Review of Skin MD Naturals

A number of months ago, I came across this free sample offer from Skin Md Naturals [0]: a bottle of lotion in exchange for writing an honest review here on my blog. (For those of you with blogs, it looks like this offer is still open, by the way!)

Well, I can write an honest review of something -- and a bottle of lotion sounded like fun, especially since it was winter at the time and my hands were very dry.

First the good: Skin MD Naturals [1] has an informative website with lots of info about every single ingredient in their lotion [2]. If only every company that made skin care products would be so open about what they put in them!

Now, the not-so-good: Although the lotion doesn't contain fragrance, it does have a distinct smell which I found rather annoying after the first couple of uses.

At $18 for 4 ounces, Skin MD Naturals lotion is rather pricey. If it truly produced amazing results, the price night be acceptable (depends how desperate you are). Unfortunately, my hands didn't like their lotion.

I wanted to use the lotion for at least a couple of weeks before giving my opinion on it, and after about a week, I started having eczema issues with my hands. I stopped using the lotion and within another week, my eczema was cleared up. To be sure it was caused by something in the lotion, I used it for a couple more days, during which time the eczema returned. I stopped using the lotion once again, and again the eczema disappeared.

My guess is that my skin is sensitive to something in the lotion, and I plan to give away the rest of what's in my bottle (I'd pass it on to Joshua, but the smell aggravates his allergies and his hands are never dry anyway!).