence:

I’ve been using this product for over a year now. I really liked this essence. It’s lightweight, easily absorbed into the skin, and feels silky smooth on the skin. The only thing I really liked about this essence is how it feels on my skin. Other than that, it hasn’t done much for my skin. It contains Galactomyces Ferment Filtrate, Bifida Ferment Lysate, Ceramide NP, Aloe Extract, Betaine, Panthenol, Sodium Hyaluronate, and other skin care ingredients that are good for the skin. The ingredients look very nice, but I didn’t see much of a difference in my skin using it. It didn’t help boost skin’s elasticity and moisture levels (as it claims to do). It gives the the skin lightweight hydration, but that hydration doesn’t last long. Only when applied to the skin. This essence just vanishes into the skin and didn’t improve my skin over time. It just felt like putting expensive water on my face. It actually feels like I’m applying just water to my face. This essence when dispensed, shoots out straight liquid. Make sure to dispense it into the palm or it’ll get everywhere. This was one of my favorite essences for some time, but I didn’t see any good results with continued use. As I mentioned earlier, I just like the way it feels on my skin. But, I don’t think it’s worth it to keep it around for that reason.

The Ordinary Matrixyl 10%:

Here goes another The Ordinary product that I’m removing from my skin care routine! Here are some others that I removed recently:

The Ordinary Argireline Solution 10%  

The Ordinary Ascorbic Acid 8% Alpha Arbutin 2%

The Ordinary Resveratrol 3% Ferulic Acid 3%

Now it’s The Ordinary Matrixyl 10%. So this is a thicker serum. The texture of the serum is gel-like. When applied to the skin, I don’t like how it feels on my skin, but the serum absorbs into the skin pretty well. It doesn’t leave any sticky residue behind once it sinks into the skin. I was able to use it twice a day without any issues like pilling or stickiness. The serum is supposed to help with signs of aging, such as fine lines. It contains Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1, Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7, Palmitoyl Tripeptide-38, and Sodium Hyaluronate. This is another skin care product with beneficial skin care ingredients, but from my experience using this product, I didn’t notice any changes in fine lines including other wrinkles (as it claims). I don’t think it did anything for my skin. I’ve gone through several bottles of this serum. I kept using it because I was just hoping for the best. I really liked the ingredients in this serum too. It seems so promising. But, I think it’s time to remove it from my routine and see what happens. I don’t want to keep using a product that does absolutely nothing just because. I just haven’t seen any results using it.

Melano CC Vitamin C Essence:

I was going to keep Melano CC Vitamin C Essence in my routine, but I decided to remove it. This essence did help to brighten the overall complexion of my skin (subtly, nothing major), but it didn’t help with acne marks or post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation. I still noticed acne marks on my face while using this vitamin c essence, and I’ve been using it for years too. It should’ve done something by now, but I have seen zero changes in my acne marks. With the Melano CC Vitamin C Essence, I wasn’t impressed with the overall results. It’s OK. Nothing amazing. What’s great about this product is the packaging. It’s sealed and easy to travel with. I can bring it with me wherever I go easily without spilling the contents. But, since this essence hasn’t done much for my skin over the years, I’m just using it because I have it, and it’s much better compared to other vitamin c serums that I’ve tried in terms of texture. It’s lightweight, oily but not too oily, and absorbs into the skin decently. After seeing very little benefits from this product, I think it’s time to move on from it. It’s time to let go, lol. Instead of keeping the Melano CC Vitamin C Essence around, I decided to swap it out with another vitamin c product. It’s the vitamin c powder. A vitamin c powder contains only one ingredient while the Melano CC Vitamin C Essence has a lot more ingredients (compared to a vitamin c powder). I wanted to keep things simple. Also, vitamin c powder is more affordable too. I’ve been using vitamin c powder, and it’s been working just fine.

For my update on Eucerin Q10 Anti-Wrinkle Face Cream:

Eucerin Q10 Anti-Wrinkle Face Cream & Breakouts

For my acne journey…

My Acne Journey: 1 Week In…

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My Acne Journey: 3 Weeks Results!

