little white truths

This had insanely good reviews on the Mecca website, which is why I had my eye on the product and eventually purchased it. A mistake! If you look elsewhere (see eg makeupalley), the reviews are inconsistent and some of them are quite bad.

It's a sticky gel that smells strongly of cloves and leaves a film on your face. I've seen a few lasses complain that it stings (probably due to the high alcohol content) and while I haven't had this issue, I'd be aware of it if you have sensitive skin because you could wind up with dry, flaky patches as others have when using this product.

When I sat down to write this review, I had a look at other reviews and saw that some people felt this product had made their blemishes worse. I'm now wondering whether it's done the same for me because not only did this not clear up my spots, but new ones have appeared. I don't think I can completely blame this product for that, however, because the spots have appeared even where I haven't been applying it - so something else must be going on with my skin.

It's worth noting that this gel only received one star from Paula's Choice (see here), which calls it: 'basically a laundry list of irritants, none of which are helpful at making blemishes go away.'

Those ingredients include alcohol, oregano oil, clove oil and witch hazel - which can lead to dryness, flaking and the stimulation of more oil production. Not ideal!

Back to the drawing board for blemish treatments...