“It’s over and this
time it’s final! We are really never ever, ever getting back together!” (with reference to Taylor Swift’s song), I
painfully said to my Neutrogena Oil-Free Acne Wash.
If you have read my
Haul Part 2, I mentioned there that I bought this facial wash a couple of
months ago and sadly, it didn’t work for me.
PRODUCT: Neutrogena
Oil-Control Acne Wash
PRICE: I can’t find my
receipt - my bad. :(
STORE: FairPrice
LOCATION: 1 , Jurong
West Central 2 , #B1-09, Jurong Point , SINGAPORE 648886
PRODUCT CLAIMS: It
will get deep into your pores to treat the breakouts you currently have and
will help prevent further breakouts in the future. It claims to be effective and
gentle enough to deeply clean without over drying or irritating your skin.
JUDGMENT: Notwithstanding the huge number of good reviews I read and heard about this product, I can’t recommend it based on
my personal experience. It didn’t do anything to aid my breakouts. It didn’t
calm my skin. It didn’t deliver any of what it claims it will. However, don’t
be totally discouraged by my experience alone. What didn’t work for me doesn’t necessarily
mean will not work for you.
OVERALL RATING: 2/5 HEARTS (2 hearts for the packaging)
MY STORY:
It is such a shame
that the brand I love for its great skincare products happen to carry this
harsh and drying pretentious little oil-free acne wash (okay, so I’m really
bitter here). I have always loved Neutrogena products. The facial foaming wash
and daily facial scrub that I was using before are both from Neutrogena and I
love those two products to bits and pieces. And oh! I so adore her
moisturizers! In fact, if only I was not trying to see if other moisturizers will
work just as fine, I could have bought another bottle of moisturizer from
Neutrogena as it has the formula that is perfectly suited for my skin! That is
why, I can’t stress enough how disappointed I am that my relationship with this
oil-free acne wash didn’t work out.
Before I start my list
of complaints about this product, let me cite first the things that I believe
are really good about it. Let’s start off with its packaging. Man! I love
facial wash that comes in a bottle with a pump. It just really makes life so
much easier. I also feel like it’s more sanitary when you just have to pump
once or twice rather than holding the tube and squeezing the product out of it
with your wet hands. Sometimes facial wash in a tube makes washing your face
such a horrible experience. I also like that the bottle is clear which makes it
very convenient to know when to buy a new one. You see, it’s the packaging that
totally got me sold on this item! And of course, how can I ignore the fact that
it’s from Neutrogena – my favorite skincare brand.
I have been breaking
out super crazy these past two months, so I went out and bought this facial
wash from Neutrogena to help me with my breakouts. When I got home that day, I
was so excited to give it a try that I immediately removed all of my makeup off
of my face the moment we got inside our room and went straight to the bathroom
for my most anticipated new level of facial cleansing experience! I was so
thrilled that it is oil-free and good for acne prone skin. I have combination
skin that leans more towards the oiliness of the world and I have acne prone
skin too, which just makes this facial wash the perfect product for me.
After my first time of
trying the product, I felt a burning sensation around the sides of my nose and
mouth. I thought it’s just normal, so I didn’t let myself be bothered too much
by it. The following day, it’s the same thing. Also I noticed that after drying
my face with a towel, it feels like my
face has just been stripped off of all the moisture. At first, I thought
that it’s how it’s supposed to be because it’s oil-free. In short it will
really help in controlling the oils in my face. However, I started to feel that
even after I have applied a heavy-duty moisturizer, my face still felt dry,
which at that point, already started to worry me.
I continued using the
product for one more week. I began to notice that the sides of my nose became very dry, flaky and itchy. The same
thing happened around the sides of my mouth. This is not good. I decided to
stop using it and bought a new facial wash: Eversoft. I’ll do a separate review
about it very soon.
After almost a month
of using Eversoft facial wash, I decided to give my Neutrogena Oil-Free Acne
Wash a second chance. In the first 3-4 days of trying it again, I felt that my
face is starting to like it. So I thought, maybe I can take back all the
negative things that I professed about it several weeks ago. But NO!!! Just when
I thought that we’re really getting along so well, it started its harsh touch
again around the sides of my nose and mouth. The skin around the sides of my
mouth and nose are now peeling, the other areas of my face are plain dry and a
little bit itchy, and it didn’t help me with my pimple situation at all!
So I said, “It’s over
and this time it’s final! We are really never ever, ever getting back together!”
To end this post, all I can say now is: NEVER AGAIN! Never again will I try
this facial wash. PERIOD.
