Review: Eanvie Nature Snail Essence

Volume: 70ml

Price: A little over RM 30 for 2 bottles of this with shipping

Availability: eanvie.com

Description: Specially active eanvie cosmetic natural treatment that uses a highly concentrated formulation of natural materials. Eanvie contains moisturizing natural ingredients for maintaining the skin balance.

Ingredients:

This snail essence contains lots of goodies like EGF, snail mucus filtrate

I bought this because Mizon's Snail RecoveryGel Cream at home is used up already. So off I went to search for another snail infused moisturiser, because the previous seller is not selling Mizon anymore!  I came across this product on Qoo10 but I have never heard of the brand. It was a leap of faith (and a quest to buy cheap but good products) so let's see how it fares!

The clean cut box :)

and the product is in a squeeze tube.

Snail essence... I've always thought essences are drippy or creamy serum-ish but this one is different. It is like a watery gel which melts right away when you rub it in. It is fairly easy to absorb and also not sticky.

The essence is heavily perfumed but thankfully not coloured, although it contains parabens.

The essence is like clear gel and does not leave a sticky residue, although the perfume lingers for quite some time.

The effects:

I've used this since about a month ago, and I'm quite satisfied with this. No breakouts, moisturises my skin etc.

If I had to choose between Mizon's SnailRecovery Gel Cream or this, I would choose Mizon's.

Why, you ask?

It did not perform as well as Mizon's gel cream. Eanvie's snail essence was okay-good, but there are several drawbacks like alcohol, perfume and parabens, whereas Mizon's did not contain any of the above mentioned ingredients. Plus, I feel that given the name "essence", it should deliver the promises and benefits that exceed normal moisturisers.

Edit (Nov 11): After using this for 3 months, I noticed this essence whitens my face wonderfully. When I used this after Purebess Galactomyces Essence, my face becomes extremely smooth and bright. This essence is very good at whitening, so if you girls/guys out there are aiming to get fairer, this one should work wonderfully.

The good: cheap, good moisturiser, maintains my skin well, easily absorbed

The bad: fragrance, alcohol, parabens