Mintd Box – Mintd x Rodial Skincare – May 2021

Where I got it

Last year Mintd Box did two collab boxes (Votary and MZ Skin) and both were amazing, I love them both. Click on the links to see my review. We are seeing our first collab box for 2021 and it is with Rodial Skincare! This box is already available on their website under the subscription page and it contains 4 full-sized products worth £305!

This is not my first time trying Rodial Skincare, I have tried their Bee Venom Super Serum in a previous Mintd Box (4th birthday). I also have a bottle of their Vit C Glow Tonic from their Staycation edit, but I have yet to try it out. I did enjoy the Bee Venom Super Serum, but I must admit I haven’t been using that continuously to see results. I have been stopping and starting and alternating with other products so I couldn’t really say I loved it. Anyway, since I have more products from their line, I will be putting the Super Serum into a more brand-focused routine.

What I got

This is the Mintd Box x Rodial Skincare edit for the month of May. It contains a 100ml Pink Diamond Cleansing Balm, a 40ml Vit C Moisturiser with sunscreen SPF30, a 50ml Dragon’s Blood Hyaluronic Mask and a 25ml Bee Venom Eye Cream.

Pink Diamond Cleansing Balm (£55 for 100ml). Remove the day with the ultra-nourishing Pink Diamond Cleansing Balm. This indulgent balm works to break down makeup and the daily build-up of impurities with an expert blend of skin-conditioning oils to help keep skin soft and supple. Sweet almond oil glides onto the skin to help hydrate and gently lift impurities while rice bran oil works to encourage moisture retention. This pearlescent balm is infused with soft-focus diamond powder to help visibly illuminate the skin for a silky lit-from-within glow. Paired with a fine muslin cloth, gently buff away the day to reveal a smoother, more radiant complexion. 

Ingredients: Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Sweet Almond) Oil, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, PEG-8 Caprylic/Capric Glycerides, Cetearyl Alcohol, Oryza Sativa (Rice) Germ Oil, Polysorbate 20, Glyceryl Dibehenate, Tribehenin, Glyceryl Behenate, Parfum (Fragrance), Tocopherol, Polymethylsilsesquioxane, Mica, Diamond Powder, Alpha-Isomethyl Ionone, Citronellol, Geraniol, Limonene, Linalool, CI 77891 (Titanium Dioxide), CI 75470 (Carmine)

Vit C Moisturiser with sunscreen SPF30 (£65 for 40ml). Keep your skin protected and youthful with the Vitamin C SPF30 Moisturiser. This lightweight everyday moisturiser works to hydrate the skin while protecting from UVB and UVA rays. The Vitamin C enriched formula works to reveal a hydrated, brighter and renewed complexion.

• SPF 30 UVB and UVA protection
• Hyaluronic acid retains moisture levels in the skin, leaving the complexion looking hydrated and healthy
• Squalane, an easily absorbed active that works to help repair the skin barrier
• Vitamin E known as a natural antioxidant, moisturises and soothes the skin

• Blood Orange Water helps to refresh and awaken the complexion 

Ingredients: Aqua (Water), Octocrylene, Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate, Benzophenone-3, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Acacia Decurrens/Jojoba/Sunflower Seed Wax/Polyglyceryl-3 Esters, Butyl Methoxydibenzoylmethane, Glycerin, Butylene Glycol, Tapioca Starch, Ascorbyl Glucoside, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Cyclopentasiloxane, Glyceryl Stearate SE, Stearic Acid, Phenoxyethanol, Citrus Sinensis (Orange) Fruit Water, Polyacrylamide, Xylitylglucoside, Benzyl Alcohol, Sodium Stearoyl Glutamate, Anhydroxylitol, C13-14 Isoparaffin, Xanthan Gum, Lecithin, Xylitol, Disodium EDTA, Sodium Hyaluronate, Sodium Sulfite, Theobroma Cacao (Cocoa) Seed Butter, Tocopheryl Acetate, Parfum (Fragrance), Limonene, Laureth-7, Polymethylsilsesquioxane, Dehydroacetic Acid, Linalool, Geraniol, Citral, Potassium Sorbate, Citric Acid.

