Essence of Fiji Papaya Cleansing Milk Review

I chose this product from the beauty vault last year because it looked so luscious and the packaging - a foil squeeze packet more commonly associated with kids yoghurt - was so darn cute.

When I first received it, my first thought was 'gosh, that's small!' I was glad I hadn't purchased it because I would have been rather upset at how little I was getting for my money (50ml). My second thought was 'is this for my body or my face?' I made a decision that it was for my face based on the price!

I saved it for a little while, prolonging that delicious moment of opening a new product, but last week I opened it while travelling (the foil packet makes it a perfect travel product). The first couple of times I used it I didn't notice anything particular, but after almost a week of use I realised my face was stinging slightly when I applied it and even after I washed it off my skin felt dry and sensitised. The product is described as 'mild, non stripping, normal, dry & mature skin', so I didn't except my combination (but prone to oily) skin to react like that to a cream cleanser. To add insult to injury, I've now got spots coming up on my chin where the product didn't work as well as my regular cleansers.

This was very disappointing, though it made me really really glad I got it from the Beauty Vault instead of purchasing. I will be passing this one on to someone with less sensitive skin than mine!

So I was lucky enough to obtain this product in the last beauty vault. When it arrived and it was so small I thought wow, that’s not a lot of product for the price, and to be fair, I was prepared to be a little scathing about it.

The packaging is a quirky, soft, pack in a pretty teal with a picture of a Pacifica lady, giving it an earthy organic feel. The lid unscrews and voila! - a delicious aroma (presumably papaya) greets the senses.

The product is a cream that glides silkily onto the skin. Now I really love thick creams for cleansing and moisturising, so this really suits me. It doesn’t require much product to get a great result.

After rinsing, my skin looks and feels very fresh and clean and feels quite soft.

The product claim states it will moisturise the skin with lingering & exotic fragrance of the pacific, lavishing the skin with Vitamin E, Virgin coconut oil, Almond oil, Frangipani oil. It certainly has an exotic pacific fragrance, and the silky feel is most likely due to the lovely oils it contains.

So all in all it is a lovely product, and I would happily recommend trying it to my others. I’m very tempted to comment about the price but the quality of the product is actually preventing me from doing so, as I feel I would be unfair to the product if I were to do so. It is $33, but I guess each user would have to decide if it is worth it. Actually, I’d say it is.

I have really struggled with this product for a start there are no instructions on the product. I have no idea if its a wash off product or wipe off. They only state its a good eye makeup remover that leads me to assume its a wipe off and for that reason I will not purchase again as I prefer wash off.

The packaging is unique squeegee pack, would be awesome for traveling. The screw top lid is a hassle to use. Though would be incredibly environmentally friendly. I found it non drying and nourishing I could have skipped night cream. The texture is thick and creamy, it does not lather which I should also struggle with. But considering its made for dry and mature skin this what those skin types need. The smell is very lemon like probably due to essential oil in it.

The product is natural based, there is no parabens but ingredient list doesn't look very natural nor could I see any Papaya. This could just be due to them listing chemical names.

A unique Fijian product that I got to try thanks to the beauty vault.

When i first recieved this product my first thought was "its so tiny" , its pretty much the same size as one of those baby food/ yoghurt pouches, but on saying that you use next to none of it in an application.

My first try I used about a thumb nail and i think that was too much, so you need to remember a little goes a very long way. I loved how soft and smooth the texture was while i was rubbing it into my cheeks, it felt like clouds and that feeling was left on my face for hours afterwards.

The smell is so lovley and really suttle, I find it a little hard to describe the smell but i really liked it.

I didn't like how there was absolutly no instructions on the packet as to how to use it. I ended up having to go on google to figure out if I was meant to apply water, wash the product off or what. Once I had figured out how to use it it was amazing tho .

I don't think I would ever re purchase the product because of the price tag tho, it's really expensive especially when you don't get much