Thursday Plantation Tea Tree Blemish Stick

I've been struggling with acne for 15 years and I make it quite loud and clear how passionate I am about anything acne related, so seeing BR offering the acne trial I just had to jump. Natural products, trialling in the safety of my own environment, win win for me.

First impression: I loved the lipgloss look of the blemish stick and immediately it no longer felt like an acne battle I was getting into but nothing more than beauty treatment for skin. Its hard for me to say beauty and acne in the same sentence because my acne makes me feel ugly and hideous but opening this box just put a lovely smile in my heart. Its a strong pungent smell and I felt like I was in an aromatherapy shop.

First use: I applied to the most prominent pimples I had to make it easier for me to keep track on whether the pimples were subsiding or not. I love the cooling effect of the gel. I applied with my applicator stick directly to my pimples (obviously not any that were open or pussy) and did not rub it into my skin. I just simply allowed it to dry naturally. The pimples I applied it to, were quite tingly but no burning. I applied this over the cream at night.

Week 1: Sadly I could not focus on the original pimples I started out with because my face decided to plot against me and have an acne explosion. The blemish stick however provided such cooling and soothing benefits and lots of relief to the pimples. It was mostly acting like a cooling gel instead of a treatment in this week.

Week 2: Now the stick is starting to work as a spot treatment. My breakouts werent as bad and the stick was helping to draw out the redness from my skin. I used it at night directly after the face wash to ease the pimples.

Week 3: I had the 3 worse and most painful bolts on my nose and after 2 days in the morning... they were completely gone. And day 21, NO ACNE.

Week 4: I didnt need it as often because I was only getting a few breakout and they werent painful, but when I got this new acne after 2-3 days it was dried out.

Week 5: I only had to use it twice in the week and day 34 I had no acne. No pimples!

Week 6: Hardly used because my acne is now at bay and I dont feel the need to use this when I dont have painful bolts that I need gone very fast.

This is by no means a cure for acne, but a good topical treatment when you want to target a few pimples and have them dry out overnight or within a few days. I will keep using this as I love the benefits that it provides to really big, painful pimples.

I love the applicator stick. At first I thought I would cross contaminate, ie you have just wiped it across a blemish and you put it back in the tube?? But it turns out it was ok You can never be scientific about if something like this is making a difference but I think blemishes were halted in their tracks, ie didn't get any worse, and probably cleared up faster than usual.

This product had a sponge applicator which was great for treating individual spots without having to use your fingers and transferring more bacteria to the source.

The smell of Tea Tree Oil is quite strong as it was through the entire range of products, however the name indicates as such so users shouldn't be too surprised when purchasing the items.

Overall the results were good. It was quite cooling on the skin on initial application and didn't irritate or aggravate the spots (thank goodness).

I wouldn't exactly call this product a miracle treatment however it did help sooth sore spots and with persistent application it did help reduce spots within a few days, but when you have a large cluster breakout it didn't seem that effective, and using it on a lot of spots felt quite unhygenic.

I use this product on blemishes that are larger or sore and need some extra attention, and it helps to reduce their appearance overnight. This is great when I need a pimple cleared up by the weekend! It reduces the longevity of the pimple, and if applied early enough, it can prevent it from getting to the point where it's a mountain on your face! In saying that, this product is not a miracle worker! You have to apply it quite frequently to the affected area for a couple of days until you see a difference. But it's still a great product, and combined with the rest of the Thursday Plantation range, it's great at fighting acne. It also comes in a tube with a wand applicator which is easy to use, and you don't have to get any on your fingers!

I like this product for spot treatment, cuts, stings and anywhere that might need some anti bacterial agent it has a nice balm feel about it and absorbs well, there isn't much product I actually would prefer to just buy the essential oil and use that cause it goes a long way

Review for Thursday Plantation

Tea Tree Face Wash for Acne Tea Tree and Witch Hazel Toner Tea Tree Face Cream Tea Tree Blemish Gel Tea Tree Blemish Stick

My 16 year old son who has always struggled with acne began using this approx 6 weeks ago (5 March 14). He has written the review.

I really like the colour of the labeling/packaging – the green gives it a nice natural look. The size of the products are great – not too large, but they do last a long time.

Face Wash When the nozzle is pressed down the product foams up instantly in your hand. This makes the application very easy. I have just left it on my skin while in the shower, then rinsed off. The fragrance of the tea tree is very appealing. The Face Wash leaves your skin feeling really nice and soft (not dry at all). Having used this product every day sometimes twice a day, for the past 6 weeks, given the weight of the bottle, I imagine I haven’t even used half of the bottle – so it goes a VERY long way.

Tea Tree and Witch Hazel Toner – I have been applying this product with a make up pad which makes application nice and easy. It is very refreshing to use and gets rid of any excess grime missed with the face wash.

Tea Tree Face Cream I use this straight after the toner, it makes my skin feel light and soft if you know what I mean. The container has only just lasted me 6 weeks and that was being very careful. It does feel a little greasy on my skin.

I am a part time tennis coach so am out in the sun a lot – I have to use sunblock on a daily basis. This seems to really make my skin / acne more pronounced. I am careful to cleanse my skin as soon as possible to get rid of the sunblock.

After two weeks of using the product, I noticed a real change in my skin. It was less firey and the spots were not so noticeable. This did change though when using sunblock – this made it flare up again.

I used the Blemish Gel and Spot Stick on the spots that really stuck out. This took the redness away pretty much overnight.

During the trial my acne never really came to major white heads which I have had in the past. These products seemed to keep things under control. It definitely hasn’t got rid of the problem, but I guess just managing it a little better. I don’t look like the kid from the Pizza shop anymore.

I have really enjoyed trialling the products and hope my review is of help to other acne sufferers.

This product comes in a 7ml tube with a wand applicator that makes applying the invisible gel so effortless! The gel definitely does what is says which is targets blemishes and breakouts. You see definite results after the first use, however the scent of tea tree is a bit overwhelming and the packaging is a bit bland/plain but you get used to it after a while. Overall a great product that does what it says and I would recommend this to anyone who is having problems with acne.

The Tea Tree Blemish Stick did exactly what it said it would. When you get a breakout, whip this out, swipe it over the problem area (using the handy little applicator), the gel stings for a second then dries really quick, and you can continue with whatever you were doing. I found it reduced redness and prevented the breakout from getting any bigger. Will definitely buy this again!