In today’s article, I’m sharing my detailed and honest Herbal Face Food review (plus unedited before & after photos) after using their serums for two years. I tested their bestsellers Serum 1, The Cure X, The Face Cream and The Eye Cream and sharing whether they really work and helpful tips. Herbal Face Food makes 100% plant serums using 50 of the world’s most powerful botanicals and the top 20 rarest, most expensive plant concentrates.

Their serums are multi-correctional and target ten signs of aging, most notably sun damage, dullness, scarring and texture in my personal experience.  These are 100% organic and made entirely from plants without filler ingredients. They’re super powerful and have increasing levels of concentration to suit your skincare needs. LeAnn Rimes loves it for her melasma! There’s no fancy marketing with Herbal Face Food, just raw, active products that can actually correct skin issues and have long been a cult favorite with South Korea’s elite. Read on for my Herbal Face Food review, before and after photos and use Herbal Face Food discount code OBL for 20% off at www.herbalfacefood.com.

I’ve tested hundreds of serums over the last ten years and there is nothing quite like Herbal Face Food’s serums. They are truly in a category of their own. Herbal Face Food is a culmination of the founder Michael Zenn’s mission to create the most powerful serum ever that would solve years of tanning bed damage deemed irreversible by professionals. He was tired of gimmicky and watered down products that would take forever to work. If you’re tired of products not doing what they claim to do or just aren’t strong enough to solve your skin issues, Herbal Face Food just might be the face serum you need.

Herbal Face Food Before and After Photos

I’m sharing my before and after photos below after using their serums for three months and six months. I was noticing a lot more sun damage popping up and a bit of textured skin around my cheeks, so I used the Herbal Face Food serum all over my face except my forehead and upper lip. Some say to use the Herbal Face Food serum on spots only, but it really depends on YOUR skin and concerns. For some people Serum I, the weakest potency serum might be too strong, and for others the Extreme Cure XX (4 times more powerful than their The Cure X) may not be strong enough.

At the three month mark I notice a definite improvement in skin texture and skin tone when using Herbal Face Food serums. You can also see some of the darker sun damage spots clustered in the centre of my cheek has faded. These photos were taken in the same spot in my home in the same lighting and have not been edited. In this close-up before and after photo comparison, my skin tone looks to be more even and the texture has smoothed out subtly.

Herbal Face Food serums are so strong that if you’re 26 or under, I seriously doubt you would even need a product this strong unless you suffer from acne, cystic acne or melasma. Though Serum I is suitable for sensitive skin I would advise to proceed with caution if you are sensitive or have sensitized skin. While Herbal Face Food recommends starting with Serum I and working your way up to Serum II, Serum III and The Cure, my skin was fine with incorporating The Cure right away. If your skin isn’t sensitive, I’d suggest going ahead and using the stronger serums.

6 Month Before and After Photos

This is my before and after with HFF The Cure at the six month mark. Again, I have not adjusted brightness, contrast, or added a filter of any sort and I’m taking these photos in the same spot in my home at roughly the same time of day to try to get the same lighting.

Herbal Face Food The Serum I Review

I personally found The Serum I very powerful on its own but Herbal Face Food’s The Cure is on an entirely different level. The orange colour of Serum 1 is lighter and less intense than the super bright orange huge of The Cure. The scent is strongly medicinal and herbal. I notice an immediate tightening and firming sensation with my skin. With all Herbal Face Food serums I can feel them “getting to work” immediately with a warming sensation from the active plants.

Many of the plants in the Herbal Face Food serums are great at healing and reducing scars, so I’ve also been applying it to a recent raised scar of mine and the hardened scar seems to be softening and diminishing. Because the Herbal Face Food serums feel astringent, I feel like oily and acne prone skin types will especially enjoy this serum. If your skin is dry, I recommend also using a hydrating or hyaluronic acid serum on top of the Herbal Face Food serum.

Herbal Face Food The Cure X Review

I was a bit scared about trying The Cure because it’s so much more concentrated than any of their other serums but it is so effective with fading acne scars, brightening my skin and reducing sun damage. For me the spicy burning sensation is almost unbearable for me though and lasts at least five minutes. Some people mention it only lasting 60 seconds so it really depends on each person. I use this after summer vacations when my sun damage is at its worst and I see a noticeable difference within a week. Believe it or not, there’s the Extreme Cure XX that’s 4 times more concentrated than The Cure X.

Herbal Face Food The Cure is the line’s most potent serum for extreme multi-correction. I find this serum much stronger than many budget and mid-range Vitamin C serums I’ve tried. It works thanks to the super potent raw plants (50 of the world’s most powerful botanicals and the top 20 rarest, most expensive plant concentrates) stimulating your skin cells and stopping oxidation from occurring.

The intense spicy “burning” sensation is a dermal warming experience (Thermo-phytochemical reaction) that allows plant nutrients into the skin for anti-aging, cellular generation, elasticity, resiliency and to restore collagen and elastin to the dermis. You can see the difference in color intensity between Herbal Face Food Serum I and The Cure.

I found The Cure is effective at brightening, tightening and toning my skin. It’s like a clinical treatment made entirely of plants that you can get prescription free.

