I wasn't the MOST keen on this toner water if I'm honest with you! The second ingredient in this toner is Fresh Sea Water, which contains aound 1/30th of salt. That may not seem like much, especially considering that Fresh Sea Water isn't even the first ingredient in this toner water, however it is something I noticed with when using this product. I have very sensitive skin in general, because I have acne and also have an annoying picking habit, which made using this toner actually a little painful. Using this toner would cause a slight burning sensation on my face – not nice! If you have sensitive skin, acne or often have open wounds on your face, this is NOT the toner for you! It will hurt!
I've tried all of Lush's toners before trying this one, and this is the toner that left my face with the least clean of a feeling. My face, by no means, would feel dirty after using this toner. It would just not feel fully fresh I suppose!
This toner made an absolutely fantastic cleanser (both by itself and used after cleansing or after rinsing off a face mask, to get rid of excess residue!) This is by far Lush's best toner for getting rid of any excess dirt, makeup or residue of any sort from the face! It is extremely clarifying and no matter how thoroughly I would cleanse beforehand, a cotton round with Breath Of Fresh Air toner applied to it would always remove extra dirt from my face!
I really like the scent of this toner. To me it smells fresh, like a beach holiday all contained in a bottle. It really does smell wonderful!
Breath Of Fresh Air does its job really well as a toner. My skin would be cleaner, my pores would appear smaller, my skin would feel less tight and my skin would appear more plump and youthful after using this toner. It really does do its job well, considering the product is mostly made from water!
Although I found the salt in the product to be irritating, salt is known to be anti-bacterial, which would actually be beneficial for spots or wounds. So, although the toner may burn a bit to use, it isn't actually harmful towards skin problems at all.
Overall, I think this toner was okay. I really like the concept of it – it smells identical to the Sea Monster Fun to me – a scent that always reminds me of being on a seaside holiday somewhere warm. It also cleanses really well and overall, does its job well. It did sting my face though, and it didn't make my skin "feel" super clean – I could definitely feel product left behind on my skin after using the toner. Also, although I know this toner was technically good for my acne, I haven't noticed my acne being significantly better recently. In fact, very recently my acne has actually been pretty bad. I do think this toner helps, just not THAT significantly!
Overall, I'm going to rate this toner 4/5* rating. It is a decent toner and works really, really well! Incredibly so! I just hate the feeling of having product on my face after having used it.
I have officially now tried all of Lush's currently available toners! As of 14/07/17, Eau Roma Water is my official favourite, and I'll be sure to pick up a big bottle of the stuff once I have the money to do so, as that works out as being best value for money!
The next time I write a blog post after this one will be sometime after my exams. Probably a bath product and probably next weekend – after a well deserved bath. I won't be posting after this until then because, yeah, exams. So, I hope you guys enjoy this review and I'll check in again next weekend!
This toner water didn't last as long as I would have liked it to. I can tell you that I received this item on the 1st February this year, and probably first used it the day after I received it. I finished it up today – although, I did have to add a little water to make it last longer on 2 separate occasions, before deciding it was time to say goodbye! So this product lasted me a little under 3 months and well, it just didn't seem like I had enough time with it! If you don't want to be repurchasing a toner after under 3 months, don't buy this product!
I found that quite a lot of product would be used every time I used this toner. I would spritz both sides of a cotton round until damp on both sides, and would also spritz my face until damp. I would then use the damp cotton round to wipe my entire face thoroughly. I found this to be the best way to use this toner. By doing this, I was able to remove a lot of makeup and dirt left behind after cleansing. So again, it does run out quite quickly if you want to use the toner in the most effective way!
I really enjoyed this toner water. Gosh, where do I even begin?! It smells like lavender – extremely fresh, natural, floral and lovely! I absolutely love the scent of this toner!
This toner makes a great cleanser and makeup remover on lazy days. At times when I just couldn't really be bothered to cleanse my face AND tone, I would just use this toner as a cleanser and makeup remover, in the exact same way that I would use it as just a simple toner. It worked AMAZINGLY! Like, really, really well. The cotton round I would use would be covered in makeup, and I would sometimes have to go in with a second or even a third cotton round, because of how much makeup the toner would pick up and how thorough it was! Definitely recommend!
As a toner in itself, this product works amazingly. Eau Roma Water will just take away any left behind cleanser, face mask or dirt residue on the skin – and is absolutely amazing at doing so! If you want a toner that does this job incredibly, this is the one for you!
After using this toner, my facial skin would always, without fail, feel extremely moisturised, soft, supple and smooth. I'm amazed at how well a simple water-based toner could work, but it's effects truly were amazing!
