Etude House 에뛰드하우스 Zero Sebum All Day Matte Gel (First Impression) Review

19:12 kelvin 2 Comments

After week and week of waiting, I finally received this product arrived in my house!
It is the All Day Matte Gel that comes from the new Zero Sebum series launched by Etude House.





In summary, it removes all the excessive sebum on your face, so that you won't feel greasy. Perfect for oily skin and those living in tropical country!



For me, I will apply this gel after moisturizer/ emulsion and before sunscreen.




It has the scent of citrus (for me), and it is not too strong either. It actually reminds me of the lemon/citrus candy that helps to keep our breath fresh. If you know what I mean.

It has clear gel texture, that spread smoothly on your face. I like gel type products because you no need to worry about tugging your face while applying this.




After you apply it, you will feel your face becomes slightly matte, it is strange but I am addictive to touch matte surface!




The packaging is clean and simple, light and small-sized so that you can bring it anywhere.

They are smart to emphasize the words ZERO SEBUM by enlarge the font size to attract attention.

For oily skin like me, we tend to search for products that have the word "sebum" printed on it, genius marketing.

Have to say, at first I thought this product will be as large as the facial foam cleanser, but it is actually just a medium size of tube.

Blame me for not checking the size at the first place.

But still, how disappointing.

It is a squeeze type of tube, that easily control the amount you desire.




After apply this gel on my face, I feel that it becomes a little bit sticky, but it is bearable since it will be gone after few minutes.

To test whether this product will dry out your skin, I put on my cheeks (the dry part of my face) to test it out.

Sometimes after I used a product (contain alcohol) that helps to clear and prevent sebum oil, it will dry out my cheeks so bad, that it feels like it become tight and stretch out, so it feels not comfortable at all.

Luckily, this product does not dry out my skin after I applied it throughout the day.

This product doesn't seem to provide moisture to me. Have to apply moisturizer beforehand.

After a few hours, I check at my skin condition. It seems like this gel can control the production of my sebum especially my forehead up to 70%!

On my oily area such as forehead, it is pretty impressed! It only secretes a little bit of sebum throughout the day.

 But it didn't work that well for my oilier part such as nose.

My nose is like a stubborn oil machine that seems to be enjoy secrete sebum and can't stop it. Yes, there is certain extend that the gel helping to control the sebum but it still secrete half of the amount of sebum (which is still a lot)  like the day I don't apply the gel.

One thing about matte skin is that sometimes it can makes your pores more noticeable, which is not good. And this gel does make my pore more noticeable.

So you might want to consider using pore minimizing products after this gel.

For example, such as Etude House Face Blur Cream (read my review if you haven't yet) or Goodbye Porever primer.



And does this gel makes your skin shine-free?

The answer is no. As I said your skin will still secretes sebum after apply this gel but only certain amount. So, your face will still be shine after the sebum comes out.


This product is available in Etude House Outlet in Malaysia now. So grab one if you are interest.



Thanks for reading.