How to Use Herbal Face Food Serums

It’s recommended to use Herbal Face Food serums twice a day, morning and night. You can still use a Vitamin C serum and retinol serum with HFF but I would recommend gently incorporating them in one by one and seeing how your skin reacts. I use one full dropper all over my face, including my eyelids, for each use.

Important Tip: Give Herbal Face Food serums a good shake before applying. I also highly recommend properly exfoliating before using these, or better yet, getting a professional facial done to make sure you’re not applying the Herbal Face Food serums to dead skin. You want to maximize the chances of these ingredients reaching deep into the skin to work at the cellular level, especially for their price. A professional facial will ensure that you’ve reset your skin so your products can get to work.

If you have specific areas of concern, apply to the serum to those areas only. You can not only maximize benefits but also make the bottle last longer that way and save you money. If you’re looking for overall skin improvement, there is no issue with applying it to the entire face unless you have sensitive skin, but always patch test first.

The reason Herbal Face Food calls themselves the strongest anti-aging serums on the market is because the antioxidant level of products can be measured and their serums have the highest “score”. There is a scientific method for measuring the antioxidant / anti-aging power of a given ingredient or plant-chemical combination— and it’s called an Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity (ORAC) rating. Based on this, Herbal Face Food serums supposedly have 100,000 times the antioxidant power of Vitamin C.

Herbal Face Food is a line of five serums that gradually increase in strength. You can start off with the weakest serum and graduate to the next level so to speak.

• The Serum I
• The Serum II
• The Serum III
• The Cure
• The Cure XX 

The numbers indicate concentration levels with Herbal Face Food’s The Serum I being suitable for skincare beginners and The Extreme Cure having the highest concentration of active ingredients out of all the serums. As you go up from The Serum I to The Serum II then Serum III you’ll find the concentrations gradually increase. There’s absolutely no fillers, synthetics, and not even plant-based ingredients — just organic plants.

Herbal Face Food Serum Price

Herbal Face Food serums are pricey and would be an investment in your skin. Herbal Face Food Serum I retails for $60 for 10ml, $130 for 30ml and $170 for 50ml. Herbal Face Food The Cure retails for $95 for 10ml, $200 for 30ml and $285 for 50ml. (My discount code OBL will take off a chunk at checkout).

Domestic shipping is free and International buyers can enjoy free shipping on $199+ orders. The fact that so many people put their hard-earned money into these blue bottles I think attests to the fact that more often than not, the serums work.

Herbal Face Food The Cream Review

The Cream is a super light whipped and mousse-like cream that contains a whopping 102 of the world’s most powerful Anti-Aging botanicals. I find this to be a tad greasy and don’t think oily skin types would enjoy this as much as dry skin. I only use The Cream at night because it has an intense orange hue. It doesn’t have the same hot sauce burning sensation but there is a dull burn for the first few minutes. Much more subdued and tolerable though. This is a cream that eventually softens to an oily layer – there are no emulsifiers and binders in this formula.

 

 

Herbal Face Food The Eye Cream Review

I’ve been testing Herbal Face Food’s Eye Cream and this has to be the most balls-to-the-wall, intense eye cream I’ve ever tried. It has 200 botanicals packed into this small jar, which is just insane. It has a similar consistency and texture to The Face Cream and feels like a whipped mousse-y cream that’s a bit greasy.

According to the company, The Eye Cream is the result of 12 years of plant science research and has a40 Million ORAC Anti-aging scale rating. The eye cream has  a similar texture to the Face Cream, but might be just a little bit lighter. I’ll keep you updated with my final thoughts soon. 

 

This isn’t an eye cream that’s mostly water, aloe and glycerin with a handful of actives. Actives is literally all this cream is. I don’t think I’ve ever even seen or heard of some of these actives before. (Tualong Honey, Ai Ye, Fresh Royal Sun Blazei, Fresh Amado, Fresh Oyster Mushroom..come again?)

