PRODUCT REVIEW: CODEX BEAUTY BIA COLLECTION FACIAL OIL – ONE OF THE BEST NATURAL FACE OILS FOR DRY SKIN
CODEX BEAUTY | BIA COLLECTION FACIAL OIL
This review was originally part of my blog article titled, “Brands I Love: Codex Beauty - Some of the Best Clean, Natural Skincare for Both Women and Men.” You can still catch the full piece here.
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Nothing gets me more excited about skin care than a well-formulated cleanser — except maybe a well-formulated facial oil.
As a man, it took me a very long time to come to embrace the miraculous benefits of facial oils. Like most guys, I thought a facial oil would be too heavy on my skin and, even worse, break me out.
And it took me even longer to understand that facial oils are just a different form of moisturizer — one that hydrates, soothes, replenishes, nourishes and, yes, moisturizes the skin. Most people don’t make that link. I now think of facial oils as moisturizers without the heavy cream base.
It seems like these oil-rich treatments began to make a big splash about two to three years ago. The Active Botanical Serum from Vintner’s Daughter was one of the first breakout facial oils on the scene. Suddenly, every brand needed to have one.
And as with so many products, Deciem’s The Ordinary brought multiple facial oils to the market and everyone hopped on board the facial oil express. The Ordinary’s single note oils like the 100% Organic Cold-Pressed Rose Hip Seed Oil, the 100% Organic Cold-Pressed Moroccan Argan Oil and the 100% Organic Virgin Chia Seed Oil are suddenly in everyone’s shelfies!
Codex really nailed it with their Bia collection Facial Oil. Without meaning to sound too extra, it’s exquisite! The Facial Oil is a wonderful blend of seven non-fragrant plant oils, including Rosehip Seed Oil, Kiwi Seed Oil, Baobab Seed Oil, Prickly Pear Seed oil and, of course, Almond Oil. Vitamin E and three botanical extracts round out the INCI — one of them being the aforementioned Fucus serratus (Serrated wrack) extract.
Okay, I can’t stand it. I just have to look it up! What the heck is a serrated wrack?!
Serrated Wrack is a brown lichen or seaweed that thrives just above the low water mark on rocky shores.
Rocky shores like those that surround Cork, Ireland — where Bia first came to be and where the Blarney Stone is. I know this because I’ve been. And, yes, I kissed it!
As you’d expect, the Bia Facial Oil is rich, silky, and elegant. It doesn’t feel overly greasy on skin but it does feel like your skin is being treated to something really healthy and nourishing. As with the others, the Facial Oil is perfectly well-rounded — a clean, non-toxic, reliably efficient formula that does what it’s supposed to do and does nothing it shouldn’t. And guess what, it makes a great post-shave treatment, too!
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The Ingredient List of the Codex Beauty Bia Facial Oil:
Rosa canina (Rosehip) seed oil, Actinidia chinensis (Kiwi) seed oil, Adansonia digitata (Baobab) seed oil, Prunus amygdalus dulcis (Almond) oil, Opuntia ficus-indica (Prickly pear) seed oil, Hippophae rhamnoides (Sea buckthorn) fruit extract, Fucus serratus (Serrated wrack) extract, Helianthus annuus (Sunflower) seed oil, Tocopherol, Myrica gale (Sweet gale) oil, Rosmarinus officinalis (Rosemary) leaf extract.
