Today's post is something a little different. I'll be focusing on a skincare product that sadly didn't work for me despite lots of positive reviews I encountered.
During my exams a couple of months ago my skin started to breakout pretty badly (more than likely due to stress, lack of sleep & a rather rushed, unhealthy diet). Once I had all of my exams over & done with, I decided to do something about my skin and so went to my local pharmacy. I intended on purchasing some benzoyl peroxide gel or cream but instead, I was recommended La Roche-Posay Effaclar Duo by the pharmacist. I never really tried 'La Roche-Posay' before, but I always considered it to be a 'high end' brand with a price tag to match. This tube cost £13.00, which to be honest gave me high hopes as I assumed it would have to be brilliant!
The consistency is really strange, it's like a really watery gel. I kind of feel like it's confused as to whether or not it's a liquid or a gel. However, it does smell lovely and fresh - like lemon!
The bottle states that this can be applied morning & night and that it works as an excellent make-up base.
I used this morning and night for 6 days (probably not the best idea) & experienced a stinging sensation on the areas it was applied to, as well as this, it dried my skin up completely leaving it looking rough and flaky no matter how much moisturizer I applied, ughh. Taking all of this into account, I saw absolutely no improvements & so it was an absolute waste of time for me. Oh, and if you're wondering it took roughly 4-5 days for my skin to restore it's moisture again! This is just my experience with this product, obviously it will work differently for others but I feel that it's not as great as it is made out to be!
Have you tried this product? Or any other products by La Roche-Posay?
Awww sorry to hear you didn't get on with the product. I can't live without it, had to go out and repurchase as soon as I ran out xx
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I wish it did work for me, I really wanted to like it - it's a shame really!
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That's a shame it didn't work for you, I find that the simplest products sometimes work instead of these brands, EG. tea tree oil, or that cream they use for babies bum's lol x
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Haha, you're definitely right! They're much cheaper too!
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Toooo many spot treatments just dry your skin out :( I've found this. Dermalogica is the only one which doesn't!
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I know, it's really annoying! I've heard of Dermalogica but I've never thought to try any of their products! Thanks for your comment!
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i have never tried this brand before
ReplyDeleteThis was my first time trying La Roche-Posay. Not sure whether I'll try anything else from this range!
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i know it's a good stuff :P
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I had the same experience with this product but continued to use it despite the new breakouts I was getting. It was only after about 2 weeks of suffering that the miracles began to happen and it really cleared up my skin! But it really did affect it badly at first....
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Maybe I should give it another go! Thanks! :)
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It's a shame it didn't work for you, I guess every skin is different. I love my LRP! xx
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I'm glad it worked worked for you! I'm thinking of trying it out again!
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Hi sweetie! I used to work in a pharmacy and i did all the la roche posay and vichy courses, i just broke out my notes there to se if i could shed some light on it all for you :) I haven't used many of the la roche posay products, i thankfully never had problem skin and i always prefered vichy!! It says in the notes that it can take up to six weeks to really see the effects, so don't throw it away it might work if you give it another go! The best advice I would give you is to find a product with salicylic acid, it basically feeds off the bacteria that causes breakouts, you can get it in lots of different brands! Just make sure you dont use a face scrub or anything abrasive a face wash is the best! you couls try Super facialist by Una Brennan you'll get it in boots the tea flower cleansing wash has salicylic acid, its lovely i use it cos i've open pores, it helps reduce them :)
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Thank you so much!! I haven't thrown it away (thankfully!) so I'll definitely have to give it another try - I tend to be really impatient when it comes to skincare but I guess I should give products more of a chance to start working. As for Salicylic acid products, I'll definitely have to check out Super facialist by Una Brennan, it sounds great (bonus if it reduces pores too!)! Again, Thanks so much for your help - much appreciated!
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Any time hun! I share your impatience with skincare products, when i've a problem i want it fixed yesterday!!
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