Sheesh. I've been wanting to just write on my blog using my iPad but apparently, blogger is not going to make that easy for me. Blogger fail for sure! Anyways, I've been in the lookout for a decent cleanser. Something that is comparable with my Philosophy Purity cleanser. But something that's more reasonable price wise. I'm on a self-imposed buying ban until I get my debt under control / sell our house so we're not paying for two places type of thing. Although I did sign up for the Beautybar's Sample Society when I finally received an invite. I'll have to write about that later.
I didn't repurchase the Purity cleanser because I got bored with it and wanted a change. What I really want to try is the Liz Earle cleanser that every beauty blogger has raved about. But, I can't justify spending that kind of money ordering face cleanser from the U.K. while I'm trying to desperately get my finances in order. Look at me trying to be responsible!
Well, I've been using the Cetaphil cleanser for about two weeks or so and I didn't really know what to expect. I know that it's such a cult favorite and loads of people rave about it. Well, unfortunately for me, I'm not impressed. It's okay. It's not as drying as the Clarins cleanser which left my skin feeling ridiculously stripped and tight. It does leave the skin feeling hydrated but I'm not sure how "cleansing" it is. It does not remove makeup. At. All. I tried "lathering" up for at least 60 seconds for a proper cleanse and then went over with my Bioderma and there was still loads of makeup left on the cotton pad. You definitely have to double cleanse with this one. Forget removing eye makeup. Of course, I can't really fault the cleanser for it since it doesn't claim to remove makeup. But still though, it's a cleanser. You would think it would actually cleanse. But I'm not going to hold it against the cleanser for not doing something that it doesn't claim to do. On the plus side, it is a very affordable cleanser. It hasn't broken me out so that's another plus. It does contain a lot of chemicals though. Based on what little research I've done on the ingredients, it's certainly not "natural" and contains lots of parabens.
Ingredients: Water, cetyl alcohol, propylene glycol, sodium lauryl sulfate, stearyl alcohol, methylparaben, propylparaben, butylparaben.
Doesn't look very "natural." It definitely doesn't have any extra antioxidant or skin benefiting ingredients. But hey, it hasn't broken me out or dried me out. I just have to make extra sure that my makeup is completely taken off separately. I'm not on some kind of tree-hugging anti-paraben bandwagon or anything but I suppose it doesn't really hurt to try to steer toward better ingredients.
Would I repurchase? Probably not. I'm not wowed. It's a decent cleanser. Cheap. Of course, I will finish the bottle and make a final decision then. Maybe it'll grow on me. But I still have my eye on the Liz Earle cleanser. Also, the Philosophy Purity definitely smells better. That kind of stuff is pretty important in skincare. Cetaphil has no scent, which might be good for some but I would prefer something that has more aromatherapy qualities.
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