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Clean & Clear Fairness Face Wash {Product Review}

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Clean & Clear Fairness Face Wash at Perfect Skin Care for you

Price: Rs 99 for 80gms

Pros
leaves the skin little brighter after wash
doesn’t stretch the skin or make it dry, very rare occurrences even if it happens!!
is little gritty in texture so provides extremely mild exfoliation
doesn’t have SLS
Cons
no skin type is mentioned on the product but this is especially for only combination and oily skin!!
My Experience
The product is a pearly pink in color and a little thick in consistency. A little of the product goes a long way. It also cleanses the skin really well. In fact, I found this face wash to similar to that of Ponds and Dove face washes in every way. The ingredient list is also almost same having myristic acid as one of the top ingredients.

Clean & Clear Fairness Face Wash at Perfect Skin Care for you
I do not like the fairness claims but it leaves a skin little brighter and a bit pinkish after the wash. It doesn’t dry the skin overtly but I do think it might not be suitable for dry skin. Regarding the oil control claims, I can’t make any observations because the climate has considerably cooled down and my skin gets oily only in high temperatures. 
Though, I should probably mention that even though its really sunny these days sometimes, my skin doesn’t get much oily, only sweaty. Oh, one thing is that the gritty texture of the product helps exfoliating. Its not a high-powered one but for daily use, its fine. So, yup, give a chance and then decide whether to stick to it or not.
PS: Product sent by brand. 
Other Clean & Clear product reviewed on the blog:

Clean & Clear Skin-Balancing Moisturizere

Lush Dark Angels Face Cleanser {Product Review}

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Price: Rs 700 for 100 gms (approx.)

Ingredients

Rhassoul Mud, Cold Pressed Avocado Oil (Persea gratissima), Glycerine, Powdered Charcoal, Black Sugar (sucrose), Sodium Lauroyl Sarcosinate, Perfume, *Linalool, Sandalwood Oil (Santalum album), Rosewood oil (Aniba rosaeodora)
Pros
natural ingredients
makes the skin really soft
exfoliates amazingly!!
Cons
doesn’t control oil production
doesn’t remove oil or cleanse really well
very expensive!!
My Experience
I got this in June and have been using it on and off since then. I had been wanting to try the product since a very very long time so was very excited to try it out. So, how to use it a very big problem and trust me when I say its damn messy!!! It will blacken your washbasins and everywhere else it touches.
How to use? Take a pea size amount and pour a drop or two of water on it and make a paste which will be a little watery and cleanse with it thoroughly. Though, I would like to say that it doesn’t really cleanse well. I use oil to remove the traces of sunscreen from my skin and this product doesn’t cleanse that oil as thoroughly as I would like.
But, its a damn good exfoliator. It leaves the skin soft and smooth and removes the whiteheads but it didn’t really have any noticeable effect on my blackheads. I use it on alternate days to scrub my face properly. Its not at all harsh. Oh btw, avoid looking in the mirror or you might frighten yourself 😀 Yes, it looks like black paint on the face!!
Its definitely expensive and would last two months at max if used regularly which I think is way too less. The expiry period of the product is probably four months from the date of manufacture but I do have issues with this date things in Lush. They provide date of packaging and expiry but the date of packaging is date when you buy the product. So, how do they calculate the date of expiry? Honestly, Lush is not really working out well for me!!
Have you used Dark Angels?
 
Other products I love or hate from Lush:

Dove Deep Pure Face Wash Product Review

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Dove soaps are not my favorite but their face washes did catch my eye and the best part is that they do not have SLS. So, lets check out if I liked it or not 🙂

Price: Rs 70 for 50gms

Pros
very less quantity required
no SLS
doesn’t dry or stretch my skin

Cons
no improvement in blackheads
doesn’t really exfoliate as far as I could experience

I don’t know what to write in this review coz the face wash is nothing great and neither bad. Its formula is just similar to the Pond’s face washes.The product claims to have micro-puff technology which cleanses the pores well and exfoliates at the same time.

Honestly, I don’t think I really saw anything like that in my face. It doesn’t brighten or stretch my skin or make it dry and neither does the face wash claim anything like that. It is an inexpensive and SLS free face wash which can be given a try.

PS: I have had two sources with dry skin inform me that it is indeed drying for skin so dry girls, take care!! Mine’s combi.