Review: Bijin Japanese Rice Bran Oil

Greetings my dear readers!~

Maybe you knew this, or maybe you did not, but I am a huge admirer of the Japanese people, language, culture, music, literature, and more. I have studied Japanese for two years, read a lot of Japanese novels, I constantly listen to J-rock bands, and love to use Japanese beauty products, but I have never tried any Japanese skin care products. I received an opportunity to try a few skin care products thanks to WAWAZA, a "top worldwide supplier of eco-responsible Japanese lifestyle products" (wawaza.com). One of the products they sent to me was the Bijin Japanese Rice Bran Facial  & Body Oil.


I received a sample size to try out, which contains 5ml of product. This small amount, used twice daily and using more than I needed, lasted me about two weeks.

Here is some information that was included with the sample:

Price and Availability

$19.00 for a 30ml glass bottle.

This can be purchased on the WAWAZA website.

Review

      Am I the only one who hesitates when it comes to putting an oil on your face? I don't know why, but it has always scared me. I really wanted to give this a try on my entire face since it claims to be non-comedogenic and it also says it helps to prevent acne. But at first I was too hesitant, so opted to apply this on my eye area, on my brow bone, and on my eczema. 

My skin is really crazy. I have combination skin (dry cheeks, slightly oily nose and forehead), dry patches along my jaw line, and acne-prone skin. I also have a very dry eye area, a few wrinkles under my eyes (because of the way my eye closes and opens), eczema on my arms, and a very sensitive and dry brown bone area. This oil has been a solution to many of these problems.

This is rice bran oil is unlike many oils I have ever tried. It is VERY light-weight and it absorbs very quickly. It is moisturizing without that very oily feeling. It has been AMAZING for my eye area. It has moisturized that area significantly without irritating my eyes. It has helped to get rid of the dry patches on my brow bone area (which I get from plucking my eye brows) and, oddly enough, I feel that it has helped to make my eye brows grow nicer (they grew in slower but healthier looking...I don't even know how to explain that one). The oil helps to moisturize the super dry eczema areas, although it doesn't really get rid of them. 

After a week of using this oil on my eye area and eczema, I become brave enough to use this one my entire face. What I did was to place 2-3 drops on my palm, and then gently pat it into my skin. So far, it has been really good. This has not made me break out and it moisturizes my entire face without making my oilier parts more oily. It also helps the dry patches and the healing blemishes. I am not sure how well this works to prevent acne, I will have to keep using this to see how it works. But I am really loving it as a night time moisturizer for my face. 

Last thing I wanted to mention is that this has been a life saver these past few days. I spent the night at my friend's house I did not want to bring a lot of stuff with my so I brought this and my cleanser. This was a fantastic one-step skin care product because I could apply it all over my face and under my eyes, and it also served as a makeup remover. Thus it is great in cases where you don't want to use or carry a lot of skin care products.

In summary:

-great to moisturize my eye area, my brow bone/eyebrow area, heals blemishes, and moisturize dry patches.

-it has been the best for my under eye area/wrinkles, and the dry patches caused my eyebrow plucking.

-it does not heal my eczema, just moisturizes it a little bit. 

-great for traveling/one step skin care product

Product in Action

Here is how a drop of the oil looks like on the back of my hand.

Then, blended in.

 

Verdict

I have only been using this for two weeks, and I believe I need more time to get a more concrete review of this product. I will continue using it and create an updated review in a few weeks. So far though, I am really loving it. It has proved to be a fantastic, multi-tasking product. It is such a simple, 100% organic product that has does a lot more for my skin than most moisturizers.  

Rating: 10/10

*Product mentioned was provided by PR for consideration and review. I was not paid for this review and all opinions stated are my own.