I don’t know about you but I like to moisturise every time I have a shower or bath and I even though it’s boring and wastes precious time, especially when the morning rush is on, if I don’t slap the cream on my skin feels terribly dry. I don’t really mind which body cream I use, I’m not particularly fussy. In the months after Christmas I end up using the lovely smelling ones I’ve received as gifts, then if I have to buy it I usually just go for ones that are easy to apply and easily absorbed, I don’t have time to be waiting ages for it to dry before I can get dressed!
I’m always up for trying new or different products so when the lovely people at Bio Oil asked me if I’d like to review their famous product I jumped at the chance!
I must admit I’ve never used it before so it was a great opportunity to try it out. I know all about it though, I’ve seen it in the shops and read the articles in the magazines but I have always thought it’s for problem skin or stretch marks… I believe it is the ‘miracle product’ for stretch marks and it is recommended you start using it twice a day from the start of your second trimester if you’re using it for this reason. However, even though I’ve got four children I can happily say I managed to avoid stretch marks with all of them, I don’t have problem skin so I genuinely thought I had no need for this oil really.
When I delved a bit deeper in preparation for this review I can see Bio Oil has many uses, on the bottle it says it is ‘specialist skincare for….
- Scars
- Stretch marks
- Uneven skin tone
- Ageing skin
- dehydrated skin’
So, goodie, dehydrated skin… that’s what I’ll use it for!
The oil is made up of mainly plant extracts which give it that unique floral scent, which IS quite strong but doesn’t linger and is actually rather nice. It contains vitimins and minerals as well as oils, of course but the formulation has the special PurCellin Oil which apparently changes the consistency to make it less greasy, therefore allowing the skin to absorb more of the beneficial vitamins and minerals.
I have been using the oil for over a week now and although the directions of use on the bottle state you need to apply twice daily for a minimum of three months to see results, I am already noticing it’s moisturising benefits.
I have mainly been using it sparingly as a body moisturiser but paying special attention to my neck and chest, as I’m noticing signs of ageing here, and also on my feet (this hot weather means my feet need to be gloriously soft and smooth before being paraded around in sandals and flip flops!)… and the feeling of my skin being hydrated all day is fabulous. To the touch, the skin on my neck and chest feels as though I’ve just moisturised right at the end of the day, when in actual fact, it was applied early in the morning.
The formulation IS oily but not overly and it does absorb quickly but not fully, which I like and my skin needs. My skin feels completely nourished and very soft.
Obviously I haven’t been using it long enough to be able to say if I’ve noticed any significant changes to my skin but if my skin feels nice and hydrated then I’m happy. I will continue to use it and judging by how little I need to use each time I apply, I can see my little bottle lasting for quite some time, which is a bonus!
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Disclaimer: I was sent a bottle of Bio Oil for the purposes of giving an honest review
uneven skin tone on my face and legs
a scar on my stomach
Stretch marks
stretch marks
I would love to try it on my stretch marks and C section scar! Thanks for linking up with #TriedTested
I would use it especially on my legs as the skin there is always dry and has white flaky skin even though I moisturise daily.
I was left with ugly scars on my breast after life threatning condition and C-section scar so I would use it to treat my scars
I’d use it on my stomach, where I’ve got stretch marks and need to give it some attention!
to cover a scar thankyou
A scar x
I have a scar on my neck, from a car accident and bio oil has helped to fade it significantly so I would used on that
Stretch marks on my belly and hips
dry skin on my legs
Old scar from operation, and dry skin.
Stretch marks!
Psoriasis patches
Some scars on my legs
I’m pregnant with my seventh baby so need all the help I can get!
Stretchmarks. 🙁 I lost a lot of weight and they were my reward. 🙁 🙁 🙁
to help reduce the apearance of scars
I have a scar on my right hand, below the knuckle, caused by slicing it on a cracked tumbler glass when washing the pots. I’m told this can help prevent tightness of skin and help heal.
Stretch marks
stretch marks x
Stretch Marks on my ass 🙁
uneven skin tone
Stretch marks post two children. I know they are meant to be a badge of honour, but if they could be a fainter badge I’d be happier!
My dry legs!
On my feet, which are very dry.
Dry skin
Stretch marks on my legs that have plagued me for years
stretch marks
Corners of my eye which are a bit dry & red Thanks
I have very dry, very sensitive skin on my legs. I’m hoping that Bio Oil would be able to help, since I can’t use conventional moisturisers because my skin reacts to them.
scars from my psoriasis
Last year I started suffering really bad ingrown hairs on my legs…I now have lots of scars from that…plus stretch marks on the back of my legs. I always thought I’d always have nice legs to show off, in my family women get fat tummies and bottoms but keep long slender legs, hate that I now have to hide my legs 🙁
My horrible feet x
Stretch Marks on my hips & belly.
