little white truths

These sachet posts aren't easy to do: they take a while to photograph, then there's editing all the photographs and then there's testing all the products.

While I'm usually testing a bunch of different products at any one time, with these posts I tend to test each sachet one-by-one so it can take a whole month from start to finish, at which time I need to remember what every product did. Something of a test!

Anyhoo. We're here now. Let's have a look.

Dermalogica Conditioning Body Wash

This is described as an 'aromatherapeutic foaming body wash' and 'a rich, skin-conditioning botanical cleanser for the entire body.' It apparently contains no artificial fragrance or colour.

While I agree with that description, I've seen that the full size costs $66 AUD so I wouldn't touch it with a barge-pole. Yes it foams up and cleanses nicely and yes it smells good, but even if I were rolling in money (which I most certainly am not), I would never spend this much on body care - I just don't think it's necessary.

Plus as usual Dermalogica makes these body-care samples the same size as its facial care ones (so only 2ml), which certainly isn't enough to make a decision on how something performs.

Dermalogica Body Hydrating Cream

I've used this before and I'm just as annoyed this time around that, again, the sample only contains a measly 2ml of product. That's a ridiculously small amount for a body cream and I could only apply it to my arms - not enough for a proper trial - so the small sachet size doesn't make sense to me. I wish they'd stop doing that.

What I can say, however, is that this wasn't very rich and although it was ok for my dry skin, I've seen that the full size costs a whopping $70 AUD so I wouldn't touch it with a barge pole either - far too expensive for a body cream, in my opinion! And one that's ho-hum to boot. Plus it smelled strongly of ginger, so if you're not ok with that, then steer clear.

Alpha-H Micro Cleanse Super Scrub with Glycolic Acid and Peppermint

As you may know, I'm a huge fan of Alpha-H products but this one's never grabbed me. Do note, though, that I think they've reformulated it because the grains are a lot finer than they used to be so I think they can validly call it 'micro cleanse' now, whereas before I didn't think they could.

I also find facial products containing peppermint to be a bit irritating on my skin, and while I think that this reformulated version isn't as bad as it used to be, it's still not great and I don't like how it feels on my skin (it's cooling towards irritating).

On top of that I've used much better exfoliants, so this one's a pass for me.