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Beautiful Bio-Oil Dry Skin Gel and a $120 Prize Pack Giveaway

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Light lavender scent, suitable for sensitive skin, and moisturizes like nothing else. This is a BIG NEW product alert!

Bio-Oil –  you may know them as the brand with the best-selling stretch mark and scar treatment oil. That’s how I’ve known them for years.  Used in my house for everything from stretch marks, to improving small scars, Bio-Oil is a staple in our bathroom vanity.  Now this iconic brand has just announced the launch of Bio-Oil Dry Skin Gel, a truly unique gel-to-oil formulation for dry skin. This marks the brand’s second and only new product in over 30 years and it is a show stopper.

As someone who travels a lot, hates the winter for what it does to my skin, and admittedly washes my hands a little too often, I suffer with embarrassingly dry skin.  Not just on my hands but on my legs too.  Sigh.  It doesn’t seem to matter how much water I drink, how healthy my diet is, I still need the help of a moisturizer to help keep my skin looking it’s best.  So when asked if I wanted to try Bio-Oil Dry Skin Gel I decided to give it a try.  I wasn’t sure what to expect, but was pleasantly surprised.

With billions of dry skin sufferers around the world, the makers of Bio-Oil had set out to develop a better solution to the creams, lotions and body butters that are commonly used to treat dry skin.  What they’ve done is successfully create a product that you only have to use a tiny bit of to see great big results.

Here’s what I found:  As I opened the perfectly sealed white tub, a pale pink gel was revealed, and it was quite unique to any other moisturizer I’ve seen before.  A little dab was really all that was needed for my first application of this product.  Immediately the skin on my hands felt softer, less irritated.  The gel quickly and easily absorbed into my skin and that soft, moisturized feeling lasted even through hand washing.  After trying Bio-Oil for two weeks I’ve now know:

  • the gel texture glides on and is easily absorbed
  • a little goes a long way
  • The unique texture of this product sets it apart form other more traditional moisturizing products such as creams and lotions
  • my skin is more soft and supple than ever, even radiant

How does Bio-Oil Dry Skin Gel differ from other dry skin products?


Dry skin creams, lotions and body butters are made from water, which evaporates when coming into contact with skin and is of no benefit to dry skin. Bio-Oil has pioneered a way to replace this water with oil, thereby creating a product that is 100% active.  It’s skin care, but smarter!

Where can you apply Bio-Oil Dry Skin Gel?

Anywhere you have dry skin!  I’ve tried this product on my hands, feet, elbows, arms and legs, and even my face. It’s conveniently available in a variety of sizes so that you can take it with you and keep it at home.  Bio-Oil Gel Dry Skin Gel is multi-purpose and can be used as a facial moisturizer or applied specifically on areas that require more hydration.   It’s a great product to travel with, especially when flying is so dehydrating to our skin.

Did you know?

  • Most dry skin products are made from 70% water, which evaporates when coming in contact with skin.
  • The NEW Bio-Oil Dry Skin Gel contains only 3% water, allowing the active ingredients to dominate the formula.
  • Bio-Oil Dry Skin Gel is made with 50% oil, therefore substantially less is needed to cover an area of the body.  A little truly goes a long way!
  • 50% of the Dry Skin Gel formation is actually made up the original Bio-Oil Skin Care Oil, known for it’s fast absorption and hydration.

Suggested retail price for the Bio-Oil Dry Skin Gel is $8.99 (50ml), $14.99 (100ml), $24.99 (200ml).

One lucky reader of How To Survive Life Of The Suburbs has the chance to win a fabulous prize package from Bio-Oil.  The beautiful prize package includes the products listed below (some of which are shown above) :

*Full size Bio-Oil skincare oil
*Travel size skincare oil
*Full size Dry Skin Gel
*Travel size Dry Skin Gel
*Bio-Oil water bottle
*Cosmetic bag
* A $25 Gift Card  to Shoppers Drug Mart
Approximate total value $120.
Here’s how to enter!  To win simply tell me: What are you doing, or did you do for your Mom on Mother’s Day? Then use the rafflecopter form provided below to earn those extra entries.


This giveaway is open to Canadians only, excluding Quebec, and to all those who have reached the age of majority in their Province. Closes May 30, 2019.  Prize fulfillment is the responsibility of Bio-Oil. This giveaway is not associated with Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram, or Twitter.

Disclosure: This is a sponsored post. In exchange for this post, I have received perks in the form of products and/or compensation.  All opinions on this blog are my own.

    • Comments

    1. I’m sad to say that I am the only member of my family left, dad died at 59 of cancer, my brother at 69 also of cancer, my twin sister died at the age of 54 of lupus related problems. My mother lasted the longest and was 87 when she died, however she’d had dementia for years and it was painful to visit her and her not knowing who I was. At age 68 I feel that I am lucky to have lived this long.

    3. I’ve not heard of this before, I love the idea of the dry skin gel, especially for the harsh winter months when my skin dries out.

    6. Sadly my mom is no longer with us, but we did take my Mother in Law out to breakfast

    9. I had a nice brunch with my family and then we went to the garden centre to buy some plants.