Bio Essence Deep Exfoliating Gel

HK is filled with cosmetic stores like Sasa, Manning, Watson, Bonjour, etc. If you are a girl like me, these stores are like heaven! I feel like a 5-yr old that just stumbled into the candy store. these stores have cosmetics from all countries for all skin types. I can spend hours in those stores, if not for those annoying sales women. They always try to "help" you or explain to you. I don't want to talk to them (well b/c i can't speak cantonese) and really just want to browse by myself at my own pace.

Anyway, choices are endless, you name it, you'll find it. So out of the myriad selections of beauty products, I decided to try the Bio Essence Deep Exfoliating Gel, to remove the excess dead skin cells. It claims that it will remove blackheads and leave your skin finer. Before the purchase, I typed into my iphone the name of the product and tried to search for any reviews. the reviews online all reflected positive comments like - resulted in soft and dewy skin and removes significant amount of blackheads.... The product also claims to have gentle gel-based formula that contains herbal extracts like ginseng.

Without much thoughts, I bought it at Manning. It was about $160 HKD.  I was so excited to try it when I got home. This is when things started to go wrong. After I use it, my skin started turning red and red bumps started surfacing!!!!! UGH!! it wasn't that bad on the first day and i just ignored it. I do believe that it removed some dead skin cells but it definitely contains harsh chemicals that my skin did not approve.

I used it again on day 2 and oh boy, redness and itchy everywhere and I had to stop and immediately returned the product. luckily, Manning was good with their return policy. you have 14 days! I do have sensitive/oily skin but gosh it's been awhile since I had a reaction with red bumps!

So if you have sensitive skin, i definitely say STAY AWAY! DON'T GET FOOLED BY THE PRETTY FACE on the product. Do not believe the description and all hoopla advertisements! Ugh! I am never going to buy a Bio-Essence product again.  :(