I'll admit this much: I've never applied a tinted body oil in my life. Not if you discount those old school (read: streaky as hell) Jergens tanning lotion America was obsessed with when I was a college. What can I say? Not even I, Miss Don't-Tell-Me-What-To-Do, was immune to peer pressure when I was a young adult. Pasty wasn't really a lewk when everyone was sporting a glow in the dead of winter. It isn't much of a lewk now either — have you seen the highlighters that have engulfed the beauty industry lately? To give my body the same kind of luminosity (and life (because I haven't had time to lay out in months), I reached for the Kora Organics Sun-Kissed Glow Body Oil. Things I liked: the subtle tan it gave me (I'm not even sure if I can call it a tan considering how light it is), which looked quite real and alive during the day. After sundown, I looked a tad yellow, due to the undertones of my skin. Ah to be Asian! It's a great product to start with if you're new to the body glowing process like I was, since the sparkle's pretty tame too. No one was going to accuse me of swallowing a disco ball if you catch my drift, which is reflective (hehe) of Fenty Beauty Body Lava Body Luminizer's finish. Things I didn't like: the sticky feeling it left my with; my skin didn't drink this up as much as I would have liked it to. To be fair, it's probably just the sunflower seed oil, which can be intensely moisturising as it's mostly made up of linoleic acid. Hey, perhaps this would be great for mature skin! At some point, I'd love to haul this to my next wintry vacation to redeem the mistakes of my youth, so Kora Organics must come up a mini version soon.
Jolene Khor