Wild Ferns Manuka Honey Protective Hydrating Moisturiser with SPF30 Review

1. PACKAGING: Product came packaged in a well labelled and effective box. In the box is a tube with an open close lid. The tube is clearly well labelled and has everything you need to know about the product on it.

2. THE PRODUCT: Like the cleanser and toner, this product also has a strong fragrance. It's packed with alot of ingredients like Manuka Honey, Hibiscus Flower and butter milk powder to name a few. It says it is suitable for all skin types. The moisturiser is a thick white cream consistency. It feels slightly on the oily side. It claims to be SPF30 which you can kind of tell that it has this protection in it as the feel of it does resembles that of your everyday typical sunscreen.

3. HOW I USE IT: After cleansing and toning I will apply a small amount of the moisturiser to my finger tips. I then gently apply the moisturiser to my skin, avoiding contact with my eyes. I use this only in the morning.

4. MY FINAL THOUGHTS: I love that it has some amazing beneficial ingredients and that it also has SPF30 in it. However with my skin type and what I look for in a moisturiser, this product is not working for me. The fragrance it too strong for my liking and as it is usually my last step if I dont wear makeup, I find the fragrance settles and takes a while for it to actually fade away. I find the consistency of this moisturiser to be too thick and heavy feeling for my liking as I usually go for a lightweight moisturiser. And When I first started using this it felt thick on the skin and almost seemed as though it had left that white sunscreen cast on my face and being medium skintoned isn't a good look. However with all the flaws I found with this moisturiser, I believe that in conjunction with the cleanser and toner it has helped with the overall texture and appearance of my skin. So I guess with every bad thing comes some good.

Overall Ranking: 4/10

With an SPF30 rating, natural ingredients and a good portable tube package, this may be a very good summer moisturiser. It is slightly thicker than some moisturisers, almost more like sunscreen in consistency, but it applies smoothly and sits well under make up. A small amount will cover the face and neck meaning the 75ml tube will last well. This makes it good value and the packaging, while not fancy is ideal for travelling.

While not as bad as the cleanser from this range, the scent of honey and orange may be too strong for some people. Also this is not a very emollient moisturiser and never provided enough moisture to stop my dry/sensitive skin feeling tight.

This was a product I wanted to love as it would make a perfect swim bag standby with the sunscreen and packaging but it just didn't work for my skin

I have a lot of mixed feelings about this moisturiser. I love that it's SPF30, and it did wonders to calm the redness of my skin, but it's also not very nice smelling and incredibly sticky when you first apply it.

The packaging is nice enough, but fairly utilitarian - I would have liked something a bit more pretty like the face wash, or even the toner. That said, it was good and sturdy and survived travel with no leaks.

The scent isn't particularly nice, a fairly cloying, sticky sweet honey smell. But I don't like scents on my face at all, so it would probably be fine for those who don't mind.

It does seem to be incredibly soothing, though - I have a lot of red pigmentation on my face despite mostly being a yellow toned girl, so I usually use a light covering of concealer on lots of my face to even out the redness. While using this moisturiser, I found that the redness was reduced enough that I used about 1/3 less concealer compared to normal, so that was a definite bonus.

It is really, really sticky when you first apply it - applying it was incredibly smeary and took a little bit of gentle elbow grease, and then once it was worked into the skin it felt heavy, greasy, and so very sticky. At first I was tempted to just wash it off and never use it again, but I let it sit for a bit and fortunately it does settle in beautifully. It was nicely nourishing and I didn't find that my skin would get greasy, although I am fairly dry skinned.

I'll continue using this, and if my skin is noticeably more red when I stop using it I'll probably rebuy it.

Wild fern Manuka honey moisturiser was part of skincare regime which was I got trial for it. Thank you beautyreviews. I have love and hate relationship for this moisturiser.

I adore this kind of packaging because it's so handy from my point of views. Moisturiser comes in upside down small tube so it very good and my personally favourite so I can throw in my bag, very handy during traveling.

Brand claims this is hydrating and protecting moisturiser I 100% agree with that. I have de hydrate, normal to combination skin type. Moisturiser has quite weight on it, I mean when I apply i can feel on skin. It is very thick, white and grainy type of cream. It is not smooth at all. I don't use daily because I feel like too heavy and does my pore looks large.

But still I liked it because (1) I can use when I wear matte foundation, give me super duper primer type of skin. (2) when I am going out and feel lazy to apply face moisturiser and spf (3) when I want dewy skin. Love it

Make sure you use tiny bit. Otherwise you feel so greasy. I am tan skin ( nc40/nc42 just reference) if I apply too much then gives me white cast. Do I repurchase ? Not sure

I was really excited to try this because I've heard great things about Manuka honey, so I had high expectations for this product. First off, the scent is leans towards slightly sweet so that may affect people who are sensitive to smells however I didn't have a problem with it.

I used about a pea sized amount of product and that covered my whole face. I found that it took a while for me to rub the moisturiser into my skin and to also absorb into my skin and during this time it felt quite greasy and also a bit rough on my skin. But once it had absorbed into my skin, it longer felt heavy or greasy. That was a big negative for me because the day moisturisers I normally use are very light and fast absorbing.

Once huge positive for me was that it has SPF in it which is so important in a moisturiser especially if you're outdoors a lot this summer.

I also noticed that this moisturiser is very deeply hydrating and it kept my skin hydrated the entire day.

Overall I think that this is a good moisturiser but there are definitely better ones out there.

Love the packaging on this product, such a cute wee tube and easy to use design. i loved that it had SPF in it but also found that it felt like i was applying straight sunscreen to my face, and left it white. It takes quite a while to soak into the skin and is super thick. Aside from that, it leaves the skin feeling super soft once it is soaked it and i am continuing to use this daily - not my new holy grail but it is great for days where i will be getting a bit of sun exposure

This moisturizer did what it says it does. It had a lovely consistency and the fact that its SPF 30 is a great bonus. What I didn't like about this product is that it felt like it was grainy, almost like an exfoliating cleanser. I'm not sure if I received a dud product or what but the little bits did go away eventually.

Once on, the product did a pretty good job of keeping my face hydrated, but I'm not sure I'd purchase again as I feel there may be better value for money products out there.

It didn't rock my boat but as with the facial wash I think this was more of a personal preference.

The packaging is not overly attractive but very functional and sturdy and perfectly OK.

I found the formula quite thick and almost balmy but I was pleasantly surprised at how well it absorbed in to the skin. When I first applied it I found it heavy and thought 'oh no...' but it absorbed quickly for the most part. I will say I found it slightly tacky after applying. I felt I had to wait a while to apply makeup but after I did my makeup held really well.

The scent is quite pleasant and not overly strong at all, its more subtle than the other products.

I gave the SPF30 a hard trial in 30 degree Central Otago full sun, it held up well! I spent full days out boating and would apply this in the morning and then again after swimming and suffered no burn.

So for me it was mainly the texture that put me off, I like a really light moisturiser but if you like something heavier you would probably really enjoy this - especially for the price!

This was sent to me by the beauty review team. This comes in a handy tube and you only need a pea size of it to spread over your face. It starts off a little greasy and you need to work it into your skin but once it's absorbed it's all soaked up and my skin great. A major plus point for me is that it has sunscreen in it which means I don't have to put on an extra layer. I would definitely go for it again but unfortunately it does not do much for my post delivery peeling skin and that is a major area of concern at the moment.