Natural Being Manuka Toning Gel Reviews

Review of Natural Being Manuka Toning Gel By Kelly B Packaging: Natural Being Manuka Toning Gel comes in recyclable white plastic tube with a screw top lid. It is a simple basic design. A flip top would be more convenient. Application: The texture of the Natural Being Manuka Toning Gel is a light weight gel. It glides onto the skin easily and soaks in very quickly leaving almost no trace. It has a cooling effect as it dries. Skin feels like it tightens as the product dries. The fragrance reminded me of my eco washing up liquid so I wasn’t impressed with the scent for a face product. It states on the tube ‘Try me! I have a new scent’ so I dread to think what the previous scent was like. After the product absorbed my skin felt smoother and tighter to the touch. Then unfortunately my skin began to tingle and itch and feel very uncomfortable. At first I thought it was just the toning action of the gel. However about 3 minutes later my face began to feel so hot and uncomfortable that I was forced to wash it off. As I was rinsing my face it continued to burn. I am so glad I removed it so quickly as even after such a short time my face was completely bright red, boiling hot and inflamed it looked like horrific sun burn. Thank goodness I checked online before applying it as online it states to avoid the eye area (advice not given on the tube) as I dread to think what it would have done to this delicate area. So my face was bright red except for around my eye area. I looked like I had been wearing ski goggles and had horrific sunburn on the rest of my face. I was in such pain I immediately applied witch hazel which I had to keep applying for the next 4 hours as it took this length of time for the redness and inflammation to reduce. Approximately 5 hours after initial application I was able to apply aloe Vera gel before going to bed. When I got up the next morning the redness had gone but my face still felt sensitive. For me this experience underlines the importance to always patch test when using new products (even natural ones!). I do have sensitive skin but I confess I never patch test however this is the first such problem I have encountered. This was scary and very painful so I will always patch test in future. The best places to patch test are to apply a little product to the inside of the elbow or behind the ear and wait 24 hours. I think it would be a good idea even if a product passes this test to apply to only a small portion of your face first to check for a reaction. For those with sensitive skin based on my bad experience with Natural Being Manuka Toning Gel I would advise to completely avoid this product. To be honest I would not recommend that anyone try Natural Being Manuka Toning Gel as the negative reaction was so severe and so fast. Ingredients: Natural Being Products are BDIH certified and its entire range including Natural Being Manuka Toning Gel is based on New Zealand’s active Manuka Honey and Manuka Oil. Active Manuka Honey is known to be intensely hydrating and soothing and to stimulate cell renewal. Manuka oil is anti-fungal, anti-bacterial, and anti-inflammatory. It also contains jojoba seed oil which is known to be hydrating and non greasy. Natural Being Manuka Toning Gel has natural preservatives and is paraben free. This Manuka Toning Gel has very few ingredients so I feel the problem I encountered may be that the Manuka Honey and Manuka Oil are perhaps too concentrated. I normally love products that contain honey. I adore the Comvita Huni range and these products never give me a reaction and give an amazing soothing glow. Natural Being Manuka Toning Gel on the other hand was so harsh. Since Natural Being Manuka Toning Gel is quite cheap at only £4.99 I am thinking that maybe the quality of the ingredients could be reflected by the price. Although the ingredients sound impressive my bad experience showed otherwise. Results: Although Natural Being Manuka Toning Gel absorbed well and seemed to give skin a smooth tightened effect. This only lasted a few minutes before the horrendous inflamed red and painful burning sensation began. Even after washing it off so quickly (within 5 minutes, possibly less) the red skin and burning sensation took more than 5 hours to subside and overnight to go completely. I strongly recommend those with sensitive skin against trying Natural Being Manuka Toning Gel. For the brave who still fancy trying it I recommend patch testing first. Pros I find it hard to write any pros as my severe bad reaction was so painful. However although for me it has no pros I will list the pros I felt in the few minutes before the reaction began. Light fluid texture easy to apply Rapid drying Makes skin soft and tight initially Paraben free No animal testing Cons The fragrance is very similar to my eco washing up liquid Starts to burn face after only a few minutes Makes skin itch So uncomfortable it has to be washed off very quickly Makes skin bright red with painful burning sensation Takes more than 5 hours for intense redness and burning to begin to subside Does not state on tube to avoid eye area and as the product is so harsh this is very important information Natural Being Manuka Toning Gel (£4.99) and Natural Being Products are available at naturisimo.com