My skin has looked clearer than it has done since I was a kid since using this toner. I'm not even exaggerating. Granted, my skin certainly wasn't perfect in texture, but there was a vast improvement for sure. If you have troublesome skin, I'd really recommend you give this toner a go! It also absolutely did not aggravate my skin in any way whatsoever, which I found the tea tree toners from Lush did, so I'd also highly recommend this for sensitive skin types! My skin is combination, acne prone and sensitive, and this toner worked perfectly for my skin.
Using this toner after cleansing or after using a mask leaves your facial skin in a lovely condition. After cleansing or using a mask, I often find my face has residue left behind on it, and is a little tight, uncomfortable and dry. You will still need to moisturise after using this toner, don't get me wrong, but it does make a great base before doing so. You would never think that you'd even need a toner until you try a good one, trust me! I absolutely do not even know how I'm going to cope without one now (as I am on a Lush ban currently…!) If you find your skin is a little uncomfortable straight after cleansing or using a face mask, you NEED this product!
I believe this toner really helped reduce the appearance of any redness my skin had too. Any blotchy, red appearance of any spots or acne scarring was greatly reduced after using this toner, and any general unsightly red, irritated, blotchy areas of my facial skin completely disappeared. If you want to reduce unsightly redness in your facial skin, give this toner a go!
This toner was super easy to use!
The name of this toner is super cute!
Overall, I really, REALLY LOVED this toner water!!! Like, REALLY really! It absolutely surpassed my expectations.
One little tip – if you find that you have irritated, dry, oily, combination, sensitive, horrible, acne covered skin then well, don't go for the products that are usually recommended for that type of skin. You know, the Tea Tree Toner Water, Herbalism Fresh Cleanser, Dark Angels Cleanser etc. I naturally have that horrid, annoying skin type and well, you know what I found? To my surprise, those products did nothing for my skin. Nothing incredible at least. What actually seems to be working, contrary to what I expected, is adding more moisture to my skin, and being more gentle with it. This toner water working so well is an amazing example of just that! My skin used to be so full of acne, that I thought the only way to kill it off would be to use Benzyl Peroxide, Acetone, strong acne cleansers and Salycylic Acid. All rubbing all this stuff on my face did was irritate my skin – it made my acne more bumpy and red, and caused the redness and bumps to spread around. It really messed with the texture of my skin – making it both really dried out and really oily at the same time. Be kind to your skin and it will calm down!
Anyways, so yeah, I really love this toner. It is so basic, and I really thought it would do practically nothing to my skin but boy, was I wrong.
Overall, I'm going to rate this toner water a 5/5* rating! It running out quickly and needing to use a lot of the product in one go was a pain, but the product itself was so amazing that I just couldn't reduce its rating for such a small issue!
I hope you enjoyed this review. I have just one regular-line toner left to try – Breath of Fresh Air! I won't be able to purchase it until after I have lifted my ban though, which could be in a really, really long time… (once I've used up all 22 of my Lush bath products…) Ah well!
Hello again! Here's another Lush review for another product that my partner bought for me, how lovely is he? 😀 I hope you enjoy!
My face didn't feel THAT different after using this mask. I mean, it did feel different, just not as different as I would expect from a mask really. If you get this mask then use it more as a fun product for a pamper evening or something, rather than a miracle product that will do wonders for your skin!
Spreading a chocolate spread scented, coloured and textured product onto my face felt a little bit… wrong. It felt like I was putting a product on my face that just wasn't going to do it any good. With all the cocoa butter and vanilla in there, how different from chocolate spread even is this product haha! Okay, I'm only being half serious 😉 But seriously, I know SO MANY of Lush products have cocoa butter in them and usually I'm kinda alright with it, but this time…? I don't know, the product just didn't feel like something that was good for my skin!
After a while of using the product, it will become slightly thicker. When Cupcake gets like this, pieces of the mask will begin to crumble off of your face while waiting to wash it off. This was pretty annoying!
This face mask becomes INCREDIBLY difficult to spread around the face after a while – but I did find a solution to this. When my face mask got like this, I begun wetting my face before applying the mask. That way it would spread and apply MUCH easier, and the effects were just about the same to be honest!
This mask is going to last you absolutely yonks. For some people, that's a great thing! For others, not so much. It could become quite tedious using the same mask for weeks on end. I personally used this mask probably once every other week or so on average… Some of those times with my partner using it too… And this mask has legit lasted me since the 15th August 2016, and honestly, I only just used the last bit of it yesterday, the 4th February 2017. I know that A LOT of you are going to think that it is absolutely disgusting and terrible for my skin etc etc that I used this product for so long, but I'm sure some of you will see it like I do. I only stop using a product once it changes noticeably. The only change I saw with this mask was that it became thicker – but that is something that gradually happens with masks after each use. I just kept it in the fridge and it was fine! Either way, it lasting this long was pretty damn tedious. I'm guessing I've personally used this mask around 10 times, and that my partner has used it around 3 times, so 10-15 uses in total! That's nuts for such a small pot of product!
