Review: Clarins Pure Melt Cleansing Gel

Alohaa. Today I have for you a review of the Clarins Pure Melt Cleansing Gel*, a little bit of a cult product in the beauty world and one that I have been lusting after for such a long time. When Clarins offered me the chance to try it out a few weeks back I nearly fell over myself scrambling to type 'yes yes yes!' in that reply box! Clarins did not let me down with this one and it is honestly my new favourite product! From the first use, I just absolutely fell in love. 

I did make an attempt at showing the transitional forms that this cleanser takes, but it didn't come across well in photographs. Pure Melt is a little bit of a fancy one and it has three stages to it's consistency: It starts off initially as a thick gel, which then melts down into an oil upon contact with warm skin, and then emulsifies to a milk when mixed with water. I don't know if it's just me and my easily pleased simple mind, but I enjoy the novelty of this triple-texture cleanser.

Massaging the beautifully scented gel onto dry skin feels absolutely heavenly. So good that I look forward to pulling this out of the cupboard and washing my face at the end of the day! It gives a very at-home spa like feeling, and as the gel eventually transforms into a thick and nourishing oil cleanser it makes light work of breaking down all make up on the skin, even eye make up, and other skin impurities. Just a single cleanse with this leaves the skin feeling clean and refreshed, but calm and softened. It is an ideal night time cleanser to really give yourself a bit of a luxurious pamper after a hard day. Honestly, you might be thinking - 'Chill your beans, Hannah. It's just a cleanser', but it just gives the nicest sensation to the skin during use, and after use too.

I've tried to use straight up cleansing oils in the past but have never found any that I've agreed with, and they tend to be a bit messy. Pure Melt cleanses the skin as an oil but it adds ease to entire process, just by setting off as a gel, as opposed to being an oil from the start. Then, like with all oil cleansers it mixes with water and forms a 'silky milk' that then rinses the skin clean and - voila - all make up and yuck on your skin from the day is washed away and your skin is plumped and comfortably moisturised with the essential Marula Oil.

So, I might have gone a bit OTT on taking pictures, but it was a photographic product (yep, I did just say that), and I think the packaging of this is just lovely - all aspects and angles of it needed to be shared! Clarins is good at making their product packaging simple and quite understated, but at the same time gorgeous with an expensive feel to them. No frills, but no cheap feel. I love that they've always got their signature splash of red somewhere on the product too.

But anyway, that's Pure Melt in a nutshell for you and the two final words to summarise would have to be: Absolutely. Amazing. I don't even think that it's too badly priced for a luxury skincare item either. I know that it's one I'd definitely go to purchase again, and I'd highly recommend it to all skin types as well - especially those in need of a bit of extra moisture.

Clarins Pure Melt Cleansing Gel - £19.50 / 125ml | link

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