My Acne Journey: 4 Weeks Results!

My Acne Journey: 5 WEEKS IN!

My Acne Journey: 6 Weeks Results…

My Acne Journey: 7 Weeks Results

My Acne Journey: 2 MONTHS!! 

My Acne Journey: 2 Months + 1 Week Results!

My Acne Journey: 2 Months + 2 Weeks!

My Acne Journey: 2 Months + 3 Weeks Results!

My Acne Journey: 3 MONTHS!! 😃

My Acne Journey: 3 Months + 1 Week Results

Review: Benton Fermentation Eye Cream

Alright everyone! I’m here to share another eye cream! I did a review on two eye creams just last week. They are The INKEY List Retinol Eye Cream and The INKEY List Caffeine Eye Cream. If you missed out on those reviews, all you have to do is click on the links provided! 😊 Now back to this eye cream I’m going to share! So the eye cream I want to talk about is Benton Fermentation Eye Cream. This eye cream contains fermented ingredients, such as bifida ferment lysate and galactomyces ferment filtrate to help repair skin damage. It also contains ceramide, hyaluronic acid, aloe, and panthenol to deeply hydrate the skin. Also, beta-glucan and adenosine to plump up the skin and smooth out the eye area for a brighter, younger appearance. Goodness knows how many tubes of this eye cream I have gone through, but I’m here to share my experience with everyone. I can’t wait!! Let’s go! 🙌🏻

My experience

This eye cream comes in a 1.05 oz. (30 g) tube. The product is a silky-smooth, creamy gel texture. It feels so soft and glides over the under eyes soooo nicely. I love it so much! It blends into the skin easily with little effort. I love eye creams that just goes on the eye area without doing much. This is one of them. The silky texture of the eye cream gets me every time I use it. Texture and consistency-wise, this stuff is amazing!! It’s a somewhat thicker eye cream that feels concentrated but doesn’t feel heavy on the skin.

The ingredients in this eye cream are pretty good too. It contains fermented ingredients like galactomyces ferment filtrate and bifida ferment lysate. I can’t use fermented ingredients on my facial skin. My skin goes nuts. I start breaking out like crazy. But I can use it around my eye area without any issues. This eye cream also contains macadamia oil, ceramide np, aloe barbadensis leaf extract, sodium hyaluronate, beta-glucan, panthenol, and adenosine. Lots of beneficial skin care ingredients for the eye area. 🙂

As for results, it leaves my eye area feeling super nourished and moisturized. I just love how moisturizing it is. But, I don’t think it has done much for fine lines and wrinkles. Or even dark under eye circles. But keeping the eye area moisturized helps to smooth out fine lines and wrinkles, which is better than nothing. Even though it didn’t help with fine lines, wrinkles, or dark under eye circles, I really like the overall formulation of this eye cream. So, it’s been good so far. I’ve already gone through plenty of tubes of this stuff. Since I’m still using it, that says something about it. I like it.

Pros & Cons

✅ Pros

• Silky smooth, moisturizing
• Smooths out the skin
• Contains fermented ingredients (bifida ferment lysate and galactomyces ferment filtrate)
• Contains ceramide, hyaluronic acid, aloe, panthenol, beta-glucan, and adenosine

❌ Cons

• Doesn’t do much for fine lines, wrinkles, or dark under eye circles

Conclusion

This is one of my favorite eye creams. I love the silky, creamy, smooth texture and consistency of this eye cream. How it glides over my under eyes and leaves it feeling very hydrated and moisturized. My skin feels super nourished each time I use it. I just love how it feels on my eyes. It deeply hydrates and moisturizes it. That’s one of the product claims of this eye cream and that’s what it did! Other eye creams I have used don’t even give my eyes that much moisture, and that includes eye creams I mentioned earlier, such as The INKEY List Retinol Eye Cream and The INKEY List Caffeine Eye Cream. I think I’m going to keep this eye cream in my routine like I’ve been doing, lol. Looooveeee it! 🥰

👉🏻 Watch me unbox a NEW tube of The INKEY List Retinol Eye Cream RIGHT HERE!!!! 👈🏻