Stretch marks
dry skin on my legs
Mainly stretch marks but I’ve also got some scars on my arm which I would love to use it on to see if it helps reduce them x
reducing brown marks on my face during pregnancy
stretch marks
dry skin on legs
My knees! I have dry skin on them and I also have a scar on the back, I know it works wonders on those too!
Stretch marks.
Would love to try it on my hands and elbows as they are really dry.
I have very sensitive skin – so I can use it as hand cream for my very dry hands and even my rosacea on my face 🙂
At the moment, it would be my feet which are still dry whatever I do. In the past I used it to dramatically reduce a burn mark on my hand. It didn’t bother me but I did get tired of people asking “Oh, what’s wrong with your hand?”.
Some stretchmarks on my arms.
The dreaded stretch marks. ):
Love Bio Oil
stretch marks!
I’d use it to minimise the appearance of a facial scar
I’d love to try this, right now I have 6 bright scars from having some moles treated a few weeks ago. I’m happier with the scars than the moles, but I’d like to see whether bio oil would fade them faster!
Stretchmarks!
Brown marks on skin
Stretch marks on my stomach and thighs
I had surgery on my back and bio oil has been recommended to help with it
scars on my legs
When i have a dark bottom sheet on my bed it has large areas of flaky skin visible on it. I would love to treat my worst areas with this oil.
scars, i’m very pale and they show up a ridiculous amount.
Scars from learning how to cook
Ageing skin
My ridiculously dry skin!
I use Bio-oil its great, having had three children its does wonders for my stretch marks and I really notice the difference If i dont use it x
For my dry skin
A Scar! 🙂
my 13 yea old son has stretch marks on this legs from a growth spurt, it will give him more confidence on holiday in his swimming gear
I’d love to win this prize to use on my unsightly stretch marks – the joys of being a mum!
scars
stretch marks
Stretch marks!
Pregnancy stretchmarks
My stetchmarks
I would love to try this on my scar on my thigh and also to try and improve my uneven skin tone.
My daughter has two scars, one on her leg and one on her forehead which we regularly use bio-oil for, so this would help with our stash.
I have bad eczema so it helps a lot with my dehydrated skin.
🙂
dehydrated and Ageing skin
stretch marks
scarring from chicken pox
dry skin
stretch marks
all my horrible scars!
My growing bump 🙂
streach marks on my belly and hips
Surgical scar after a bad accident
stretch marks and surgery scars
I have a horrible scar from a surgery on my leg and uneven pigmentation on my face, so I would love to try this.
my skin getting older 🙁
Tummy lines
dry skin on my legs
scars on my legs from ingrowing hairs
scar on my leg
Stretch marks
I have a few scars from a car crash that I’m self conscious about…
Oooo gosh I have a list 😀
I would love to try it on my stretch marks that my beautiful children have given me,
a scar near my hairline on my head and a c-section scar x
Uneven and dry skin
Stretch marks like most mums!!!
i would use the bio oil for stretch marks on my back and i would use it on my hands because there always dry.
I’ve got a scar on my leg from a car accident that I’d really like to go away!
My sons chicken spot scars
Really need to get rid of my teenage acne scars!
stretch marks x
Stretch marks on my stomach
Dry skin on my arms
My horrible appendix operation scar.It’s huge.The surgeon must have got confused and thought he was cutting a chicken up.
stretch marks!
I would use on my recently re constructed boob, was told that massaging with an oil would be a good idea and Bio Oil has had such good feeback 🙂
Stretch Marks, just found out I am pregnant again and concerned my previous stretch marks will get worse 🙁
Stretch marks and uneven skin tone
dry skin on elbows
Aging skin, I’m starting to notice wrinkles and general dryness
stretch marks
stretch marks
My stretch marks my lovely four kids left me with.
Stretch marks on my stomach 🙁
my stretch marks
My stretchmarks 🙂
My scar on my leg
To work on my baby lines!
Scars
on my psorias
I’ve scars on my arms and terribly dry skin all over.
My stretch marks and sandpaper elbows!
thread veins on my legs
To Try and Tone Down some of My stretch Marks
Stretchmarks and scars
Scars on face from having cysts removed
Ageing skin.
the mummy stretch marks on my hips
Stretchmarks and a couple of scars – heard it’s really good but not yet tried it
Stretchmarks on my legs and bum!
My operation scars 🙂
I would love to win this for my sister who has damaged tissue on her leg after completely messing it up by walking full whack into a stray thick tree branch.
