It comes with the territory that as a beauty editor I love skincare. In fact, I’m obsessed with it and, because testing products is a huge part of my job, my bathroom cabinet is overflowing with the best moisturisers, spot treatments, brightening serums and SPFs—although I’d be lying if I said that I didn’t have a toiletries bag that was fit to burst with skincare before I started working in the industry too. The only difference between now and 15 years ago is that then, at 21 years old, my edit consisted entirely of affordable products and high-street brands. While I still truly believe that there are plenty of purse-friendly skincare formulations that punch way about their modest price tag, I have to admit that there is something that feels so good about using a more luxury formula. And it doesn't come more decadent than the Sisley Black Rose Precious Face Oil.
Since its launch in 2014, beauty editors, facialists, and skincare obsessives have waxed lyrical about this luxury face oil. Following in the wake of another cult skincare icon—the Sisley Black Rose Cream Mask—it boasts the same potent floral extract but in a rejuvenating oil formulation. Yet despite basically everyone I know in the industry singing its praises, I’d somehow never tried it. Until now that is. And while I've always been intrigued about products that gain cult status, I am always quietly sceptical about whether they’ll live up to the hype. So, let’s get into what I really thought of this cult-favourite £198 face oil.
