EDIT: I was made aware Memebox has linked to this review without reaching out to me first, so I feel like I need to update this review. I hadn’t thought about this review in a long time as it was one of my very first reviews and one of the first Korean skincare brands I had ever used in a regime. Due to an incident with contamination that caused a lot of problems in some people’s skin, I now recommend that you all explore the COSRX brand Aloe Vera Oil Free Soothing Gel . If you’d still like to buy it and want to read this review, please feel free, I will leave it up. But personally I cannot guarantee the safety of the Benton brand. At the time of this review, the contamination had not yet come to light.
Thank you so much for reading! <3 Happy skincare-ing!
EDIT: I was made aware Memebox has linked to this review without reaching out to me first, so I feel like I need to update this review. I hadn’t thought about this review in a long time as it was one of my very first reviews and one of the first Korean skincare brands I had ever used in a regime. Due to an incident with contamination that caused a lot of problems in some people’s skin, I now recommend that you all explore the COSRX brand Aloe Vera Oil Free Soothing Gel for your safety as I cannot guarantee the Benton brand. At the time of this review, the contamination had not yet come to light.
Thank you so much for reading! <3 Happy skincare-ing!
This gel is another star in the Benton line. Like the toner I reviewed before this little green wonder is comprised mostly of aloe leaf juice which has solid proven skin benefits. Let’s take a look at the ingredients and see what we’ve got here.
Ingredients:
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice (80%), Propolis Extract (10%), Glycerin, Arginine, Allantoin, Betaine, Chamomilla Recutita (Matricaria) Flower Extract, Portulaca Oleracea Extract, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Cross Polymer, Zanthoxylum Piperitum Fruit Extract, Pulsatilla Koreana Extract, Usnea Barbata (Lichen) Extract
Ingredients are listed on products from the most to the least and next up we have propolis extract. If you’re not familiar with it you might be wondering what the hell propolis extract is. If you’re an idiot like me you heard the word propolis and wondered if they had distilled the essence of some ancient Greek amphitheater but no, propolis is actually a product that bees produce. Propolis is the stuff that keeps the hive from rotting and keeps the germs at bay. It has antibacterial properties and has been used in natural medicines and biomedical research for it’s attributes as an antioxidant, an emollient, and as an antimicrobial. So propolis is actually pretty rad stuff and you want it on your face. I’d also like to point out that this gel touts it’s “8 free system” as they put it, which means it’s free of 8 gnarly things you don’t want in your skincare which are parabens, mineral oil, alcohol, benzophenon, chemical preservatives, steroids, artificial fragrance, and artificial colouring. Another thing that really stands out to me is this product is water free! Go grab your nearest moisturizer or product and read the list of ingredients, go on now, go head, I’ll wait. Ok, are you back? Look at that bastard. What’s the first ingredient? It’s Eau isn’t it? If it’s not Eau then it’s Aqua, and if it’s not Aqua they went the plain route and just said Water. Eau, Aqua, Water, same difference and that’s the #1 most prominent ingredient. The Benton Aloe gel replaces water with aloe leaf juice! So it’s just that much more moisturizing and high quality. I definitely agree with their claims that this product is for every single skin type. It holds benefits for every one across the board and that’s pretty impressive. Sensitive skin will love this because of how soothing it is, oily skin will love how light it is, dry skin is going to love how moisturizing it is, and every skin is going to love how much it nourishes. This is a little skincare gigolo and it’s got thrills for everyone.
The fragrance is pretty much nonexistent and it only carries it’s natural aloe scent. Now, I had someone bring to my attention that the other natural aloe products they’ve used in the past were too sticky and they wondered if this, and the aloe toner reviewed earlier, were sticky as well. I can tell you this product, as well as the Benton BHA Aloe Toner, are absolutely not sticky at all. The texture is a light clear gel that glides onto your skin and absorbs pretty quickly upon application.As far as it’s moisturizing benefits I would say that an oily skin type could probably get away with using this alone as their primary moisturizer. Personally I use it in my regime along with the Benton steam cream (another upcoming review). I adhere to a Korean skincare routine which I will write about in detail later but basically the bones of it go like this: cleanser-toner-essence-gel-cream. If it’s summer and you’re oily you could forgo the cream. I myself have a normal to dry skin type and I’m in the midst of a harsh dry winter right now so I couldn’t get away with the gel only. I’m going to venture to say though in summer months I probably could. One suggestion though that I took from the wonderful
http://www.skinandtonics.com/ blog is to squirt out your product and add a few drops of argan, maracuja, or baobab oil to your gel for that extra oomph. I do that now and I really love the results.So the Benton Aloe Propolis gel would be a good asset to your skincare team, and with the impressive resume it has behind it you should be hiring.
The Benton Aloe Propolis Gel gets a full five out of five turtles. Another great job, Benton!
Available on ebay here
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Benton-ALOE-PROPOLIS-SOOTHING-GEL-100ml-Korea-cosmetics-/271285810382?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3f29e4f4ce
and Amazon here
http://www.amazon.com/Benton-Aloe-Propolis-Soothing-100ml/dp/B00JO6RLM6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1433882691&sr=8-1&keywords=BENTON+ALOE+PROPOLIS+SOOTHING+GEL
Overall: 
Are you going to do a review of the ones with snail goo in them? Because I am intrigued but first I want to see a good review before I lay down money!
Absolutely! The review is in the pipeline! I’ll give you a hint: Get your money ready lol.