essano Hydrating Rosehip Gel Foaming Cleanser

This is going to be one of those reviews where I struggle to find the positives, I'm afraid. I know this product has received plenty of good reviews so far, but for me I personally hated almost everything about this cleanser! Although it comes in cute packaging with a helpful pump, the product itself smells very strongly and unpleasantly, and is a gel cleanser, not a foaming cleanser. When I purchase a foaming cleanser I expect the product to come out of the bottle, well, foamy. This one is a thick gel which you're supposed to work into a foam yourself - the best I could get was a slightly more lathered gel. It feels slimy on my skin, and I didn't feel at all refreshed or cleansed after using.

Before I finish though, I WOULD like to say that I DO respect the Essano brand immensely. In a beauty market dominated by chemical-based brands which are massively detached from nature and have no problem with testing on animals, it is SO great to see brands like Essano emerging. Although I didn't like this particular product, I think what they stand for is fantastic, and many of their other products are fab.

Originally I liked it but as time has gone on I don't like how my skin feels so dry after cleansing. It feels like it is stripping my skin of any moisture.

I really wanted to like this product as I love other products from the range and it is reasonably priced and easy to find, however I found that as soon as I started using it, my face instantly broke out in pimples, and I'm not generally prone to pimples. I stuck it out for over a week but had to give it away to a friend as the breakouts continued. I also found it didn't foam up well and didn't remove all traces of makeup. It does smell lovely and feel nice on the skin though.

I was immediately attracted to the packaging and lure of the name - 'rosehip' and pink! Thinking this would be an intensively nourishing gel cleanser in a handy pump bottle, however, I used for a short while and then gave up. My skin tended to be too stripped of oils after rinsing and I didn't get the impression it was doing its job properly. Very affordable but perhaps not right for my slightly ageing skin.

I love the pump bottle, very easy to use and one pump usually is enough. The consistancy of this cleasner Is a nice smooth thickness. The smell Is lovely and very suttle which is great. I love the fact that It has rosehip oil in it which my skin is in favour of. It leave's my skin feeling smooth and clean, the only downfall for my skin (which is combination) is that it seemed to dry it out abit and make my skin feel tight, which I did'nt think would happen as it contains rosehip oil and is soap-free and claims to be non drying., so for that reason I do no longer use this or have repurchased this product. It's just not for me sadly as it is really affordable.

So i managed to pick up a bottle from the local supermarket to review. I have sensitive skin so it didnt do any good for it, My skin was left dry. Not much of a scent to the product azwell