Oxy product review
I just brought some Oxy Balance Facial Forming Wash. sound great on
the bottle, being able to balance moisuration, minimun irritation, and
acne medication at the same time. well, there's one thing it really
lacks: a good formulation. first off, it is way too watery. i had to
apply to my face without wetting it first. otherwise, the cleanser
would just run off. second, it doesn't do a good job of cleaning.
i'm left with this residue feeling even after my face has dried.
third, it hasn't lessen acne. i find that neutrogena deep pore or
clearlogix does a much better job. clearlogix is esp. drying, however
i recommend using neutrogena mulit-vitamin at nite or neutrogena
healthy skin spf15 afterwards. believe me THOSE are high quality
products.
i used the oxy balance facial cleansing wash too, it was the 2%
salycilic acid stuff in a blue and white pump... i noticed exactly what
you did. it is VERY watery... and it leaves your face feeling ODD...
filmy or something... personally i don't trust oxy products in general,
benz. peroxide is so much cheaper generic through the health center and
the sal. acid pads oxy makes have this horrible feeling moisturinzer in
them that leave your face feeling STICKY... but i bought this because:
i once had a propa pH wash with 2& sal. acid which i REALLY liked
(foamed up wonderfully, left your face feeling very clean and dried your
skin up fabulously which i needed at the time...) but for some reason i
can very rarely find this stuff... i thought the oxy would be just as
good.
(as a side note i LOVE how products promise "won't overdry" and
meanwhile, your face is glistening like the Exxon oil spill... is that
REALLY a concern of yours???? for me, usually not, unless it is winter,
and i am in my "my skin is so dry it's rubbing off" stage...)
i haven't found any products yet which on their own clear up zits, and i
have run through a LOT, being something of a product whore... (i won't
even let people SEE the inside of my bathroom-stuff closet...)
currently i am using clearasil foaming face wash (has triclosan, and a
nice smell, and a nice foamy texture, and works well too i think!!) and
basis cleaner clean face wash which also has a yummy smell, no
medications, but also seems to work VERY well (it is said for oily to
normal skin...)
other products i have found and LIKED in my oily stages are "clean and
clear daily pore cleanser " (has little mircobeads, a nice foaminess, a
nice working power, and... a nice smell [i am also big on smells, i
think because i have lousy eyesight and pretty bad hearing, my sense of
smell has become beefed up...]) and phisoderm for dry skin (also nice
and foamy, works well, ok smell ) (yeah, for dry skin... don't know
why, the oily kind made my skin worse but the dry was perfect.)
products i have tried and hated- exact face wash. it is also triclosan
and leaves your skin wonderfully cool feeling but... i think it
contributes to oiliness later.
the number one product i have hated- biore face wash. smells like bug
spray and caused more blackheads, but others seem to like it, so maybe
i'm weird.
in the winter, my skin gets horribly dry, and i'm prone to excema, so i
tend to use different products... and oddly enough, i use either noxema
or suave cold cream. someone just said something really flaming
noxema... i have not had a problem with it, unless i use it in the
summer when i don't need the extra moisture it provides.
(for the record i don't care for the smell of either of these products.
noxema smells like an autopsy, and cold cream, well, it is a nice smell
memory as my ma used to put it on our faces before we went out in the
snow, but on it's own, nothing great... i also feel i should add that i
don't endorse products by smell alone. i once used a grapefruit wash
from bath and body works (or was it the body shop?) which smelled divine
BUT made my face swell up like a rouged blowfish and gave me hives...
unfortunately i used this before heading off to my first day at a new
job...)