Benton Aloe

The past week has been irritating, literally, on my face. In the search for my HG skincare products, I've tried Adlay face wash, wasn't impressed, so I'll continue to find something else. But what also got me worrying about this Korean skincare thing is that my face is even more sensitive to it than the American products I've been using. There are so much more beneficial ingredients in Korean skincare than American, and I thought that since I'm Asian, my skin would love the oriental products more. Unfortunately, it seems that even my skin had been Americanized, haha, as the first time trying out the moisturizer and toner, my skin reacted in a really, really bad way. Perhaps this is just a beginner's unfortunate moment, but my skin immediately HATED the products I put on it.

I did used it for a few days, and wasn't sure what was going on - should have been paying more attention to how my skin was reacted. The first day, my skin was so dried and tight, I had to use the Aloe gel a few more times. I didn't paid it much mind, since I figured the great ingredients will kick in soon enough. The next two days, I was still negligence on listening to my skin, and continue to use the toner and gel. Every time I put them on, my skin would turned hot, but I thought it was because the heater was on in my house and leave it at that. The fourth day, my skin had enough and turned so red and irritated, and it lasted about four/five days. I had to stop using both the toner and the aloe gel right away, but even so, the damage has already been done. My skin was red and broke out in hives, and the past few days had been painful to the touch. I had to returned to my Jason Natural vitamin e cream, then putting a thick layer of Un-Petroleum Jelly on top of it so that it can heal faster. It took more than three days of putting up with painful and sticky skin for my face to starting to return to normal. This does not put me off Korean products entirely, but I think I'd be more cautious in the future and pay more attention to what my skin tell me in the future. Giving my skin's finicky nature, I'm not surprised, but I never have such a bad experience with anything that was quite this bad before.

The toner's ingredients: Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Water (58%), Glycerin, Sodium Hyaluronate, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract, Snail Secretion Filtrate, Salicylic Acid (0.5%), Beta-Glucan, Althaea Rosea Flower Extract, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract, Polyglutamic Acid, Portulaca Oleracea Extract, Psidium Guajava Fruit Extract, Aspalathus Linearis Extract, Zanthoxylum Piperitum Fruit Extract, Pulsatilla Koreana Extract, Usnea Barbata (Lichen) Extract, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Cross Polymer.

The "soothing" gel's ingredients: Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice (80%), Propolis Extract (10%), Glycerin, Arginine, Allantoin, Betaine, Chamomilla Recutita (Matricaria) Flower Extract, Portulaca Oleracea Extract, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Cross Polymer, Zanthoxylum Piperitum Fruit Extract, Pulsatilla Koreana Extract, Usnea Barbata (Lichen) Extract.

Given that my skin reacted to both of these, and that they have a few similar ingredients, I'm guessing those are the things my skin didn't like, so there's no use in keeping them. But that's my skin, because the other reviews on these things are quite good. They're not for me, but maybe it'll work better for you.