A month ago, the good people at Pai Skincare sent me a bottle of their Pai Geranium & Thistle Combination Skin Cream to trial. Pai is based in the UK, and is an organic skin care range for people with sensitive and allergy-prone skin.

Description:

Geranium and thistle work in perfect unison in this light organic moisturiser to clear and re-balance congested or combination skin. It absorbs quickly leaving a beautiful matt finish, and is perfect for applying under make-up. This is the moisturiser of choice for professional make-up artists on film and fashion shoots! Packed full of Essential Fatty Acids and a host of natural-active skin soothers, this moisturiser rebalances the skin and evens out skin tone. Pai’s moisturiser for combination and oily skin is non-comedogenic – it is free from chemicals and pore blocking ingredients, such as beeswax. 

I tend to use this cream at night. It is not as heavy or rich as I imagined it to be. The cream felt just right on my combination skin, and it didn’t make my oily nose any greasier. It has a subtle herbal scent which actually smells quite pleasant. It’s something I’d imagine having slapped on during an organic facial, a calming, soothing scent. Plus points there.

Unfortunately, I also had to deduct a point for the moisturiser as it broke me out after several applications, especially around the nose. To be perfectly honest, most natural, organic moisturisers tend to break me out for some odd reason, and this one couldn’t escape either. Could it be that after years of slapping chemicals on face; parabens, etc, that I cannot have anything natural on my skin anymore?! Sounds ridiculous, right? But that’s how it is for me, so I couldn’t really blame the moisturiser. I guess I need my chemicals for my skin to behave 😛

In any case, once I stopped using this on my T-zone, and just applied it on my cheeks, the zits stopped sprouting. My normal-skin cheeks remained pimple-free and nicely hydrated and supple during the night.

Would I recommend this to you? If you enjoy using natural, organic products, and do not easily break out from them like I do, then yes, I think this is a good moisturiser and it is reasonably priced. I like that it comes in a glass bottle with a pump, which is more hygienic than a jar.

Pai Geranium & Thistle Combination Skin Cream retails at US$38 for 30ml and is available online at the Pai Skincare website.

What I like about it: Natural, organic moisturiser, keeps skin nicely hydrated, comes with a pump.

What I do not like about it: Broke me out, not easily available.