Precleanse by Dermalogica is my absolute favourite product of all time. Period. In a world where wearing make up every day, all the time is a fact of life, its easy for it to become trapped deep within our skin, clogging our pores, causing breakouts, dulling our complexion and stopping our skin from 'breathing' properly. To combat this, Dermalogica formulated Precleanse as a first step to clean skin.
Precleanse is cleansing oil made from over a dozen different botanical oils that work in perfect affinity with your skin. Yes, I said a cleansing OIL! It has been drilled into use time and time again that oil is bad and will cause breakouts, it clogs pores and blah blah blah. This is frankly rat patootie. The oils in Precleanse are specifically chosen and blended to work in natural harmony with your skin to clean deep into your pores without blocking or clogging.
The basis of the effectiveness of Precleanse is based in an essential law of chemistry. Like substances dissolve like substances. Most foundations have a oil base to help them adhere to the skin and even the ones that do not, still feel oily and waxy after many hours of wear. This is due to the natural secretions of oil by the skin. (The oil secreted by the skin is called sebum, and is essential to the skin. We never, EVER want to strip it away for any reason. Stripping your skin will cause more harm than good.)
Precleanse's unique formulation allow it to effortlessly dissolve when the heaviest, waxiest, most waterproof make up with a 1 minute massage. After using Precleanse, the feeling on your skin is the complete opposite of what you would expect: it isn't oily. You are simply left with soft, supple, clean, smooth, hydrated skin.
Product breakdown:
Ingredients: Apricot kernel oil, Borage seed oil, Rice bran oil, Sunflower seed oil, Safflower oil, Lavender oil, Orange oil, Vitamin E, Tomato extract, Grapefruit peel oil, Mandarin oil, Lavandula oil.
How to use: Apply about teaspoon of Precleanse on dry hands to a dry face. Massage over the entire face, including lips and eyes. After around 20-30 seconds, moisten your hands and continue massaging until the product reaches a light emulsion. Rinse off and cleanse again with your normal cleanser.
Smell: Precleanse has a beautiful smell of light botanicals with noticeable base notes of citrus. In short, it is cleansing heaven.
Feel: Precleanse does have a strange feel for most the first time they use it. For most, cleansing with oil feels absolutely wrong; but even the most skeptical of skeptics cannot deny the beautiful clean and supple feeling Precleanse leaves after you rinse it off.
Final thoughts: A spectacular product that no makeup wearer should be without in their bathroom.
Learn more at http://www.dermalogica.com/au/html/products/precleanse-1.html?type=function&cat=cleansers. All pictures and information is at the credit of Dermalogica®.
~Lykos Nightwolf
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