I started in the world of balm cleansers with the natural brand One Love Organics, using their Skin Saviour Multi Tasking Wonder Balm. In my efforts to find something more miraculous, I stumbled upon the 2 balms that I am going to be reviewing today: Sunday Riley Tranquility Cleansing Balm and Eve Lom Cleanser.
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| Blue Moon Tranquility Cleansing Balm versus Eve Lom Cleanser |
Sunday Riley Cleansing Balm is a typical balm cleanser consistency with a gorgeous blue hue which of course this brand attributes to their use of Blue Tansy. I am a fan of blue tansy products related strictly to my love for May Lindstrom Blue Cocoon. That shit is so fantastic that it convinced me that Blue Tansy is in fact unicorn blood and I wish to slather it on my aging face and body. Supposedly, Blue Tansy has ANTI properties such as antibacterial, antihistamine and anti-inflammatory which acts to calm skin. Um...maybe? It is my jam anyway.
Sunday Riley Blue Moon has a thicker consistency which made me have to dig my fingers into the pot to remove a chunk of product in order to emulsify in the hand.
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| Blue Moon colour and consistency. see chunk remaining |
The packing is a plastic pot with golden writing which has a nice look to it in general. Blue Moon has a faint citrus (tangerine and sweet orange oil), light aroma which people who are smell sensitive, I feel, this would be a great option. Coconut oil, Cocoa Butters and Moringa Oil appear to be the softening, makeup removing ingredients. You require a separate warm cloth of your choosing to remove this balm, it does not transform into any kind of milky cleanser if you introduce water. I found this cleanser to do an adequate job of removing my makeup and providing moisture to the skin but certainly was just a standard make up removing cleanser, nothing amazing happened to my skin besides just the act of washing my face at night became routine.
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| Sunday Riley Blue Moon Tranquility Cleansing Balm |
In Canada, Sephora sells this cleanser for $63.00 for 3.5 oz's. It has lasted me 4 months with daily use, in my world, that is good value.
Eve Lom Cleanser is said to be the best cleanser in the entire world, really "someone", I believe Vogue Magazine, actually said that, so I had to give it a whirl. The packaging is all white with gold writing which is seriously right up my alley these days. White, gold, marble...are you kidding me.
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| Eve Lom Cleanser |
Consistency of this balm is soft, like soft butter, which allows you to scoop a small amount and emulsify in the hand easily prior to spreading on yo face. This medicinal smell that everyone speaks/complains of is cloves. I do not find it offensive, rather, I can appreciate that clove, eucalyptus are some of the oils that contribute to this balms ANTI properties. This balm also comes with a muslim cloth that I believe is an essential component to balm cleansers amazing ability. The muslim cloth has the perfect consistency resulting in not only cleansing, but softly exfoliating the skin. I don't know if you can tell, but I am a huge fan of the Eve Lom Cleanser and it hands down won this competition. It is a pricey little cleanser, coming in at $58.00 for 1.6 oz including the handy little muslim cloth. This is my second tub of the Eve Lom Cleanser and 1.6 oz lasts me around 3.5 months of daily night cleansing. Next time I will purchases the large 3.3oz as it retails for $92.00. Of course, Sephora VIB sale time and this shiz is all sold out in the large sizes.
What other Balm cleansers are you loving??
