Sunday, July 16, 2017

Cleansers: Summer 2017.


Once again it's time to take a seasonal look at the current crop of cleansers I'm using. (I don't use any of these to remove eye make up by the way - my eyes are very sensitive so I always use a separate specific eye make up remover product.) 
 Now that it is hot I'm all about beauty products that feel cooling and fresh on my skin. I don't need to use products that are quite as thick or nourishing as the ones that I use in the colder months but 
 I need something that is effective enough to remove heavier sunscreens whilst still being gentle on my skin. 
 My current selection features a couple of old favourites and a couple of newer (to me) products. They are all pretty light formulas, I can't deal with a thick balm or anything too oily when the temperature is scorching so let's take a look...

Mario Badescu Cleansing Gel.
It's been a while since I have had a bottle of this on my shelf but it's an old favourite that not only does a great job of both removing make up and cleansing skin but is also wallet friendly. I must admit that I had my reservations when I first used this some years ago - it is a lurid shade of green and it's old fashioned fragrance is incredibly strong - but it feels lovely, rinses away easily and leaves my skin feeling soft and looking clear and bright thanks to gentle fruit acids that lightly exfoliate. This doesn't sting my eyes at all so it's a good face wash to keep in the shower. 
I do hate the ugly home made looking packaging of this but I like the product so much I'm willing to overlook it! 

Tata Harper Purifying Cleanser.
This may well be my favourite cleanser! Like the Mario Badescu Cleansing Gel it is non foaming and lightly exfoliates with fruit acids but it does everything that Mario does just a little better and it feels so much more luxurious. 
I love everything about this lightweight non foaming gel but I particularly enjoy it's zippy uplifting fragrance. This is far too good to use to remove my make up so I use this purely for second cleansing at night or as a morning face wash if I need something to awaken me. There's nothing I don't like about this - although it's expensive you only need to use a little so a bottle lasts for quite some time and it's a very pretty bottle to have hanging around at that.

Lierac Cream Cleansing Milk.
Lierac is a French pharmacy brand that is very much overlooked in my opinion. It's not the easiest to find in the USA but whenever I come across it I try to pick something up and so far I have loved every product that I have tried from them. 
I'm not normally a fan of cleansing milk finding them often to be too liquid to be effective and somewhat messy to use but this is thicker than most other milks that I have tried with more of a body lotion like feel which means that it is perfect for massaging into your face. It's not at all greasy yet it dissolves make up like a dream and rinses off easily. It also cools and soothes skin on application and I like it so much that often I will use it as a first and second cleanse particularly if I feel that my skin feels irritated or needs some extra moisturising.

Soap & Glory The Ultimelt.
TBH I've got somewhat mixed feelings about this thick creamy cleanser. It's easy on the pocket and comes in a practical tube that makes it a cert for your travel bag. It's a truly lovely consistency, thick and creamy but lightweight at the same time and it melts away make up almost instantly. But sometimes when I use this it makes my skin feel a little prickly - it doesn't make me red and it's not all that often that it does but there is something about the particular blend of oils in this cleanser that doesn't quite agree with my skin and makes it temporarily uncomfortable. And that's a real pity because other than that it is a very good product. I've almost come to the end of this and sadly, because there are a lot of aspects of this that I liked, I won't be getting it again.

May Lindstrom The Pendulum Potion.
This is the only product left from my post about Spring Cleansers. 
Although it is intended to be used as a cleansing oil I use this as more of a treatment once or twice a week when I press a few drops of this into my face before I shower. Once in the shower the steam helps it absorb and when I get out my skin feels softened and clean. This does a good job of relieving any congested areas that I may have and it smells very aromatic. It is expensive but using it the way I do it will last me for quite some time so I expect it will be here again when I look at my Autumn round up of cleansers!

I feel that this is a rather pared down streamlined collection of cleansers compared to some previous selections of mine but it covers all my needs and sometimes it's nice, not to mention easier, to have fewer choices...

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