Evolu Travel Tower Review

I got these recently for travel and was pretty excited because I have heard a lot of good things about the Evolu brand and I like how portable and functional they are for travel.

The pots themselves are really cute and easy to open and use the product. I really enjoyed each individual product and felt they gave my skin exactly what it needed. It is quite small and they don't really last that long so I think I will just refill the pots themselves with some other products I have to take away after it is used up.

I purchased this at Farmers because I thought it would be ideal for taking on holiday, and also for sampling the products before purchasing full sized ones. I have no complaints about any of these products, I particularly liked the soothing eye gel which was gentle and non-irritating on my eyes. I am going to purchase the full sized version of this and also the day cream and hand cream.

I have received one of these travel towers ages ago in one of my subscription boxes and I find the idea pretty good, just take one stack on holidays and you’re good to go! I had to throw mine out sadly, because I’ve tightened one or 2? of the parts way too hard and no one could open it up and it was driving me crazy. I’ve used most of them up, so I got a great trial of everything evolu has for face care. My absolute favourites were the exfoliator, which wasn’t too harsh and abrasive, had very fine particles in it, made my skin so smooth and the eye cream-gel, so soothing and cooling, felt so nice and luxurious to put on. The night cream was very rich and nourishing, I enjoyed it a lot, as my skin is on the dryer side. The cream cleanser was ok, nothing special though, it didn’t remove all my makeup easily, had to use a micellar water either before or after. The day cream was much lighter and more suitable for normal or combination/oilier skin types, but I could work with it too. Sad I couldn’t reuse this tower because I couldn’t get that one part open again, I totally would’ve filled up the parts again for travelling! Also, everything smelt so nice too, I think there is some added natural scents in it, but not sure.

Firstly, I love this brand has it has a fresh gentle scent. There are 10ml of each product in the stack which is enough for at least 3 days’ usage. Contains: Relaxing Creme Cleanser, Renewing Facial Exfoliator, Soothing Eye Gel, Balancing Day Cream, Balancing Overnight Cream, Nourishing Hand+Cuticle Cream. The Balancing Day Cream is for normal or combination skins and looks a bit thick but is actually quite light and absorbs well into skin. My fav is the Balancing Overnight cream as it gives wonderful hydration and I woke up with lovely soft skin. I did think the cost was a little high but given the reusable containers , I think i can look pass that.

I received an Evolu Travel Tower in the BBBE "The Complete Natural Skin Care" box. The tube shaped travel tower stands 10.5cm tall by 3cm wide, and has six 10ml sample pottles that all twist securely together, with a lime green lid. If you purchase the travel tower directly from Evolu's website, you receive an additional lid, which means that you can divide the tower into two, if you need to. This extra lid would have been handy to have, but I didn't receive the additional lid with my travel tower from BBBE.

Relaxing Creme Cleanser - a white creme cleanser with a very gentle non-foaming formula, that has a definite scent of geranium, and is suitable for all skin types. I was really impressed with this creme cleanser, not only did it effectively remove all traces of make-up, it also left my naturally oily skin feeling really clean and soft, while still providing a deep clean without managing to completely strip my skin.

Renewing Facial Exfoliator - The facial exfoliator has the same geranium scent as the Creme Cleanser, and is also a white cream consistency with rather large jojoba bio-beads that act as exfoliating granules. The scrub does cleanse well with out drying out my skin, but I'm not a fan of the large beads and prefer a finer scrub or exfoliator, so I won't be purchasing any more of this product.

Soothing Eye Gel - This transparent gel relieves, cools, calms and refreshes the eye area, while reducing puffiness. It is fragrance-free, although it does have a slight fresh, clean Aloe Vera smell. I found that this non-irritant gel formula was readily absorbed by my skin, and it has a non-oily, non-sticky feel, which makes it really pleasant to use. It's a wonderful eye gel and I'd definitely consider purchasing a full sized tube.

