Naruko Am+Pm Super Triple HA + B3 Brightening Complex

Packaging/Pricing:

 

30ml (1.05fl.oz) for 35$ (naruko). It is not a cheap product, but it is still affordable, considering they always offer promotions on the website. Opaque tube is perfect for storing a serum. Overall design is sleek and minimalistic. I have to mention that the outer packaging (paper cylinder) is rather cool looking.

Body Care: Natural/Organic Body Lotions Overview

Jason Cocoa Butter Hand and Body Lotion; Jason Rejuvinating E.F.A. Hand and Body Lotion; Lily of the Desert Aloe 80 Aloe and Lavender  Hand and Body Lotion; Desert Essence Bulgarian Lavender  Hand and Body Lotion; Now Cocoa Butter Lotion; Now Vitamin C ans Sea Buckthorn Lotion

Jason Cocoa Butter Hand and Body Lotion ~7$ for 227g (8oz)

Water, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Glyceryl Stearate SE, Glycerin, Dimethicone, Ethylhexyl Palmitate, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, Cetyl Alcohol, Stearyl Alcohol, Theobroma Cacao (Cocoa) Seed Butter, Persea Gratissima (Avocado) Oil, Chamomilla Recutita (Matricaria) Flower Extract, Allantoin, Panthenol, Tocopheryl Acetate, Hydroxyethylcellulose, Carbomer, Potassium Hydroxide, Phenoxyethanol, Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Benzoate, Benzyl Benzoate, Fragrance. 

Really nice ingredient list with vitamins E and B5, plant oils, allantoin and chamomile extract. The texture feels almost like a whipped cream, it absorbs into skin very quickly and doesn't require extra rubbing in, which is very important for me. I also mix it with lotions that are hard to spread. The scent is very strong though, it smells very sweet and dessert like, and it stays on clothes and can overpower your perfume.
Probably a repurchase. 
4,5 out of 5.

Jason Rejuvenating E.F.A. Hand and Body Lotion ~7 for 227g (8oz)

Andalou Naturals Age Defying Kit

ANDALOU naturals brand is my current obsession. I've been trying lots of their products, and though some of them do contain essential oils, there are many products where they are present in small amounts, and otherwise the formulations are really good. The products are based around fruit stem cell science, which I am not really buying into as of now. I feel they are more plant extracts, than animal like stem cells really. But that aside, other ingredients used in the products are well researched and amazing for the skin.

I like to go for starter kits in the skin care. You get the feel for the brand and do not commit to full size products you may not end up liking. Andalou brand offers four different lines (brightening, clarifying, age defying and sensitive), and each line has a starter kit. I quickly ran through ingredients in those kits and found that age defying kit seems the best one. In general, I never stick to one line of products from a brand, I mix and match to my skin concerns and liking, and I usually recommend that to everyone. But when you do not know where to start, to get a sample pack is a good idea. You can purchase a kit for around 15-20$. I've got mine on IHERB.com as usual (here). The set comes with five deluxe size products (enough for roughly 2 weeks).

• Apricot Probiotic Cleansing Milk 24ml (0.8fl.oz). Full size: 178ml (6fl.oz) for ~13$.

• Blossom + Leaf Toning Refresher 15ml (0.5fl.oz). Full size: 178ml (6fl.oz) for ~13$.

• BioActive 8 Berry Fruit Enzyme Mask 30ml (1fl.oz). Full size: 50ml (1.7fl.oz) for ~15$.

• Super Goji Peptide Perfecting Cream 12 ml (0.4fl.oz). Full size: 50ml (1.7fl.oz) for ~25$.

• Resveratrol Q10 Night Repair Cream 12 ml (0.4fl.oz). Full size: 50ml (1.7fl.oz) for ~25$.

Apricot Probiotic Cleansing Milk 

Aloe Barbadensis Juice, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Oil

MEDYSKIN Line Eraser Eye Serum