Balancing Oil (Pangea Organics)

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Rating: 9/10
Cost: $50 for 1 fl. oz.
Notes: LOVE this oil, just wish it wasn't so expensive!
Repurchase: If I can get it for cheaper.

Pangea Organics is one of my favorite brands, and this balancing oil is one of the main reasons why. It's in a dark-colored glass bottle (nutrients remain in-tact longer in tinted glass bottles due to less light exposure), and has a pump dispenser.  I mix a few drops with my facial moisturizer in the morning, and sometimes at night I'll just use a few drops of this after washing my face.  It makes my skin super soft, smells amazing, and absorbs very nicely.

It took me a while to realize putting oil on my skin doesn't make my skin oily. Now that I understand that, I actually prefer it to cream moisturizers. The painful part for me is the price of this oil.  $50 is way too much money for me to spend on 1 oz of oil.  I can get facial oils from many other companies for less than half the price, so I'm not sure if it's this specific oil, or the fact that it's the first oil I've used that makes me love it so.

My verdict?  I am going to savor every drop of this oil as long as I have it.  (So far, it's already lasted me about six months, so I'm quite happy.)  Once it finishes, I'll probably try the facial oil from either 100% Pure or Acure Organics, as I also love their products.  If I find this oil is really that much better, and worth the hefty price tag, I might cave and purchase it as one of my staples.  The reason I knocked a point off is that the pump stops dispensing the oil when there is still about 1/4 of an inch left in the bottle. (When you only use a drop or two, this is enough for almost a month!)  I purchased a separate dropper bottle from Ebay for about $3 and poured in the remainder.  I would have preferred a dropper dispenser instead of a pump, but other than that and the price, I really can't find anything wrong with it!

Ingredients: rosa canina (organic rose hip) fruit oil, argania spinosa (organic argan) oil, simmondsia chinesis (organic jojoba) oil, butyrospermum parkii (liquid shea) butter, calophyllum tacamahaca (organic tamanu) oil, punica granatum (organic pomegranate) seed oil, oenothera biennis (organic evening primrose) oil, borago officinalis (organic borage) oil, squalane, mixed tocopherol (vitamin e), punica granatum (organic pomegranate) extract, camellia sinesis (organic green tea) leaf extract, pelargonium graveolens (wildcrafted himalayan geranium) oil,  pelargonium graveolens (organic geranium) oil, helichrysum italicum (organic helichrysum) oil, rosa damascena (rose otto) oil, essential oil