Huge thanks to Stephanie who took on the grand task of testing the Elemis FreshSkin range for me. Keep reading to find out how she got on.
Over to you Steph…
Now I’m a sucker for exfoliators; I love a good scrub so I was uber excited to try out this product, especially as it contained various natural products such as cherries, jojoba beads and my favourite, sweet almond oil. It smells amazing, very fresh and fruity, and the scrub also works into a nice lather; just rough enough to know that it’s doing its job and afterwards my skin felt squeaky clean. ‘This is too good to be true!’ I thought to myself happily. However, after using the scrub for about a week, my skin began to breakout in a most grotesque unsightly manner (well…not grotesque but it was highly unusual!). Now I’m not sure whether I broke out because I had changed my regime or whether it was down to the product itself, but I had to stop using it after the second week as I did not want to irritate my skin any further.
As a range catered towards teenagers/young adults (perhaps college and university students), I think £20 is a bit too steep for my liking, considering there is only 50ml of product. With that aside, I think this would have to be my favourite product out of the bunch and the product I was most looking forward to using. Again containing one of my favourite ingredients, sweet almond oil, the non-greasy moisturiser really soaks into my skin without it being too heavy. It has a pleasant smell of lavender and only requires a small amount for thorough coverage. My face was left feeling really soft and the English chamomile extract really helped to calm the inflammation of skin that my breakout caused. The downside of this is that it does not contain SPF.
I don’t really have a lot to say on this one as it is extremely similar to the day cream. It has the same properties as the day cream and although it does leave my skin feeling plumper and clearer the next morning, there is virtually no difference, so I don’t understand why they felt the need to add £2 onto the price.
I’m a bit of an insomniac and I’ve never had any sort of skincare for my eyes before so I was really pleased to be trying out this eye-gel! It is exceptionally refreshing and cooling and my eyes look less puffy about 15 minutes after use. Although I did have a slight side-eye towards the price, the great thing about this product is that a little does go a long way, so it will last for quite some time. For added coolness, I put the gel in the fridge for 30 minutes before applying at night. It is a tad drying under the eyes but it was nothing that a little moisturiser couldn’t fix.
The face masks come in a set of six individually packed sachets and contain just the right amount of product to distribute over your face. The deep clean clay mask contains frankincense oil, glycerine and goji berry extract which helps to draw out the impurities from your skin. Given how thick the consistency was, I liked the fact that it was extremely cooling once applied. The recommended application time of 10 minutes was perfect as the mask started to harden around this time. After rinsing, my face felt really refreshed and again, squeaky clean! I will definitely be purchasing this mask in future!
FINAL THOUGHTS…
Overall I think the range is pretty good; it has tried its best to cover all skin types and should be commended for that and although the products may be a bit on the pricier side for cash-strapped teens, I think it would well be worth the investment in order to reap the benefits of it later. The day and night moisturises are virtually the same and so I personally think it’ll be a waste to invest in both, I will definitely however, be purchasing the face masks.
Stephanie’s blog – Nerd About Town
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Great honest review Steph. I'd expect nothing less. I've found my hg face products that don't break me out so I'm reluctant to test the tides like I used to. The eye gel is probably the thing I'd most likely test out as I haven't found the perfect one yet