Dragon’s Blood Hyaluronic Mask (£45 for 50ml). Revive and restore skin with the dragon’s blood hyaluronic face mask. A gentle lightweight texture formulated with a complex of hydrating actives to give skin a boost of moisture. This luxurious face mask will help to nourish and condition, providing comfort to dehydrated and dry skin. Leaves skin feeling soothed and soft, the perfect preparation for a plumped complexion.

• Dragon’s Blood helps condition and restore through skin hydration
• Hyaluronic acid helps retain water for long-lasting hydration
• 3D filling spheres provides three-dimensional hydration to help protect the skin from dehydration
• Gransil helps to blur skins imperfections
• Squalane is known to condition and soothe the skin

Ingredients: Aqua (Water), Glycerin, Cyclopentasiloxane, Polysilicone-11, Propylene Glycol, Dimethicone, Pentaerythrityl Tetraethylhexanoate, Phenoxyethanol, Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Triethanolamine, Squalane, Sucrose Palmitate, Galactoarabinan, Glyceryl Linoleate, Tocopheryl Acetate, Disodium EDTA, Ethylhexylglycerin, Polysorbate 60, Parfum (Fragrance), Limonene, Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Hyaluronate, Sorbitan Isostearate, Geraniol, Linalool, Croton Lechleri Resin Extract.

Bee Venom Eye Cream (£140 for 25ml). An extreme performance eye cream to smooth out under eye wrinkles, brighten dark circles and firm the skin with bee venom, stem cell technology and melittin peptide. Bee venom stimulates blood circulation to treat the area to plump out the appearance of wrinkles under the eyes which works in synergy with plant stem cells and haloxyl to help visibly improve skin tone and elasticity for a brighter appearance whilst cyclopeptide-5 smoothes the look of lines and wrinkles.

• Bee Venom: plumps and smoothes fine lines and wrinkles
• Haloxyl: reduces dark circles and repairs the delicate skin around the eye area
• Vitamin C: promotes a more even skin tone and corrects sun damage
• P-Cell: improves skin tone by stimulating the skin’s elasticity content for a lifting effect

Ingredients: Aqua (Water), Cyclopentasiloxane, Glycerin, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea Butter), Oryza Sativa (Rice) Germ Oil, Ethylhexyldodecanol, Cetyl Alcohol, Dimethicone, Caprylic/ Capric Triglyceride, Cyclohexasiloxane, Glyceryl Dibehenate, Polysilicone-11, Cetearyl Alcohol, Gryceryl Stearate, PEG-75 Stearate, Phenoxyethanol, Tribehenin, Steareth-20, Alcohol, Glyceryl Behenate, Ascorbyl Tetraisopalmitate, Ceteth-20, Ectoin, Lecithin, Polyacrylamide, Xanthan Gum, Capsicum Annuum Meristem Cell Culture, Parfum (Fragrance), Ethylhexylglycerin, Sodium Hyaluronate, Tocopherol, C13-14 Isoparaffin, Disodium EDTA, Geranylgeranylisopropanol, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, Chlorhexidine Digluconate, Laureth-7, Triethanolamine, Citric Acid, Alpha-Isomethyl Ionone, N-Hydroxysuccinimide, Hydroxycitronellal, Potassium Sorbate, Limonene, Citronellol, Sodium Benzoate, Beta-Carotene, Daucus Carota Sativa (Carrot) Root Extract, Daucus Carota Sativa (Carrot) Seed Oil, Cyclotetrapeptide-24 Aminocyclohexane Carboxylate, Chrysin, Palmitoyl Oligopeptide, Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide, Ascorbyl Palmitate, Bee Venom.

How I find it

Pink Diamond Cleansing Balm. A cleansing balm in a squeeze tube is just my prayers answered. I love cleansing balms because they are easier to take around (in my bathroom, and travelling) compared to cleansing oils. But I always need to bring along a spatula and I have dropped those behind gaps and lost them numerous times. Anyway, this cleansing balm is really soft and it melts in the warmth of my hands instantly and it glides onto my face like an oil cleanser. It gently removes my makeup and gives a very good slip whilst still feel luxurious. It contains super-finely milled diamond powder but you won’t be able to feel it on the skin. It sounds really luxurious, but I have no idea what that does for your skin because you wash it off anyway, so it doesn’t even leave your skin with a shimmer or glow?

