Papulex Oil Free Cream Review

WHAT IS IT: Papulex Oil Free Cream

THE PRODUCT(S):

Papulex Oil Free Cream: Papulex Oil Free Cream helps reduce skin blemishes and control oil. Contains moisturisers to hydrate and protect the skin plus special mattifying agents to help skin stay shine-free. Apply to affected areas after cleansing morning and night.

The oil free cream surprisingly smells nothing like the cleansing gel, and it is definitely true to what it claimed, that it is oil free.

VERDICT: The scent of this oil free cream is surprisingly nothing like it's counterpart, the cleansing gel. It actually smells pretty normal, like what regular facial cream is supposed to. In short, it is nothing surprising and yet it neither borders on nauseousness too. In fact, if you were to present me the oil free cream without letting me know what brand it is, I'd probably thought it's a regular facial cream.

The texture and consistency of the cream is actually slightly creamy without feeling and looking heavy, unlike what I've expected. I find that it spreads on my skin pretty decently, without too much fuss and it gets absorbed into my skin rather well too. I've tried other supposedly "oil free" cream and most times, it looks and feels light but ended up not being exactly "oil-free" as it claimed to be. For example, my skin looking so oily and shiny, which made me wonder how exactly "oil-free" does it claimed to be.

And despite hours after application of this "oil-free" cream, I am glad to say that my skin doesn't look oily nor shiny due to excess sebum. Which I personally find rather surprising, as most oil-free cream only ended up making my skin looked like I've taken a dip in a pool of sebum. Yep, that is exactly how I felt when I encountered facial cream that promises but never quite delivers.

And as mentioned in the previous cleansing gel review, this oil-free cream didn't exactly help to clear off old and new blemish. In fact, I still see my blemish scars as visibly as though I only got the blemish hours ago. And in short, I think this brand is probably using photoshop of some sort, since most of their testimonial photos tend to look slightly hazy and blurry while the claims are reputedly "I am blemish free thanks to Papulex".

VERDICT: ✓✓

WHAT I THINK: Slightly hazy and blurry testimonial photos that claims a product works isn't really going to convince me it's a good product. Consumers aren't stupid to believe something without trying something out. This is definitely not a product that helps clear off blemishes, as far as my skin can attest to. In short, I have more doubts regarding this product than ever after seeing their "testimonial photos".

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Papulex Moussant Soap Free Cleansing Gel Review

WHAT IS IT: Papulex Moussant Soap Free Cleansing Gel

THE PRODUCT(S):

Papulex Moussant Soap Free Cleansing Gel: Papulex Moussant Soap Free Cleansing Gel is a soap free cleansing gel that helps reduce skin blemishes while gently cleansing and moisturising the skin. Recommended to be used morning and night to help clear blemishes and help prevent future breakouts. The Papulex® Moussant cleansing gel contains moisturising agents to hydrate and soothe leaving skin smooth and refreshed.

The color of the cleansing gel is a clear bluish color, but the scent reminds me of floor cleaning detergent. And, my acne scars and blemishes are still on my face. Not blemish-free as their Facebook page "fans" claimed :(

VERDICT: The scent of this cleansing gel actually reminds me of floor cleaning detergent or more accurately, the type of hand washing gel that you can find in public toilets and the similar type of toilet cleaning smell in public toilets too. So basically, this cleansing gel doesn't smell like anything similar to facial cleansing gels at all. Which I personally find a huge turnoff in terms of using it.

Also, it claimed to be a "soap-free" cleansing gel, therefore, it's expected not to sud up so much when using it. And yet, I experienced this mild tugging and pulling sensation as I was using this to wash my face. Mind you, I've used other similar "soap-free" facial cleansing gel and soap, and most of them doesn't even have this pull-and-tug sensation that I've experienced with this Papulex Moussant Soap Free Cleansing Gel cleansing gel.

And for most of us living in the S.E.Asia region, Papulex Asia Facebook constantly have users who commented and testified that they are blemish-free from using their products. Initially, I only requested 1 sample kit/duo from Papulex. But upon reading their so-called "blemish-free reviews" , I decided to use a second FB account to get another one more sample kit/duo. This would have meant that I have more to try and test out. And ironically, my face looks pretty much the same, acne scars and blemishes are still very visible on my skin, with no signs of fading.

I personally think what's even worse is that, all the "testimonial photos" are all slightly hazy and blurry. And I don't mean just a small percentage, it's like, almost every "testimonial photos" that claimed to be "blemish-free" after using Papulex products are all slightly hazy and blurry. It's almost as if some sort of Photoshop was done on the photos before it got turned slightly hazy and blurry so sharp eyes can't tell the difference nor be able to see any sort of "photoshop" work done to the photos in question.

VERDICT: ✓

WHERE TO REDEEM SAMPLE: Sampling activity is over. This is by far the most misleading product I've used. I've heard of using Photoshop to enhance one's photos (like XiaXue does), but this is the first time I am suspecting a company of using Photoshop to try and mislead their users into thinking their product(s) work. In short, I have more doubts regarding this product than ever after seeing their "testimonial photos".

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