A great concept and good effort, but only if it suits your skin. (Dermalogica PreCleanse)

Member Name: Jcapulet

Product:	Dermalogica PreCleanse
Date:	18/10/08 (125 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Smells wonderful and has some lovely ingredients.

Disadvantages: Blocked my pores, but then I'm susceptible to this anyhow.

I wanted to LOVE this product as I has waited patiently for it to be released to the UK market. However, my combination, spot-prone skin didn't like it.

I always double cleanse my face. I think it's important to remove my makeup and the dirt and grime of the day before cleansing my pores etc and I like to use an oil based product to remove my make-up thoroughly. I loved the smell of this product and it would have been an absolute pleasure to use. Please note that this contains no artificial fragrance or colour, so that smell is natural to the ingredients Dermalogica use.

The product itself contains ingredients such as olive and kukui oils which helps melt the layers of excess sebum, sunscreen and makeup etc. ( I would say though if you use a long-stay waterproof mascara or a mascara with a two-stage primer process, I would use a separate eye-make remover.) It contains vitamin E to help fight free radicals, Lavandula Hybrida for soothing the skin, Citrus Nobilis for it's refinement and antiseptic properties and Borago Officinalis Seed for it's anti-inflammatory properties.

Ingredients: Caprylic/capric Triglyceride, Prunus Armeniaca (apricot) Kernel Oil, PEG-40 Sorbitan Peroleate, Helianthus Annuus (sunflower) Seed Oil, Cetyl Ethylhexanoate, C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate, Oils Of: Borago Officinalis Seed, Aleurites Moluccana Seed, Oryza Sativa (rice) Bran, Carthamus Tinctorius (safflower) Seed, Citrus Grandis (grapefruit) Peel, Lavandula Hybrida, Cymbopogon Schoenanthus, Citrus Aurantium Dulcis (orange), Lavandula Angustifolia (lavender), Citrus Nobilis (mandarin Orange) Peel; Solanum Lycopersicum (tomato) Extract, Tocopheryl Acetate, Decyl Olive Esters, Tocopherol, Dicaprylyl Carbonate, Isopropylparaben, Isobutylparaben, Butylparaben, Citral, Limonene, Linalool.

How to use : You apply the oil on your DRY hands and then onto a DRY face. You massage it into your face thoroughly and then add a little water. This turns the oil into a milky creamy substance and then remove by rinsing your face with water ( or use a muslin cloth like I do, to remove excess product and then rinse. ) Then apply a cleanser to finish the cleansing process. This is NOT a cleanser, it is a pre-cleanser only and will not prepare skin throughly enough ready for any serums and moisturisers etc.

I have friends who have dry/sensitive/normal/oily skin issues and they swear by this. But there's an ingredient or two that disagrees with my skin as it leads to blocked pores and spots. That said, my is spot prone depending on the ingredients I use anyway.

Like with any new product, I would ask your local Dermalogical salon for a sample of this first before buying the full size to see if it suits.

The bottom line is that it's a great concept because I think double cleansing makes a huge difference. but it's just a shame that this product did not suit my skin.

Summary: B+ for effort and attainment, but not quite an A for my skin type.