For Christmas my lovely mother was asking me what I would
like and I was rambling off the usual. I did ask for a few more Liz Earle
cleanse and polishes to keep me going through the winter as it’s a staple in my
night time skin care routine especially in winter as my cheeks have a tendency
to get a bit dry and drab looking.
Now my mother knows me very well, to know I like to try out
new products all the time and I don’t mind trying out cheaper alternatives and
giving them a go. So on Christmas day I was delighted to find a few products
from the “pure” skin care line which can be purchased at Marks&Spencers.
The cleanser retails for £10.00 which is slightly cheaper
than the cleanse and polish, but it all adds up!
Here’s what Marks&Spencer’s have to say about it on
their website …
- As seen in ES magazine Sept 2012
- This Instant Radiance hot cloth deeply cleanses, polishes and conditions for radiant, smooth skin. Now available with a new and improved pump. 200ml
- Minimum 95% natural ingredients
- 100% essential oil fragrance
- Free from parabens, silicones, mineral oil
- Directions: Gently massage cleanser into face and neck using circular movements to gently stimulate the skin and loosen dead skin cells. Rinse the muslin cloth under comfortable hot water, wring out the excess and lightly polish off the cleanser in circular motions to reveal clear radiant skin
- Indications: Avoid direct contact with the eyes. If product gets into the eyes rinse well with warm water
- Ingredients: Camelina oil, starflower oil, chamomile, geranium, petitgrain
Now this all sounds lovely but how does it perform?
Their recently added pump gives you lots of control over the
amount of product being used which I love. It means if I’m cleansing after a
day wearing no makeup I can easily reduce the amount I’m using compared to
makeup days where I want a deeper clean.
I usually take my makeup off with a wipe (tut tut I know) or
a product like Garnier soothing lotion makeup remover so I can cleanse on a
clean face.
Normally over my hormonal period of the month ( trying to
put it politely) I usually get rather spotty , but while I’ve been using this
as part of my night time skin care I’ve not suffered nearly as much as I
usually do. I may finally be growing out of spots (fingers crossed) as I
quickly approach my 20th birthday, and wave farewell to my teenage
years.
The scent is absolutely beautiful and smells like a
luxurious spa when I’m massaging into my face , it’s really soothing and
relaxing. The only thing that liz Earle cleanse and polish beats it on is the
ability to be worked into the skin for longer. After massaging the pure
cleanser into your face for a good minute or so you can feel it getting harder
to massage in, this doesn’t particularly bother me as I find it a good time to
get to work with the muslin cloth. Afterwards it leaves me feeling very clean,
fresh faced and hydrated. When I wake up in the morning I have noticed more of
a glow to my skin which is awesome!
I follow up with the pure daily skincare instant radiance
skin tonic, which retails for £6.00; this also has a beautiful fragrance to it
similar to the cleanser. It feels so refreshing and soothing on the skin and I
can tell it really balances my skin out after cleansing. It doesn’t irritate my
skin as I find some toners can really strip my combination skin leaving my
cheeks feeling tight. I love the fact the tonic also has a pump just like the
cleanser as it makes it much easier to control how much product your using as
liquid products can sometimes go everywhere and get spilt by clumsy people like
me.
On a whole I defiantly recommend and I will certainly be
repurchasing throughout 2014.
