review: Ole Henriksen, Vitamin Plus facial creme

Do not be confused, gentle voxette. This isn't a repeat; it's an encore. My first trial of OH product was negative and this trial is... less negative?

Vitamin_plus

Please note, this bottle is green where the other was red. Vitamin Plus is marketed as the oily skin "lotion" for the line. I received a small, normal trial-size and I hadn't yet used all of it before deciding to discontinue its use.

My skin is extremely oily and blemish-prone but since I started using Murad's line (to be reviewed in the future), I've had far less occurrences. Some could argue that my advanced years may help but I have both parents and a sibling with acne, too. It's 100% in our genes. The best thing for it is exercise and de-stressing. Anything else may help but nothing like the hormonal influence.

Back to Vitamin Plus!

The creme feels like a creme: it's heftier than most "light" skin conditioners for oily skin. This disturbed me at first but it quickly dehydrated and left no extra waxy feeling. I noticed over several days of use, it had a mild mattifying (probably the oat bran) effect that helped show less shine than normal for a few hours. Once three or four hours had passed, that all went the way-side.

I believe for most moderately-oily complexions, this is a basic, "fine" moisturizer but buyer beware: 1.7 oz = 35USD

You can get a basic moisturizer for oily skin from most makers, including "all natural" products, if that's the edge Ole Henriksen had for you.

My most distressing issue is for those, who like me, have a history of acne. I started this product with a clear complexion and ended with one pimple on my cheekbone (I never get them there) and seven, SEVEN on my chin. They were small, non-hormonal and EW. I stopped using it after the fourth day (total) and second day of waking up to more pimples. I've used Retin-A, which leads to cellular turnover and for those like me, that means a never-ending stream of small pimples much like the ones Vitamin Plus brought out.

If you need cellular turnover and aren't troubled by these small eruptions or the price of the product, it may be for you. It's certainly not for me.