Anyway, the cleansing balm works a treat. It is so gentle on the skin and the muslin cloth helps remove makeup, but you actually don’t need to use it because it does emulsify and rinses off clean. Very very nice cleanser.

Vit C Moisturiser with sunscreen SPF30. This is marketed as a “moisturiser WITH SPF” and why I am emphasizing that is because a “moisturiser WITH SPF” is different to a “moisturising sunscreen”. Usually, you would use about pea-size to nickel-size moisturiser depending on your skin type. My combination skin cannot handle anything more than a pea-sized thick moisturiser because I already applied hydrating serums and other serums underneath. However, with sunscreen (SPF), you will need at least 3 finger lengths for the full face and maybe 1 more finger length for the neck and chest area. Therefore if you are using only a pea-sized of this “moisturiser with SPF”, it will not be enough coverage as a sunscreen. If you are using 3 finger-lengths of this “moisturiser with SPF” it might be too moisturising for your combination/oily skin. I hope that makes sense.

So what can we do with a “moisturiser with sunscreen”? You can obviously use it as a daytime moisturiser. If you are mostly indoors and away from a window, a moisturiser with SPF30 would be sufficient and better than none at all. However, if you are out and about, travelling in cars, etc. it would be best to apply a separate sunscreen with minimum SPF30 on top of the moisturiser to ensure you have sufficient coverage.

This is a chemical-filter sunscreen, but it does have that moisturiser thickness and texture. It has a slight white cast on the skin at first, but once you rub that in fully, it disappears and leaves a bit of a glow. After it has settled for 1-2 minutes, the glowiness will subside. I have tried using this as a sunscreen (3 finger length) and indeed it was a little too heavy for my combination-oily skin and would take a few minutes to fully set down.

Dragon’s Blood Hyaluronic Mask. This is a hydrating gel-cream mask that you can use as an overnight mask or as an intensive protective mask in-flight. The texture is really fresh and light and very hydrating. It glides onto the skin easily and spreads easily. It disappears soon after application but needed a good 1-2 minutes to absorb and not feel tacky. My skin did not feel greasy or feeling like I have a layer on top of my skin, but at the same time, I did not need to apply anything over it.

If I do wash it off, it does feel slippery when in contact with water so it is obvious that there is a layer of product on my skin. I would prefer to use this as an overnight mask because it feels so comfortable and I want it to give my skin the best bang for my buck and it is effectively a protective layer on my face for the cold, dry winter nights.

Bee Venom Eye Cream. This is a thick, moisturising eye cream. I usually skip an eye cream because I apply moisturiser around my eye area anyway, except for tretinoin and anything that is too heavy or greasy because I tend to get milia around the eye area. If I decide to use a heavy moisturiser or tretinoin, I would either reach for a hydrating essence or an eye cream for the eye area. This eye cream looks really heavy, but it actually melts easily on the eye area and feels quite lightweight. It blends out easily and does not cause irritation. This jar will take me at least a year to finish!

Overall

This box has broadened my Rodial product experience and kind of made me enjoy the brand more. My absolute favourite would have to be the Pink Diamond Cleansing Balm and the Dragon’s Blood Hyaluronic Mask. The texture and efficacy of these two products are really up my street. The cleansing balm is so soft and melts so well on my palms. It breaks down my makeup so easily and it is such a pleasure to use at the same time. I also love that gel-cream texture of the hyaluronic mask, it immediately hydrates and soothes my skin and I like how non-sticky it is on my skin. No greasiness, no sticky film.

The moisturiser with SPF is nice, but not a moisturiser I would reach for on a daily basis, but it is quite handy when I know I am going to be indoors and out of the sun. I can apply this moisturiser without additional sunscreen. If it was tinted, then it would be perfect. The eye cream really is my least favourite from the box, but it’s not because it is a bad product, it’s only because I really seldom use eye cream. I would most likely use this as a nighttime moisturiser, or give this away to my sister who uses an eye cream.

If you haven’t checked out my demo and unboxing on my Instagram account, go and have a look (@kittiemui). The unboxing is a reel and the demo is in my IGTV. Thank you!