I was talking with a coworker and I realized that I've used nearly every product in our armementarium here at Biopelle! So I thought that maybe I'd do some comparisons or brand features and talk about the products a little bit more.
I've been trying to decide where to begin and I've decided on cleansers. They are the first step to any regimen that I've ever seen, it seems like a logical place to start.
Biopelle has 6 different cleansers and I've tried 5 of them. If you've been reading my blog you'll know that I personally am enamored with the AFA Cream Cleanser! It's really the best for my skin that I've found. Here are a few things I love about it:
- It foams! Even though this is a soap free cleanser, it still gives you nice suds and I'm not sure why but it just makes me feel like I'm cleaning better when I have bubbles.
- It's thorough, but not overly so. I can take off my make-up with one wash, but my skin doesn't feel tight or dry afterward.
- It doesn't smell. There's no fragrance, but the natural smell of the product is very neutral, hardly any scent to it at all.
There is also an AFA Gel Cleanser which I do like for many of the same reasons as the cream cleanser, but it is a bit more aggressive and leaves my skin feeling dry. It's designed for oilier skin types and that just isn't me.
My next favorite cleanser is the Ascorderm Refining Cleanser. It is a gel cleanser, but I don't find it to be as drying for my skin as the AFA Gel Cleanser. I like how clean it leaves my skin feeling, but there is just something about an exfoliating cleanser that leaves my skin feeling a little more "squeaky clean" for day to day use. I will use the Ascorderm cleanser usually after I've done an exfoliating treatment, just so that I'm not over exfoliating because my skin can't take it.
My next favorite cleanser is Surface Improvement from the PRESCRIBEDsolutions product line. This is our exfoliating scrub with perfectly spherical jojoba beads for a mechanical exfoliation. If you've been following the blog, you'll know that my skin has been a bit too sensitive for chemical exfoliants since I had my daughter, so I like having a mechanical exfoliant to use every once in a while just to keep those dry, dead skin cells moving down the drain!
Surface Improvement is also a MUST HAVE on my list for summer time. Exfoliating before sunless tanners is so important and Surface Improvement puts you in control of how much exfoliation you get (by how hard you scrub). This was helpful for me after I had over applied my self tanner and ended up with a big orange spot on my knee! A little extra scrubbing and I was back to normal.
The last two cleansers, both also from PRESCRIBEDsolutions, I don't have much to say about! Don't Be So Sensitive is our post procedure cleanser, so it is very gentle and hydrating for that very sensitive skin. It just isn't what I need for my skin type, but I'm told that it is great for what it's designed for. It did leave my skin feeling moisturized, but like I said before I like more of a "squeaky clean" kind of feeling.
And then there is Starting Up/Face. I actually haven't tried this cleanser yet, which is sad because I've had a bottle of it in my medicine cabinet since we bought the line a year ago. I just keep forgetting to give it a try.
Maybe tonight!
Well, that's my cleanser run down! Have you found your perfect Biopelle cleanser? Feel free to share it as a comment, I'm curious!
