It’s a serum that claims to have many benefits. Let’s forget what it promises. Instead, let’s focus what it did to my skin.

For those who didn’t know, I’d been struggling with really bad skin back at the end of 2010. And I would like to officially say that it had all been cleared out at the end of 2012!

I would try so many products. But they were all a failure; what’s worse, some would actually aggravate my acne problems. They were acne that would not really surface, that just stays within your skin, that would never really mature. My forehead was getting oilier and oiler too! 

I was desperate and frustrated.

Well I decided to go back to my basics, what I have always known my skin to be. Dry.

So I stopped all exfoliating and cleansing agent (read way too many reviews that say how it helped clearer and healthier skin – well i think, those things are really not for me. and i was too greedy wanting more glowy skin. when in the first place, I had it already.). I only used Shu Uemura cleansing oil to remove my makeup. I avoid any kind of product that will strip the moisture away from my face.

Little by little, I see improvements – but not enough.

So I was determined that my skin is thirsty, it’s suffering of dryness. To fight the dryness, it produces too much sebum. And the sebum gets trapped inside my dry skin, so that’s why it’s never able to get out! Resulting, lots of bumps on my skin!

So after hearing the new Shu Uemura new launch skin care product: Tsuya skin, I had high hopes that this serum can balance out my skin again.

Well…It did!

The first 2 weeks, my skin calmed down. I noticed my skin was getting less and less oily. After 2 weeks, I barely see any bumps at all. But of course, this is with the help of a good moisturiser as well.

But i really think Tsuya skin really helped initiating the balance. It somehow was able to retain enough moisturiser on my face throughout the day. 

It’s been almost 3 months now, and I am still using it almost every day. The days when I don’t use it, I feel like my skin is having troubles again. Without it, I feel my skin would absorb the moisturiser but at the same time, half of the moisturiser is evaporated into the air. 

I highly recommend this serum for those like me, have dry skin, and is looking for a serum that actually does help the moisturiser longevity and balance the skin condition.

It also claims that it evens out discoloration. I don’t think it does that…did not see any improvements on past acne spots.

Although it’s a bit pricey, but so far, it’s the serum that has been the most effective! Why spend on something that doesn’t work at all?

I still think i can use this product for another month or 2. And I would definitely go back to Holt Renfrew to purchase another bottle! 🙂

Zuuchini