This face mask doesn't have much grittiness to it and isn't exfoliating whatsoever. The only hard bits this mask has in it are really chunky and hard pieces of… something… but they are so few and far between that all they do is dig into your skin a bit!
The scent and whole concept of this face mask is soooooooooooooooo good. Like I said before, I'm not 100% sure I really WANT to be applying chocolate spread to my face but damn, it does smell, look, and feel just like a mix between cake batter and delicious chocolate spread… It is the PERFECT product for chocoholics. If you're a bit of a chocoholic yourself, you'll looooooooooooooove this face mask!
There's both spearmint and peppermint oil in this mask, which gives a really nice cooling feeling while the mask is on your face and for a short while after. It is really lovely, and definitely makes the mask overall feel a lot less heavy. The mask doesn't really smell minty to me at all, so it just leaves that nice cooling effect. Definitely makes your face feel super fresh after use!
This mask is really easy to wash off compared to others!
This was a gift and I was very happy to receive it! I think this mask would make an incredible gift for chocolate lovers!
I know I listed this as a con, but this product lasting for ages might be a pro for some people. You definitely get your moneys worth, that's for sure! I guess if this turns out to be your holy grail product or something, then this product lasting so long is a brilliant feature for you!
This is a Lush product, which is an amazing company – plus it is vegan! I'd try any vegan product from Lush at least once, so if you are having difficulties deciding whether to try this mask or not, I'd say you should give it a go!
Overall, this mask was okay. It is more of a luxury product, in the sense that it doesn't really do much for the skin, but the chocolatey concept is really, really good. I'm personally not the MOST massive chocolate fan, so the main benefits I got from this product were its effects, which weren't incredible.
Overall, I'm going to rate this face mask a 4/5* because it is a really nice mask, but it definitely isn't brilliant. I actually had extremely high expectations for this mask because according to its description, it should have been absolutely perfect for my skin. It was really nice all the same!
The smell is really quite strong. I could smell the product on my face hours after having applied it – and it didn't smell good. Someone even referred to this product as smelling like mushrooms… After using it, I sort of get what they meant. Not raw mushrooms but like fried mushrooms. It is just a general savoury foody scent and is really not something I appreciated my face smelling like. If this sounds nasty to you, maybe it's best you stay away!
After a short amount of time, when I had only a little amount of product left in my pot, that little amount of product became really quite thick and dark in colour. I still sort of managed to use it, but it makes me think that maybe this product's ingredients do not combine too well, and that some ingredients sink to the bottom or something.
This moisturiser didn't last very long for me. I'm not sure why but it just seemed to go really quite quickly.
This moisturiser has a slight bit of texture to it I think. When I'd apply it to my face, my face would feel slightly less even in texture – almost like any tiny bump felt exaggerated after applying Skin Drink.
This moisturiser moisturised my skin so, so, SO well! My face just always felt so plump and healthy and hydrated after using it. It was really a nice feeling.
Any fine lines/wrinkles on my face (especially my forehead) would basically vanish after using Skin Drink. Seriously, I have some lines on my forehead and when I looked in the mirror after applying this, the wrinkles had practically vanished (unless of course I raised my eyebrows at all.) Definitely recommend!
Just the smallest amount would really work. I could feel my skin was truly hydrated after using Skin Drink, and that feeling would last all day – without my skin becoming any more oily than it usually would.
The colour of this moisturiser is skin toned. Now, I don't know that this makes a noticeable difference whatsoever, but I really liked that fact. It felt like I was applying an additional skin-tone-evening layer on my skin, however slight that layer was. If you wouldn't say no to that then perhaps Skin Drink is worth a go!
A vegan Lush product that is handmade, cruelty free, animal friendly, practically all natural… worth a shot!
Overall, this moisturiser could do with a few improvements. It smells nasty and I'm really not keen on the texture or formula of it at all. It does work very well however, and really is a decent moisturiser.
Overall, I rate this moisturiser a 4/5* but ONLY JUST. The SMELL is absolutely vile, it just so happens that this moisturiser is the one that has worked for me best thus far and at least from the regular line, I believe I only have a couple more to try. Honestly, I really hope one of those two do surpass this one because I don't know that I could handle that smell day in and day out… Anyway, I hope you enjoyed my review!
Out of the vegan facial moisturisers available on the Lush UK site on 03/03/17, this is my favourite moisturiser!