Balancing Day Cream - This lightweight cream nourishes and hydrates to help balance the skin's natural moisture levels, while being non-greasy with no oily after feel, and is perfect to use under make-up. It is designed for combination skin types, although it worked well on my oily skin, too, and it has a very delicate fruity scent.

Balancing Overnight Cream - This intensively moisturizing night cream helps to regulate, condition and replenish skin, and maintaining elasticity and skin radiance. It is lightweight and non-greasy, although I did find this night cream to be far too rich for my oily skin type, probably because of the shea butter, and it makes me perspire around my nose and chin for a good half hour after application, even in cool weather, which I know is a sign that this moisturiser isn't right for my skin type.

Being a flight attendant the Evolu Travel Tower is perfect for my overnights. It helps cut down products that I take in my LAG (Liquids, Aerosol & Gel) bag and gives me more room to take other necessities. There is an extra lid in the stack if you feel like dividing the products or only feel like taking a couple of products on a day trip.

The tower contains 6 cute little pottles that contain skincare products from the Evolu range. There is only 10mls of product in each pottle so would only last about 2 weeks but they are refillable so can refill them with full sized products or fill with DIY skincare.

The review of each product in the Evolu Travel Tower:

Nourishing Hand Cream: I already had his product in the full size and love it! My hands love it and feel hydrated and healthy afterwards. It doesn’t make my hands oily and greasy.

Cream Cleaner: I have very sensitive skin so I usually just use Cetaphil cleanser and was nervous to try a new cleansing product on my skin. I was presently surprised as it wasn’t drying and cleansed most of my eye make up off. My skin didn’t turn red and was soft afterwards. Very happy!

Facial Exfoliator: Loved the exfoliator, the beads are small and not to rough, so it’s perfect for sensitive skin. It also didn’t leave my skin dry and tight, which exfoliators normally do to my skin.

Soothing Eye Gel: I never use eye cream so didn’t notice any difference although the gel was very cooling – perfect for early mornings to get rid off puffiness. Perfect to rejuvenate eyes after a long flight or early mornings.

Overnight Cream: This is similar to the day cream although it is thicker, perfect for hydrating skin overnight. Skin woke up hydrated but not oily.

I recieved one of these in a goodie bag at a fashion show and was stoked! Never seen it before then and hadnt thought to buy Evolu products before. From memory, it had a cream cleanser, scrub, day moisturiser, night cream and eye serum - can't remember the 6th! The products themselves were nice and gentle on my skin, had a plesant fresh scent and the tower was so handy!! I would keep in in my purse when I'd think would be staying over night somewhere! And the products lasted longer than expected. Too be honest, once they all ran out I just kept refilling them with my own products! :) It also prompted me to buy the Evolu scrub and moisturiser! Definitely give this a go if you are looking to buy their products as its a good tester and such convenient packaging for a weekend or overnight stay!

I bought an Evolu Travel Tower years ago - it was on special and I was living in Welly and having to travel to see family and friends all over the place, as well as travel on the odd occasion for work, so I thought 'why not?' and I was glad I did.

The little pots are the perfect size for stashing in your toilet bag and they made keeping up your beauty routine so easy. I wasn't a regular Evolu user as it was outside of my budget, but the products were lovely and didn't cause any breakouts or dryness. Obviously there's not enough in the pots to see long term effects, but as the short term ones were good I'd have been keen to continue using them, and if I could have afforded to, I would have. The best part of this tower though was that you could refill the pots once empty with similar product (cleanser in the cleanser pot etc), so it could be used again and again.

Somewhere during the mists of time I managed to lose my Tower, but if I were to take up travelling on a regular basis again (fast forward 16 years or so when the little one is older, or perhaps fast forward 30 years to when I have Kiwisaver cash and decide to travel with my retirement money, lol) I'll definitely repurchase. Very much recommend for those who take regular trips.

Love this product. Was given it as a gift and find it is so handy. All the products are lovely to use, and I find they actually last a long time because you only need a little bit. You could always refill the empty containers I guess but I haven't had to yet. Only problem is that there is no makeup remover, but the eye cream works quite well for eye makeup.