When it comes to skincare, I am like a incomplete canvas, sometimes left untouched by its intricacies, and almost always leaning towards the herbal, less-invasive bunch, a myriad mixes of anything I see, or those my sister’s leftovers or unconsumed products due to her sensitive-prone skin.
A friend might panic after reading that, because I am not getting any younger. Yes, I have my retinol, niacinamide, and glycolic acid, but I don’t use them every day, as it seemed like my skin have been immune to them. Additionally, due to lack of sleep, I tend to dry out my face, which caused for concern in January of this year. It seemed like I’m always pale, and even with makeup on, I couldn’t see myself bloom. I almost decided to resort to more luxurious and expensive Korean skincare (good thing they were out of stock!), until…
Fast-forward to late February when my beloved org, the Davao Bloggers Society, was contacted by the owner of White Glow, to test their products. Their products promises glowing and whitening, an I was able to test them for at least 23 days, and I kid you not, it was the answer to my dilemma. Now let me review each of the products they sent us:
Day and Night Routine: White Glow Beauty Bar Soap + Facial Toner + Day/Night Facial Creams
I failed to mention that I don’t care a lot about the products I use because I naturally don’t have sensitive skin, unlike many girls and women. My skin simply adapts to any skincare and makeup product without getting pimples or any abrasion.
The White Glow beauty bar soap is one of the things I was excited about because it has been years since I have paid attention to the face cleanser I use. My last cleanser was just a basic and almost natural one without ingredients that will make your skin glow or even refresh it.
Day One:
Based on the ingredients of White Glow, I was assured that the active components would improve my skin. When I first used it, I left the soap on my face for around 30-45 minutes. I thought it would make better results. I almost panicked when I felt a sting after doing so. I immediately washed my face, and the sting continued to lament my entire face. Luckily, it didn’t induce redness.
I rested my face a bit. When the sting subsided, I moved to to the next step, which was the Glow White facial toner. I slowly patted a cotton with the toner on my face, and I didn’t feel a sting at all, until I put on the White Glow night facial cream. However, as a retinol user, I am used to prickles brought about my chemicals that may improve my face. The sting lasted for a few minutes, but I saw no redness on my face at all.
Day 2-23
In the morning when I woke up, my face was normal, so I planned to still use the soap despite its sting. In the morning, however, I always skip washing my face with facial cleansers or beauty soaps. I learned from a Japanese skincare expert not to do so in the morning so that you may still retain your face’s natural oils and moisture. I put the day facial cream, however, and it was nice. I didn’t feel uncomfortable at all.
During the night, I did the same routine, and to my delight, I felt no sting at all! My friend, Athina / DiscovDavao on TikTok was right; the products, especially the soap, stung at first, but wouldn’t do so the following day!
I skipped my other skincare products and continued to use the simple 3-step routine of White Glow for 23 days and I can say that it really did its magic. For some reason, I feel that my face has glowed, whether ai have makeup or not. I’m pretty sure that all the mini compliments I got recently was maybe because of White Glow.
The products fit me well, and there might be a skin bias there because I don’t have sensitive skin.
White Glow Beauty Bar Soap
Pros: Cheap (160php srp), easy to lather, lasts a long time, no smell, complete with glowing, whitening, and slow aging components, so expect your skin to improve over time.
Cons: stingy at first
White Glow Facial Toner
Pros: cheap (180php srp), smells good, lasts a long time, has all the components for glowing, whitening, and slow aging
Cons: a little bit harsh maybe due to its alcohol content (phenoxyethanol)
White Glow Day and Night Cream
Pros: Cheap (180-210php srp), has all the components for glowing, whitening, and slow aging, moisturizing, feels great on the skin; it doesn’t have an icky texture
Cons: too little; only 50g per container
White Glow Gluta-Kojic-Arbutin Hand and Body Lotion SPF 30
Now let’s review White Glow’s lotion. Before even using rhetorical product itself, I heard a lot of great things about the lotion, but it actually exceeded by expectations. For such a long time, I didn’t see my skin glow, until I continuously used the lotion. I was stunned to see that my arms were quite glowing; almost like snow white, LOL.
Pros: Cheap (190-310php srp), refreshing texture; doesn’t feel icky, has all the components for glowing, whitening, and slow aging,, smells great, spf 30 (enough for your needs)
Cons: None
Takeaway
If someone would ask me if I would recommend White Glow products, it’s a strong yes! It greatly improved my skin, and lived by its promises to make my skin glow. The overall benefit of the entire skincare line for your everyday routine is that it only has three steps, four if you include the lotion. Despite that, it doesn’t compromise your skin. You can live even without other mainstream and “necessary” steps. Best of all, everything is cheap, and you’re supporting local if you buy it. I can hadly wait to repurchase soon!
Although I’m not sure if those with sensitive skin can handle all the ingredients of each product. Perhaps you should do a skin test firsr if ever you decide to try it.
White Glow producrs are available on Shopee, Lazada, Tiktok, and at Davao Farmacia Southern, fronting Unicity, San Pedro St., Davao City
