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Ok, so here's the story. I usually use the blue gel facial cleanser from Nivea, but for the last 2 months I've not been able to find it anywhere in town. So today, I am finally *completely* out, so I had to break down and try something else. I've used Olay, Clean and Clear and a few other things before, but wanted to try something different.
L'Oreal makeup is my favorite DS brand, but I've never tried their skincare, so I thought what the heck? I picked up Visibly Clean Foaming Cream Scrub Cleanser, and used it when I got home. It's a creamy cleanser with that realy finely milled gritty exfoliating stuff in it. I've used similar products many times with no problem. I know to be gentle! (By the way, it doesn't foam AT ALL, so the name is a bit deceiving.)
About 10 minutes after using this and moisturizing, I sit down to put my makeup on. As I'm brushing on my loose powder foundation I notice a very fine streak of blood across my face. I KNEW it couldn't be from my brush, since I just washed them last night. I've had no blemishes at all recently, so I knew it hadn't been picked up from that. I wiped it off and continued, not thinking much of it, then a blood streak again! I freaked out and got about 3 inches from the mirror and I could see little pinhole sized drops of blood coming from my PORES! It was as if the abrasives in the cleanser caused little tears on my skin. I was totally freaked out.
I went back in and cleaned my face again with just some gentle baby soap to take off the makeup I'd already put on and put on some cream. I can't believe that it made my face BLEED! When I tell you I was rubbing gently with the cleanser, I really was. I know that those 'sandy' feeling products can be rough, and I don't have sensitive skin.
Needless to say, this is going back to WalMart first thing tomorrow! I'm so frustrated. I guess I will go back to either an Olay product, or something else that is more gentle. I have a sample sized tube of Skin Effects that has the same texture as the L'Oreal, that I've used probably 5 times and never had that happen before. Ugh!
Steer clear of this stuff!
HQ
L'Oreal makeup is my favorite DS brand, but I've never tried their skincare, so I thought what the heck? I picked up Visibly Clean Foaming Cream Scrub Cleanser, and used it when I got home. It's a creamy cleanser with that realy finely milled gritty exfoliating stuff in it. I've used similar products many times with no problem. I know to be gentle! (By the way, it doesn't foam AT ALL, so the name is a bit deceiving.)
About 10 minutes after using this and moisturizing, I sit down to put my makeup on. As I'm brushing on my loose powder foundation I notice a very fine streak of blood across my face. I KNEW it couldn't be from my brush, since I just washed them last night. I've had no blemishes at all recently, so I knew it hadn't been picked up from that. I wiped it off and continued, not thinking much of it, then a blood streak again! I freaked out and got about 3 inches from the mirror and I could see little pinhole sized drops of blood coming from my PORES! It was as if the abrasives in the cleanser caused little tears on my skin. I was totally freaked out.
I went back in and cleaned my face again with just some gentle baby soap to take off the makeup I'd already put on and put on some cream. I can't believe that it made my face BLEED! When I tell you I was rubbing gently with the cleanser, I really was. I know that those 'sandy' feeling products can be rough, and I don't have sensitive skin.
Needless to say, this is going back to WalMart first thing tomorrow! I'm so frustrated. I guess I will go back to either an Olay product, or something else that is more gentle. I have a sample sized tube of Skin Effects that has the same texture as the L'Oreal, that I've used probably 5 times and never had that happen before. Ugh!
Steer clear of this stuff!
HQ