Ingredients: Kokum, Acai, Pequi, Sacha Inchi, Pracaxi, Mafura, Tucuma, Murumuru, Ucuuba, Bacuri, Cupuacu, Kokum, Shea Butter, Kombo, Sal Butter, Green Coffee, Aloe, Jojoba, Organic Coconut Oil, Lemongrass, Red Mandarin, Vanilla Absolute, Wild Chamomile, Thyme, Oregano, Clove, Jasmine, Myrrh, Rose Anatolian, Neroli, Tuberose, Angelica Root, Frangipani, Inula , Rose Otto, Seaweed Absolute, Champaca, Rose Absolute, Peppermint, Eucalyptus, Winter Savory, Niaouli, Blue Mallee, Tea Tree, Sage, Rosemary, Cinnamon, Cassia, Blue Cypress, Melissa, Milfoil Yarrow, Hyssop, Star Anise, Dragon’s Blood, Manuka Oil, Laurel Berry, Frankincense, Carrot Seed, Bergamot, Jasmine, Helichrysum, Licorice Root, Blue Chamomile, Raspberry Seed, Chinese Licorice, Propolis, Muscadine, Carrot Co2, Turmeric, Turmeric Co2, Mugwort, Green Tea, Gotu Kola, Rhodiola, Ai Ye, Yerba Mate, Guayusa Leaf, Calendula, Shilajit, Chlorifill, Morenga, 99 Honey, New Zealand Honey, Tualong Honey, Reishi, Lion’s Mane, Silica Gel, Earth Powder, Triphala Powder, Red Clover Powder, Horsetail Powder, Sumac Berry Powder, Licorice Root Powder, Guarana Powder, Extra Virgin Organic Olive Oil, Black Seed Oil, Castor Iol, Sunflower Lecithin, Ginsend Oil, Guar Gum, Astaxanthin, Mandarin, Lemon, Cardamom, Sandalwood, Patchouli, , Ylang ylang, Vetiver, Jasmine, Fresh Agarikon (Fomitopsis officinalis) mycelium/rice biomass extract, Fresh Maitake (Grifola frondosa) mycelium/rice biomass extract, Fresh Chaga (Inonotus obliquus) mycelium/rice biomass extract, Fresh Reishi (Ganoderma lucidum s.J.) mycelium/rice biomass extract, Fresh Cordyceps (Cordyceps militaris) mycelium/rice biomass extract, Fresh Oyster Mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus) mycelium/rice biomass extract, Fresh Birch Polypore (Piptoporus betulinus) mycelium/rice biomass extract, Fresh Royal Sun Blazei (Agaricus brasiliensis f. blazei) mycelium/rice biomass extract, Fresh Enokitake (Flammulina velutipes) mycelium/rice biomass extract, Fresh Mesima (Phellinus linteus) mycelium/rice biomass extract, Fresh Split Gill Polypore (Schizophyllum commune) mycelium/rice biomass extract, Fresh Turkey Tails (Trametes versicolor) mycelium/rice biomass extract, Fresh Lion’s Mane (Hericium erinaceus) mycelium/rice biomass extract, Dried Reishi (Ganoderma lucidums) fruit body extract Dried Maitake (Grifola frondosa) fruit body extract, Fresh Amado (Fomes fomentarius) mycelium/rice biomass extract, Fresh Artist’s Conk (Ganoderma applanatum) mycelium/rice biomass extract, Fresh Oregon Ganoderma (Ganoderma oregonense) mycelium/rice biomass extract Fresh Shiitake (Lentinula edodes) mycelium/rice biomass extract

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Is Herbal Face Food Pregnancy Safe?

I asked Herbal Face Food if the serums are safe during pregnancy and here is what they replied with:

“We have many pregnant and nursing parents that use the products. We have heard from several pregnant and nursing parents that they have been given the approval from their healthcare provider to use our products, but we recommend that you reach out to yours before incorporating anything new to your routine when pregnant or nursing. We want you to be sure that your healthcare provider is comfortable with you using our 100% plant products as some providers have different preferences. So while one provider may be okay with you using it, another may want to be more cautious of any new products that you begin using. Nothing is more important than a little one, so we want our customers to be fully confident in what they choose to put in and on their bodies.”

Herbal Face Food Ingredients

Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract, Simmondsia Chinensis Seed Extract, Haematococcus Pluvialis Extract, Helichrysum Stoechas Flower Extract, Lavandula Angustipolia Flower/Leaf/Stem Extract, Origanum Vulgaris Flower Extract, Eugenia Caryophyllus, Thymus Vulgaris Flower/Leaf Extract, Commiphora Myrrha Leaf/Cell Extract, Jasminum Officinale Flower/Leaf Extract, Vetiveria Zizanioides Root Extract, Cananga Odorata Leaf Oil, Pogostemon Cablin Leaf Extract, Santalum Album Extract, Elettaria Cardamomum Seed Extract, Citrus Nobilis, Citrus Medica Limonum Leaf Peal Stem, Cymbopogon Flexuosus Leaf Oil, Boswellia Carterii, Croton Lechleri, Daucus Carota Sativa (Carrot) Seed Oil, Ormenis Mixta, Rose Damenscena, Leptospermum Scoparium Leaf Extract, Callitris Intratropica, Vanilla Planifolia Bean Extract The antioxidant power of the Herbal Face Food serums lies purely in its plant ingredients, so I wanted to highlight a couple below:

Asataxanthin

• very powerful antioxidant, many times more potent than vitamin E
• helps protect the skin, throughout the dermal layers, from the free radical damage
• helps to protect the skin from the sun’s damaging UV rays
• improves the elasticity of the skin by aiding healthy skin cell function

Niaouli

• Helps to reduce oiliness, acne and outbreaks of blemishes
• Effective for toning and tightening the skin
• stimulates new cell growth promoting regeneration of damaged tissue

Melissa

• traditional herbal medicine used widely as a mild sedative, spasmolytic and antibacterial agent
• has antioxidant, anti-aging, and disease fighting properties.

Dragon’s Blood

• helps to protect the cells of the skin, and reduces redness and swelling.

Blue Mallee Eucalyptus

• used to treat many skin infections & skin problems including acne
• An active ingredient in Eucalyptus is called Cineole which is a great antiseptic for wounds