The Ferox Pure Pulp is made from a wild South African aloe plant called ferox. Aloe ferox plants can be found in Cape Province in South Africa and they have been used by South Africans for more than 1,000 years as a remedy against burns. It’s only in 1967 that the regenerative abilities of the aloe ferox plant were put to the forefront by a surgeon after using the plant on a patient who had just received an open heart transplant – application of aloe ferox accelerated the reproduction of the fibroblasts …which are the cells responsible for the formation of collagen.
So did Ferox Pure Pulp deliver results?
I had high hopes for this product because I’ve been using a regular pure organic aloe vera gel for so many years (this is not aloes vera mixed with other ingredients, this is pure aloe vera), I thought it would be interesting to try a product that is made from this rarer form of aloe vera from South Africa.
I decided to wait until the thermostat was well below zero and my skin was in desperate need of moisture. I find that if a product works wonders in the dead of winter, you know it’s worth keeping!
After trying the Ferox Pure Pulp, I came out a bit disappointed from this test because I really didn’t find that it did a good job at hydrating my skin at all. Upon reading the list of ingredients, I realized that the aloe ferox leaf extract is number six on the list … water is the first one and there are eighteen ingredients in total in the formulation.
I think it became clear this product was not for me when I found myself waking up in the morning with white, flaky patches on my skin.
Another thing I didn’t like about Ferox Pure Pulp was the smell. The first time I tried it, I kept trying to figure out where the fishy smell was coming from. At first, I thought it was because of the Omega3 fish oil capsule I had taken before going to bed so the next night I applied the product before taking my Omega3 capsule and the smell was STILL there. After applying the product, I smelled my hands and realized in horror that the fishy smell was the Ferox Pure Pulp!
Did I see any results? Not really. I found my skin was as dry when I woke up as it was when I went to bed.
Would I buy it again? No
Would I replace my current serums? No, I’ve tried many products that were far more effective at hydrating your skin.
Ferox Pure Pulp retails for about $95 (it retails for 65€ and £48 … so it’s not much cheaper in Europe. It’s sold at a few major department stores in North America) and I’ve tried products at comparable prices and even cheaper that (like the Reversa Antioxidant Booster Serum) have been more effective.
The funny thing is that after trying the Ferox Pure Pulp for two weeks with little results, I decided to switch back to my regular (much more inexpensive) organic aloe vera gel that I’ve been using for a decade to remove my makeup and hydrate my skin and the next morning my skin looked and felt much better, more hydrated and supple.
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