I have dry skin prone to eczema and stretch marks from having my twins. She wa 6LB and he was 8LB 1 so I was huge
stretch marks
uneven skin tone on my face
My shins are very dry even though I moisurise them twice a day. I have tried several brands to no avail so would love to try Bio-Oil 🙂
SO MUCH! New stretch marks from this pregnancy, uneven skin tone and a scar on my forehead from when I was a child.
Stretch marks
Scars on my leg after a car accident
Drying ageing skin
scar
scars on my hips!! faye x
Stretch marks
My feet are always dry so would love to try the Bio Oil on them
I had spinal surgery 3 years ago and was left with a horrible ugly scar but I also used to suffer with bad acne but I had medication from a dermatologist and now I just have scars from the spots.
I would use it for my daughter. She’s got fresh scar after falling from trampoline and being injured with open cut on her face.
Scar after surgery and dry, itchy skin. Lovely pize <3
A scar
Stretch marks
I work in fast food and am always burning myself unfortunately so I would use this for the scars I get from work 🙂
stretchmarks on my stomach and operation scars
My eczema. 🙁 x
Stretch marks …. i had twins, lol not pretty x
stretch marks and dry skin
The wonderful stretchies my twins gave me 🙂
Stretch marks, and some little scars on my hands x
Stretch marks on my tummy
I have stretch marks from having my baby boy and also I have very aged skin on one hand due to severe eczema in my teenage years.
i would use it on some scarring on my thigh
For stretch marks and post baby jelly belly
STRETCH MARKS
Stretch Marks 🙁
I have a scar on my ankle from surgery when I was younger. Would love to give Bio Oil a try 🙂
Stretch marks!!!
Dry skin
I would useit on stretch marks
I use it on my strech marks on my tum, it really does work wonders and I’m just down to my last splodge! 🙂
Stretch marks
a scar on my side
I love using Bio Oil on scars & also on my face
Stretchmarks on my tummy
my self harm scars from when i was younger x
stretchmarks
I have a scar – its not pretty!
stretch marks, dry skin on legs and heels, facial scars and more! This oil is excellent
Uneven skin tone on my neck
Stretchmarks from having my 4 children
Scars on my hands from carpal tunnel surgery.
The scars on my knees…
I would use Bio Oil on my really bad stretch marks I have on the top of my arms
stretch marks on my tummy
My stretch marks
My wife used it for stretch marks
I have dry skin and this would help
I suffer from Hidradenitis suppurativa which is blocked sweat glands and this can leave me scarred so this is great to use for this
My mum has just had an operation to remove a section of skin cancer on her face, beside her eye. She was just asking me today if I knew of anything that would help her scar heal. I’m sure Bio Oil would be a huge help.
scars , for my partner
uneven skin tone
I have awful stretchmarks and would like to try and get rid of them.
Scar on my arm..
stretch marks 🙂
Stretch marks and also a keloid scar from some surgery I had
I have scars from old spots etc and I think this would help even out the skin tone and redness of them!
On the scars on my thighs
I would use the bio oil to try and lessen my surgery scars which cover the lower half of my body and chest area x
Stretch marks and psoriasis.
To help with dehydrated skin
my stretch marks and double c-section scar xx
To soften my gallbladder removal keyhole surgery scars
Stretch marks
I have lost 5 stone in weight and have been left with many stretch marks ,this would be fantastic to help with them.
Stretch marks
To help with my strechmarks!
Stretch marks
I’d use it on a really dry psoriasiform rash I’ve had for a long time that the doctors can’t seem to help 🙁
I have stretch marks and my daughter has a large appendix scar which is also causing stretchmarks so we would both love to try Bio Oil x
Scars after an accident. I’ve been using it for 6 months and it has helped so much. I highly recommend it
Stretch marks on my tummy
I have dry skin
Dry skin
With my uneven skin tone x
For my stretch marks and a scar
on my legs
Scars
stretch marks
I’d like it for my ageing skin
I have a friend who uses it as moisturiser on her face and says it helps keep such a great complexion. Would love to see if it really works
Stretch marks and uneven skin tones x
Scars
stretch marks and dryness
My increasing baby bump 🙂
Uneven skin tone.
dry skin on my legs and a scar on my hand
Stretch Marks
my stretch marks 🙂
Post-pregnancy stretch marks 🙂
Some stretch marks
My baby stretch marks
Stretch marks from giving birth!
My c-section scar
stretch marks from being a yo-yo dieter x
stretch marks and scars I have
Stretch marks need some TLC
So many things – stretch marks, scars and dry skin