Lush Bland?

Oh yes, it’s Ultra Bland! I’ve been looking for a very long time for a cleansing product that really gets rid of the makeup you’ve worn during the day or even for a night. A few months ago I went to Lush because I heard about their Henna range (a chemical free hair tint treatment) and was curious to what cleansers they had.

Every time, I go there it seems they push the Angels on Bare Skin cleanser simply because it’s their most popular cleanser and scrub all in one. The sales girl also showed me Ocean Salt and Ultra Bland trying them both on the back of my hand. The Ocean salt smelt refreshing with the Coconut with hints of lime and grape fruit, but felt a bit too rough. The Ultra Bland embodies it’s given name: Bland; on the back of my had it felt oily and slightly lard-ish, with no fragrance if any, maybe smelling a bit like glycerine. At the store I wasn’t convinced, but somehow I left with a 5 gram sample and only a month ago did I discover how great this product was.

I have to admit it’s hard to convince me to buy cleanser/scrub that has been tried on the back of my hand. Simply because we never cleanse/scrub/treat the back of our hands like we would on our faces, that of course any product would reveal beautiful, glowing and refreshed skin.

Anyway, this sample had been sitting there for a month or so before I decided to use it. It looks very much like hair wax and you use it in the same manner, except on your face. All you need is to pick a small amount with your finger, rubbing with a bit of warm water into the palms of your hands to heat it up before massaging it into your face. After a quick splash of warm water to the face, using a dry cotton pad you would wipe your face clean of the Bland; you’ll realise the magic of the product when you look at the pad. When I first used it I was gob-smacked by how dirty the cotton pad was with all the makeup I had worn during the day, everything from foundation, mascara and eye shadow. It seems the oil in the product binds itself to all the makeup on your skin and when you wipe it off, it wipes everything in its path.

What I love is most after using it, is that your skin feels amazingly baby soft, not at all greasy and doesn’t feel like makeup is still sitting deep in your pores. Reading the ingredients listing, I shouldn’t have been surprised, with stuff like the softening Honey and Peanut oil, clarifying Rose water and the Beeswax that does all the binding.

It’s definitely worthwhile trying if your cleanser can’t get rid of all the makeup residue left in your skin. I would recommend getting the 45gm instead of the 100gm as it’ll take you ages to go through the small one. Or better yet, pop into Lush and ask for a sample!

Lot of love, Little J.