So a few months ago I was walking through Tescos and in the corner of my eye I saw what looked like Soap and Glory, so I looked again and I saw the Along Came Betty Skin care range with a lot of products that resembled Soap and Glory at very cheap prices, so I had to give it a go.
This product particularly interested me because I like to use Hot cloth cleansers at this was at such a cheap price of £4.00 A bargain. And you also get a muslin cloth, although the muslin cloth is not the best i've tried I find it much more rough then for example the Liz Earle Cleanse and polish.
Another thing that particularly interest me was the ingredients- Cocoa butter and shea which are good for the skin and I love trying out natural products and Cocoa butter is particular good as it does not dry out the skin.
So first i'd like to note a disclaimer before I start: Firstly this is not a sponsored review and secondly when I review products I try it for at least over a month so I can give it to the best of my opinion and it usually takes around a month for your skin to get used to a particular product. (One reason why you shouldn't switch too many times).
When using this product I massage the product on my face for around 1-2 minutes so it can penetrate then I rinse the muslin cloth with warm water and wipe with the muslin cloth. Then I rinse the make up off the muslin cloth and wipe my face with just water on the muslin cloth.
The cleanser claims to banish the dirt and excess oils on the skin and it also mentioned a few other things on the box which I no longer have. So Sorry!
The consistency is thick and creamy very easy to massage into the skin and a little goes a long way. I still have roughly 1/3 or more of my tube left after using it for over a month so it is well worth the price!
So anyway I found that this cleanser was good at removing make up because you can see it all going on the muslin cloth as you wipe it and when I rinse and wipe with just water there's not a trace left. However, I never saw a difference in the appearance of my pores of which I began to have more clogged pores around my nose and I began to get blackheads which I never usually get, I believe the reason for this is that I have oily skin and as this is very creamy I just had excess oils clogging my pores, So to my dismay I stopped using this product. One thing I cannot fault is the smell, it is soo nice you can smell the cocoa and shea with hints of the anti oxidant cranberry and sometimes I just reach for the bottle to take a whiff because it is that nice which I just did right now!!
I would recommend this product as a cheap alternative for other more pricier cleansers but to be on the safe side I'd also invest with another gentle wash or scrub to use after cleansing to make sure that every last bit of dirt is gone, but everyones skin is different so may be try it out as it could improve your skin.
Another drawback is that it says to avoid the eye area so you'll have to use a separate cleanser to clean off your eye make up which can be an extra hassle but sometimes what I used to do was wipe any eye make with cleansing wipes then when i'm wiping my face again with just a rinsed water muslin cloth I wipe my eyes too.
Link to product
http://www.tesco.com/direct/along-came-betty-skin-cleansing-kit-porefectly-clean-100ml/420-8161.prd
