Garnier Nutritioniste Detoxifying Face Wash
I recently bought a new face wash, along with an older school Neutrogena face wash, neither of them targeted to acne, which is what I usually buy, since my skin still is prone to break out once in a while when I’m under stress. The other one is a Garnier Nuritioniste face wash, which I’ve never tried. I tried one of their hair products before, but didn’t really care for it too much, but figured their newer skin care line ranging from anti acne to anti aging and wrinkle skin care, was worth a shot.
The product I ended up buying from Garnier was a clear face wash in a pump bottle, called Detoxifying Face Wash. On the front of the label, it was said to contain Vitamin E and Green Tea extract, both of which are supposed to be good detoxifiers of the skin, so I figured that was a good start. The price was reasonable, I think no more than six bucks for a decent sized pump bottle, and the packaging was a cool green color, which made it appealing. I know this has nothing to do with the performance of a product, but let’s admit it’s nice to look at a nice package!
I tried the Garnier face wash product for the first time a couple nights ago, and thought it might have made my face a bit tight and dry afterwards. So I decided to see if it was just a one time thing or would happen again, so I used it the next night and I was right, it did tend to dry my skin out a bit. I was surprised the drying occurred, since it’s kind of supposed to be a gentle, herbal skin care product.
I then thought if I didn’t lather it up for as long it may not be as drying and this did seem to do the trick, making my skin feel refreshed, but not overly tight. I had to educate my boyfriend who is also using the face wash with his nightly shower, and who also mentioned that it made his face feel a bit dry, to not lather for a as long.
Overall, I’d say this would be a decent product to try if you have oily to normal skin, but never for a person who tends to have dry skin. I have oily skin myself, and if it dried me out and I had to tweak the cleansing time to not feel dried out, I wouldn’t feel comfortable recommending it to a person with dry or easily irritated skin. It has not caused any breakouts though, which is good, and it does make the skin feel refreshed after it’s used. As far as detoxifying, I’m not really sure it does that.
