review: nature republic aloe soothing gel

Hello again, today i'm going to review my recent skincare family. The super famous Nature Republic aloe soothing gel. I notice every korean brand will have the same aloe gel product but nature republic is the only one that gets super attention. Perhaps due to its multi function advertising?

i've been running out of my etude collagen cream and i have no intention to repurchase it, meanwhile my skincare product will be coming on next week so i need something to replace it temporary.

I got a rather sensitive skin this lately due to the cheap viva cleansing milk, i somehow borrowed my mom's cleansing milk, it was a local product and super cheap (only Rp 5000) i thought it will do nothing harm on my skin since it was only cleansing milk, but it turned out catastrophe.

I got raging red acnes for a month! Every time one spot has healed the other would appear instantly. It was really ache since the acne is deep within my skin more like swollen parts. I even blame the skinfood product and i swear i will never buy it forever! But i was wrong, it was the damn cleansing milk. Sorry skinfood, i still adore you.

Back to the product, i purchased this gel merely because of the soothing effect. It contains 92% pure aloe vera and the other 8% is chemical things such as alchohol which is quite high and it also contains perfume. Well both of them are well known for drying the skin and none of the alchohol products that i have can satisfy my super dry skin.

This product has a clear transparent gel texture. It cools down my skin upon the first application.

The scent is refreshing, not too strong. You can only smell the scent when you put your nose on it cause once it applied on skin you barely can detect it. The scent is a mixture of faint aloe vera smell and subtle citrus smell.

Now let's test the multi functions claim!
1. Face moisturizer: well it does what it says. It makes my skin moist and soft, but unfortunately the effect doesn't last very long. Only 1-2 hours and it will disappear. So i need to re use it again. Actually this works well for daily moisturizer, when the weather is hot and humid and you need something light on your skin. But my fellow told me that it feels dry on his skin, well because it contains alchohol it dries up so fast and it leaves tightening effect and some people may not like the effect since it can be considered as drying the skin.

2. Body moisturizer: well, i love this function! Since the product came in 300ml jar, it can be used for the whole body. I use this right after the shower and before i apply my face shop body essence. It makes my skin softer and very cool. Haha

3. Face mask: take a huge amount of this product and apply generously all over your face. Wait for 10 minutes then wash off. I found that it is very cooling and soothing for my skin, but actually it leaves no effect other than cooling down my skin.

4. Hair mask: i do not notice any special effect that it has


5. After shave: well i guess this will work for soothing the irritated skin cause by shaving

6. Eyelashes vitamin: this doesn't work


7. Nail and cuticle gel cream: this is a very promising nail and cuticle gel, eventhough the effect will not last long.

8. Swollen eyes: i have no swollen eyes so i don't know how it can soothe swollen eyes. But because of the cooling effect, i guess it will work well

9. Makeup base: i don't know wether this could act as a primer or act as a pore cover since it doesn't do anything as a makeup base. It covers nothing and hide nothing.

Overall, this is a good poduct for soothing the skin but do not really rely on it as your skincare product since it doesn't do much. Will i purchase it again? Maybe since i like the cooling effect during the hot days.