Boots Tea Tree and Witch Hazel Foaming Face Wash > Reviews (9)

Introduction

I'm quite weird with my facial cleansing routine. I always think I can find a better product for my skin, so even after I find one I like, I still try out lots of different brands and types of cleansers. One that I tried fairly recently and I am loving is the Boots Tea Tree and Witch Hazel Foaming Facial Wash, so I decided to do a review on it and rave about how good I found it to be!

Price and Duration

It's priced at £3.49 normally, but Boots were doing a '2 for £5' deal when I bought this product so I bought 2 bottles (I'm not sure if this offer is still valid). You might think this is expensive for a cleanser but I have found that a bottle lasts me up to a month and a half, and that's with me cleansing my face with this twice a day, morning and night.

Appearance

The bottle itself is quite plain. It is a pump-action clear plastic bottle with a protective cap that holds 150ml of product. On the front of the bottle the product claims to 'deeply cleanse and refresh' and 'help keep skin clear and healthy'. We'll see!

The back of the bottle contains more information about the product. It also claims to 'cleanse your skin of dirt, oil and make-up without over-drying, fight spot-causing bacteria, help unclog pores, tone your skin and leave it feeling extra clean'. Sounds good!

The liquid is pale green in colour, which turns to a white foam when you dispense it. I can definitely pick up a tea tree scent, and in general this smells almost like a toner or astringent, which I don't mind but others may find off-putting.

Usage

It gives you instructions on how to use the product: Wet your face and dispense two amount of the foam on to your palm. Massage the foam into your face and then rinse off with warm water. For best results use every morning and evening and follow with the Shine Control Day Moisturiser or Night Treatment Gel.

I don't know about you, but I hate applying anything to my face by using just my fingers. I use a L'Oreal rubber scrublet with this product that I got as a free sample separately, but if you want to use your fingers then go ahead! I would also like to say that I don't own the Shine Control Moisturiser or Night Treatment Gel, but you can buy these from Boots for £3.49 and £2.99 respectively.

Ingredients

I'll try not to bore you with too many long chemical names but the ingredients I recognise are water, soduim laureth sulfate (a foaming agent which can occasionally cause irritation), alcohol, witch hazel, parfum and tea tree oil, plus some other chemicals I don't know of. The product contains 10% distilled witch hazel and 0.1% tea tree oil.

When I used it

I have combination skin, so I like to look for a product which will clean deep into my pores, but isn't too harsh. I dispense two pumps of the liquid onto my scrublet and notice that the pale green liquid turns into a bubby white foam! It looks like a lot of product to use in one go, but the instructions recommend two pumps so that is what I used.

The foam feels nice and refreshing when you massage it into your face.

It is very soft and simply glides on to your skin after you apply it so I was a bit sceptical about the whole 'deep cleaning' thing that this product promises to give. But after I rinse it off, my skin feels so clean! I love the cooling effect that this face wash gives me. My skin didn't look red or irritated by this product so I continued using it. Within a few weeks I had noticeably fewer spots, and the ones I still had were a lot less angry.

I like the fact that this product doesn't dry out my skin at all. On several occasions I have been excited to try a new facial wash or cleanser, only to find that it irritates and dries out my skin. This is not the case with this product - my skin even feels soft to the touch after I use it!

Overall

I am totally in love with this product and would definitely buy it again. It does exactly what it says on the bottle and really benefits my skin. If you have oily, combination or blemish-prone skin, I would recommend that you try out this product before splashing out on every cleanser in sight (like I did, haha!). It has worked so well for me and that's why I'm giving it five stars out of five. I can only hope that this great product works for you too! Thanks for reading my review, and don't hesitate to ask me any questions. :)