Pai Camellia & Rose Gentle Hydrating Cleanser

Whilst I maybe a loyal Eve Lom fan I am not averse to trying a different cleanser especially in the mornings.

The Pai Camellia and Rose Gentle Hydrating Cleanser is a cream cleanser, more gel texture to me than cream cleanser.

I have pumped a bit out below next to Liz Earle Cleanse and Polish and sheered out.

Pai on the left, Cleanse and Polish on the right.

I like this cleanser, it mixes well with water and rinses off easily, leaving my skin cool and calm. It has a pleasant slightly citrusy smell but it is a very mild scent.

I have concerns about the pump which does not to my mind deliver enough for a whole face, and if I do use it to remove makeup, I need to double cleanse.  The product states that it is suitable to remove eye makeup, but I find that my eyes do sting.

Currently £25 for 100mls which for something that lasts me a little over 1 month is a bit on the steep side for me, especially as my daughter has taken a shine to it :)

Ingredients below

A few empties

From L - R

Pai Echium Eye Cream - I have to thank amodelrecommends for her review and subsequent offer. Eye creams are not easy I think, too light and zero effect, too rich and puffy eyelids, at least that's what happens to me. For me an eye cream should really "do no harm". My problems with my eyes are discolouration on the lids - hello concealer, and sagging eyelids which no amount of ingredients are going to reduce and I do a) have the spare funds for surgery, or b) have the spare funds for surgery.
This eyecream is definately a cream with the texture of a cream albeit a light one, and it does the job, it moisturises, does not irritate, and leaves my eyelids feeling cool and calm. I do not like the pump, a pump never delivers anything less than a dollop which is far too much for 2 eyelids. Currently £24 for 10mls from paiskincare.com 

Sarah Chapman Dynamic Defence SPF15 Day Cream - I have already bought my replacement of this and have already used up a previous bottle. In a life where I flit about like a butterfly trying this lotion and this potion, it is a delight to find a product which a cannot better for my skin. Rich and creamy without being heavy, my oily/sensitive/combination skin has a real affinity with this day cream. Currently £43 for 40mls from SpaceNK but QVC often do good value kits.

Trilogy Rosehip Oil - I like face oils very much and tend to always have one on the go, I currently have 3 rosehip oils on the go (whoops!) and will do a comparison post at some stage. This rosehip oil by Trilogy is quite light, spreads easily into the skin without feeling at all greasy and for someone with oilier skin that is a bonus. Rosehip oil seems to calm the redness in my face and I notice when I don't use it. £16.50 for 20mls from Boots

Essie 3-Way Glaze - I do still have a little left in this bottle but it is on its way out. This rescues my nails, it is designed as a base coat, top coat and treatment all in one and it really does work, I can almost see my nails growing, and it doesn't dry my nails or cause any subsequent coats of varnish to peel off. I buy mine from Boots

Pai Rice Plant and Rosemary BioAffinity Toner

I have to thank amodelrecommends for her reviews of Pai products. Ruth's reviews really sparked my interest in this brand.

I have used a tad more than half of this so it is about time I reviewed it. Firstly what beautiful packaging, this is a heavy glass bottle with an excellent fine spray (marred by a slightly loose plastic cover), the outer container has information about the ingredients.

I chose the Rice Plant and Rosemary toner, which is geared towards the combination skin and is designed to calm and rebalance. There is also a Lotus and Orange Blossom BioAffinity Toner to tone and hydrate dry sensitive skin - Grace at LondonMakeupGirl has reviewed it.

Now this is not a cheap product, it is £30 for 50mls which may seem a tad excessive for what is surely just a bit of deionised water with a bit of essential oils added isn't it? Well no, having studied aromatherapy a bit there are plant waters called hydrolats or hydrosols which are the names given to the water gathered when the plant is steam distilled in order to extract the essential oils, these waters retain the qualities of the plant essential oil but in a less concentrated form.

To me toners are an integral part of my skincare, I used to dispense with toners belonging to the generation where a toner literally took your skin off with the amount of alcohol or even acetone (an ingredient in nail varnish remover) in them. But times have changed and toners are much more gentle now and have less agressive ingredients, to me a toner rebalances one's skin ready for the serum/moisturiser and living in a hard water area I want something to neutralise my skin (or to be completely accurate restore the acid mantle ;-)

I spray 3-4 pumps into my hands and spread all over my face pre moisturising. In the 8 weeks or so of use this has been a bit of a slow burner, my skin has not been irritated by this at all and I was not expecting to see a difference in my skin, it is a toner for goodness sakes, but this is fabulous, it is like a very fluid serum, it really is. It is emensely calming and cooling which on my reddened skin is a boon and I could no more miss this step out of my skin care than I could forget to brush my teeth.

I have been using a few Pai skin products since the summer and will review them shortly, for they are a complete joy to use.

I think that I will try the Lotus and Orange Blossom BioAffinity Toner for the winter months. More information from paiskincare