L'Oreal Perfect Clean Foaming Gel Wash - Review

You probably don't remember but I bought this product back in March when my mum was in hospital - I really wanted to do this review sooner but I felt I needed to give it a longer go. L'Oreal Perfect Clean Foaming Gel Wash comes in several variants - the one I chose was the turquoise / blue one "Refreshing" for Normal / Combination skin - exactly my skin type. The product comes in a chunky dispenser with a removable "scrublet" - I think the whole concept of the scrublet is why this stood out to me above all the other face washes out there at the time.

For those of you that haven't seen this before - the scrublet is a little rubber device covered in rubber spikes that you use to massage the wash onto your face - therefore washing and exfoliating at the same time -



you can either attach it back to the bottle or use it like I did and stick it to the bathroom tile using the sucker on the back.

To use it you hold the scrublet between your fingers (as shown) and apply a little bit of the face wash on to the scrublet and then you apply in circular motions to your already damp face

This is the first thing I noticed I found the wash very liquidy and there was a tendency to use too much. Using the scrublet to apply the product to your face I have to admit was very economical - you really didn't need much product to produce a lather. I must admit I like this was of cleansing my face - the gel smelled fresh and quite pleasant and my face certainly felt clean

However, after only a few days of using the product I ended up with some very dry patches on my skin - me a girl who hasn't ever had dry skin had large patches of flaking skin on my jawline - not pretty! To be fair I was a bit stressed at the time and that can manifest itself in your skin so I decided to persevere with the product for a bit longer - did things get any better? did they hell a couple of months on I still have the dry patches, and despite the wash containing salicylic I now have worse spots than I did in the first place.
OK this might be just my experience with this product but I am afraid it gets a big fat FAIL from me. I love the scrublet initially I thought it was a bit of a gimmick but I will definitely be keeping that in my routine but the face wash just didn't suit my skin at all :( L'Oreal Perfect Clean Foaming Wash comes in around 4 varieties for around £4.99