Thursday Plantation Tea Tree Blemish Stick

About Me

Let me start off by sharing a bit about my skin. I have very oily and acne prone skin. I've had acne for more than 10 years and have been on every drug, cream and face wash you can imagine. Things tend to work for me for around a month and then the acne returns. I believe my acne is hormonal and before using this product it was moderate in severity.

Results

I've used this product a few times over the 3 weeks I've been trialling it. It hasn't made any difference to my acne. I use it during the day to apply to new spots that are forming. I don't like the fact that you're double dipping with the wand as you apply it to acne and then put it back in the gel. As a result of this I usually apply it beside a pimple and then use a finger to put it in place. I much preferred using the Medicated Gel in the same range.

Would I recommend it?

This product might be good for those that get the occasional deep acne spots, in which case you could apply this every few hours to try and bring the pimple to the surface. In other cases I would not recommend it for hygiene reasons.

Nuts & Bolts

Consistency- This is an invisible gel that is about as thick as lip gloss.

Application- It's easy to apply, just dot onto acne.

Coverage-I usually use this as a spot treatment during the day.

Longevity- Based on how much I've used so far I would estimate this product would last for around a year.

Packaging- The packaging is good but I think it's gross using the wand applicator on acne and then putting it back into the product.

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

As a product the Thursday Plantation Tea Tree Blemish Stick has a great method of application (I love the blemish stick) and a great consistency, but I could not see any noticeable difference in the speed of healing of blemishes between using this product and using nothing.

Unfortunately this product in general did not deliver, to start with the packaging - For me personally I didnt like the idea that you had to stick the swab on your face dip it back in, then use it again on another spot, sure you could clean the swab every single time after each use but 1- I am a very busy girl and 2 - how can I be sure I have rid the swab of all bacteria? Because that is what a blemish really is, isnt it? A build up of bacteria on our face and with the blemish stick I felt I was just spreading that bacteria over my face. It started to show, some days I would use the blemish stick on a particularly rather big "spot" and found by the next morning this spot had built an army with three more spotty friends.

The smell was not desirable as well, each time I pulled the tube out it reminded me of the days back in primary school when I had to use tea-tree shampoo to rid my hair of nits!

All in all I would not recommend this product as I found it very unhygienic if anything. Overall it just didnt do what it said it would, by all means im not knocking Thursday Plantation as they have some other very good products, especially for my other fellow acne sufferers - They just unfortunately made a wrong turn when designing this product!

oh my this is the best product for me, i had big cyst like pimples couple of dabs from this product has made them go down within the 24 hours of using this, redness disappeared and pimples started going away i recommend this product 100 percent and will continue to buy, i find it works well with the thursdays cleanse toner and cream the 3 steps

I love this product, When my skin gets breakouts I like to use this after cleansing as it really helps the redness and swelling of the pimple go down. It means that usually the next day after putting this product on my pimple it has reduced in size. It does however have. Strong smell of tea tree but it honestly doesn’t bother me and if you like that smell it works so it’s a winner really.

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!

I gotta say I was really excited for this product. I usually use LUSH's Grease Lightning to dry out spots and pimples. So I was hoping this would maybe be better.

But to my disappointment, when I opened the box I saw that the dispenser was a wand! OH NO! Now you really do not want to use a wand on your pimples and then put the wand back in the tube with all the bacteria from your pimples.

What I ended up doing it dabbing some on the back of my hand and then using my clean fingers to put the product on my pimples/acne.

After I while it was getting harder and harder to get out the product from the tube with the wand. I still have plenty of product left in my tube but I just can not get any out with the wand at all.

The product itself didn't seem to help much at all. I gave it a fair go and used it for a few weeks on my pimples and acne together with the rest of the Thursday Plantation line. Because they all compliment each other I really thought this would work but no not for me. It was average for me and I think I will stick with LUSH's Grease Lightning.