Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

When I got this face cream I was excited to try it! I suffer from mild adult acne, and I am ready to get rid of it. Any natural-ish way I can. While using this product I noticed a few things. Firstly, when I opened it I thought everything looked clean and good. The product did not look like it was used/contaminated. Now looking back I realized that I did notice that it looked odd. The consistency was off, and it smelled a little weird. The smell, I figured, was due to all the ingredients it has. After applying this face cream, I noticed that my skin burned and that it did not fully absorb in. Again, something I did not think twice about since one of the ingredients is tea tree (melaleuca). After using it here and there, I stopped completely because I did not like the product at all. Cut to today. I'm listening to a podcast, and they are covering counterfeit and contaminated make-up/skincare products bought from third-party sellers. As I'm listening, I start to think about this face cream, and the love/hate relationship I have with it. I do some digging, and realized that on the Era Organics website, the picture they have for the container that holds the cream does not look the same as the one I have. The label is off. The words on mine are not spaced out like the ones on the Era Organic website. There are different fonts used on my container while the one on the website looks more uniformed. The listing of the ingredients at the bottom of the label is in the wrong order on mine. I start to wonder if I got a counterfeit product. My background is in Public Health. I am currently a college student in my final year of my undergraduate. My field of study is research. I say this because to make sure I was not being crazy for worrying about anything, I had to do more research and pull up more references. This ranged from Youtube videos of influencers using this product to google images of the container. All of them were identical to the one on the Era Organics' website. The only one that was amiss was the one I have that I bought here. I decided to test the product again. I placed a small amount on the back of my hand and rubbed it in. My hand started to burn a little as my face did previously. It feels like an annoying itch that needs to be scratched. Like a start to an allergic reaction. (there is currently no red bumps on my hand as I type this). The consistency is still very off, and the smell of the cream is off-putting. It is too chemically for all the natural ingredients they say is in it. The label is bubbled in some areas on mine, and I truly believe that this is a counterfeit product that can potentially hurt someone. My container looks exactly like the one pictured in this listing. weird spacing with the words and all. I know that this is long, and I thank you for sticking with me through this. Please, check your labels and stay safe while using this product, and do your research.