Burt’s Bees Sensitive Skin Cleanser & Moisturizer
As a BzzAgent I received the Burt’s Bees Sensitive Skin Cleanser and Moisturizer. I have used Burt’s Bees products in the past but honestly it has really been a long time. The line has really changed since I was first introduced to it, it seems more modern and up to date and willing to take on the more popular skincare brands. I don’t necessarily care if my skin care products are “modern” or whatever as long as they work, but when I see a company changing with the times, it gives me a bit of confidence that if I find something from the line I really like, there’s a good chance it might still be around in a couple of years which is important… because every.damn.thing.i.love.gets.discontinued.
Anyways, I have skin that really tends to react with a lot of different things. It is really a pain for me to find cleansers, moisturizers, foundations…. well anything really that has direct prolonged contact with my skin. Silicones? Oh heck no. Mineral oil? I know it isn’t supposed to clog pores, but my skin does not like it. Glycerin? Found out the hard way that my skin doesn’t even much care for that (and that is gonna come into play here shortly but for now…).
The Sensitive Skin Cleanser was really the big hit for me. It might just be the best sensitive skin based cleanser I have ever used. Period. That’s pretty amazing. It is free of fragrances and dyes, comes in a squeeze tube which I like b/c it is easy to dispense the product and none goes to waste, it is not foaming or lathering so it doesn’t strip skin of moisture and yet it manages to remove makeup and oil very well without leaving skin feeling dry or stripped. Heck, if I hadn’t tried it and was reading what I’m writing here I wouldn’t even believe it myself lolIngredients: aqua (water, eau), helianthus annuus (sunflower) seed oil, glycerin, cetyl alcohol, cera alba (beeswax, cire d’abeille), sucrose stearate, cetearyl alcohol, cocos nucifera (coconut) oil, gossypium herbaceum (cotton) flower extract, oryza sativa (rice) extract, beta vulgaris (beet, extrait de racine de betterave) root extract, quillaja saponaria bark extract, theobroma cacao (cocoa) seed butter, yucca schidigera leaf/root/stem extract, artemisia umbelliformis extract, theobroma cacao (cocoa) seed butter, yucca schidigera leaf/root/stem extract, artemisia umbelliformis extract, euphrasia officinalis extract, hamamelis virginiana (witch hazel) water, saccharum officinarum (sugar cane, extrait de canne à sucre) extract, aloe barbadensis leaf juice, silica, sucrose, fructose, glucose, coco-glucoside, inositol, maltodextrin, citric acid, benzoic acid, trehalose, xanthan gum, potassium sorbate, sodium benzoate, CI 77947 (zinc oxide), alcohol denat., phenoxyethanol
I even gave it a little test. I generally use a mixture of sugar and olive oil as a facial scrub. Well in the shower one morning I used a bit more olive oil than I do and was left with a film of it on my face, which is good for moisturizing but is a bit more than I wanted. I thought that this would be a good time to really put the cleanser to the test. Sure enough the cleanser removed a good part of the excess olive oil and did it without feeling harsh and stripping. Absolutely fabulous stuff!
Now for the moisturizer. I was a bit leery going into using this because it does contain natural oils and I wondered if it would be too much for my skin. It also contains glycerin pretty high up on the ingredient list… something I again would usually attempt to avoid but for the sake of trying the product, I went through with it. The pump type container was nice but left me wondering how much product would go to waste when the pump decided the product was empty. I would puch prefer a squeeze tube or something.The moisturizers texture was nice. It was thick and moisturizing but not heavy or greasy feeling. It was also free of dyes or fragrance. I used this moisturizers for a couple weeks but didn’t really feel like I was seeing any difference in my skin. Then it started to happen that I noticed my skin was looking greasier and I was starting to get more clogged pores and pimples when I hadn’t changed anything else. I went back to my old moisturizer and my skin started to clear up, leaving me to deduce that this was more than likely the culprit. A shame really because I was excited at the prospect of finding a new natural based moisturizer.
Ingredients:
aqua (water, eau), helianthus annuus (sunflower) seed oil, glycerin, cetyl alcohol, CI 77947 (zinc oxide), zea mays (corn) starch, gossypium herbaceum (cotton) flower extract, oryza sativa (rice) extract, beta vulgaris (beet, extrait de racine de betterave) root extract, artemisia umbelliformis extract, euphrasia officinalis extract, butyrospermum parkii (shea) butter, saccharum officinarum (sugar cane, extrait de canne a sucre) extract, aloe barbadensis leaf juice, jojoba esters, hydrolyzed jojoba esters, kaolin, lecithin, sucrose, fructose, glucose, inositol, citric acid, benzoic acid, trehalose, xanthan gum, glyceryl laurate, potassium sorbate, sucrose stearate, sucrose polystearate, sodium benzoate, sodium stearoyl lactylate, sodium PCA, alcohol denat., phenoxyethanol
Investigating the price of this product is a bit of a turn off as well for me. $15. Now I guess had I had a fabulous experience with this moisturizer as I did the cleanser, $15 wouldn’t feel bad at all to pay for a moisturizer that made my skin look crazy good.
Overall I would say definitely check out the cleanser if you have sensitive skin… and if you are open to trying to the moisturizer, give it a go. If your skin tolerates it, I do think it is a really nice natural based moisturizer for every day. This line really does manage to be very gentle to sensitive skin, it’s available pretty much everywhere, and it is still affordable when you consider what department stores are charging for skin care. The line also includes a Sensitive Eye Cream and a Sensitive Night Cream.
Check out Burt’s Bees here for a $2 off coupon on the Sensitive Skin Care Line
I received these products free to try as a BzzAgent.
