Facial Cleanser = Bad

Good morning all! Today we are going to talk about skin care. I don't know if any of you are anything like me, but sometimes I think my skin just hates me. No, I never really suffered the wrath of excessive acne or eczema or anything like that, but I still get breakouts and patches of dry skin and redness - often in the same damn place. How does that even happen? Ack. I've been told that my skin is actually sensitive and that's why I sometimes encounter a combination of issues. And going along with my whole veg*n lifestyle, I have been searching for a product that will address my "sensitive" needs and leave animals out of it.

So say hello to JĀSÖN (I don't know why they opted for the diacritics)'s Fragrance-Free Twice Daily Facial Cleanser. I went into this purchase with a very positive attitude. It wasn't tootoo expensive (about $11 Canadian), is free of animal products, and is not tested on animals. It also says it is soap-free (is soap a problem?), will be gentle on your skin, and will reduce redness, etc. That all sounds great, right?

It wasn't. Number one: This stuff is NOT fragrance-free. Well, let me revise that... It does seem to be perfume-free, but it still smells. I would have taken any kind of flowery aroma over the odour it has as an apparent result of its fragrance-free-ness. It smells a little musty or something. Number two: Maybe this was the inherent nature of it being "soap-free", but it didn't even seem like this was a cleanser. No matter how vigorously I rubbed it, it never had any sort of lather to it. It seemed like I was just rubbing a creamy lotion on my face during my shower. I was actually worried that I had accidentally purchased a bottle of their moisturizer rather than their cleanser. But the label did indeed say "cleanser", and on the sly I compared it to the contents of other bottles at the drug store, and they all seemed to contain the same thing.

And I am now seeing the effects of that creamy lotiony business. I am breaking out and my skin just doesn't feel all that clean, you know? I think I'm going to have to try yet another product. I was totally pumped about this being animal-friendly and fitting into my budget, but it was mostly a disappointment. Maybe I need to try one of their cleansers for a different skin type? I don't know... I'm not expecting much other than stink. Diacritics be damned!

Product info: http://www.jasoncosmetics.com/jason-fragrance-free-facial-products.html