💙L'ESSENTIAL Azulene Soothing Starter Kit 💙


This is yet another set of minis I get to try, courtesy of @go.picky! Thank you again!


🗯️  The main ingredient in these products is guaiazulene (or "azulene"), which is originally derived from chamomile. It has antioxidant and anti-inflammatory priorities, so it is beneficial to many skin types!


0️⃣ Zero Cleanser
This cleanser is a mild foam cleanser that gets out the deep dirt in your pores. Other key ingredients in it include glycerin, green tea extracts, tea tree extract, and capryloyl salicylic acid. It is a whipped texture and is a lovely blue color. It foams up nicely, whether you do it in your hands or directly on your face. My face always feels nicely cleaned after I use it, without feeling stripped or tight. 👌🏻


1️⃣ 1 First Toner
The toner is a pH balancing step to use before all other products and is full of so many ingredients – steam-distilled cypress essential water, Icelandic glacial water, glycerin, green tea leaf water, sodium hyaluronate, betaine, and adenosine. It helps give my skin a nice hydrating drink after cleansing, with no stickiness added. I would purchase this product!


2️⃣ 2 Double Serum
It's funny that this is called a serum because the texture is more like a moisturizer – or what some brands might call a "water cream". It's definitely thicker than a serum! L'essential says that this is a  "double performance serum" that easily absorbs into and nourishes the skin with the guaiazulene, 7 different peptides, and green tea extracts. This helps the skin become "richly moist". And I agree with that! It has left my skin very soft, moisturized, and has not created any irritation on my skin. I would purchase this product as well. 😍


3️⃣ 3 Triple Cream
This product is also a misnomer to me. The product is a clear gel, nothing creamy about it! 😂  This cream also contains glacial water, as well as madecassoside to help soothe the skin. It sinks into the skin easily and doesn't feel heavy at all. It doesn't play well with my makeup, so I only use it at night – BUT it does not feel moisturizing enough on its own. I feel like I have to put a more occlusive cream on top. I bet this would be perfect for summer nights, though!

Did you get to try this set, too? What was your experience?

L'essential Azulene Starter Set (My longest review in a LONG time!)

I'm sure deep within these discussion posts there might be a thread on this already, but... 

I'm pretty new to clinical/medical work (optometry) and I'm washing my hands constantly. I've done decently trying to keep them moisturized, but yesterday my hands actually started to crack!

For now, I've been using some products that I don't really care to use on my face – hyaluronic acid serum, heavy night cream, and jojoba oil serum. I'm sure these will help if I keep up with them.

I just want to know your hand routines! Maybe there's something better for me.

Thanks in advance! 💖

Hand Routine? 🤚🏻🤚🏼🤚🏽🤚🏾🤚🏿

I can&#39;t think of anything bad about this product!

This cleansing oil doesn&#39;t have any added fragrance (that I can tell). It melts my makeup quickly, including mascara and matte lipstick. It rinses away clean. I could probably skip second cleanse if I wanted to (but won&#39;t!!). This product lasts a long time, even with almost daily use.

I can&#39;t think of anything that&#39;s bad about this product.

I have been using this cleanser for a few months and it definitely feels like the grown-up version of the acne products that we need. It doesn&#39;t have a scent or that menthol cooling sensation that&#39;s add to other acne products. It also leaves my skin feeling cleansed without feeling tight and stripped. I will continue using this and recommend it to anyone with acne or just wanting light chemical exfoliation!

Maybe it&#39;s because it&#39;s summertime on humid Missouri, but I feel like this has done absolutely nothing to control sebum on my face. But it hasn&#39;t done anything bad to my skin, so I guess that&#39;s okay. I&#39;m kinda disappointed I paid so much for this.

I like that the drops come out in a controlled way, it doesn&#39;t just pour out. I like it better than droppers, I think. So I feel like this product will last me a long time. If you use a drop or two where you need it, it dries pretty matte and not sticky.

It&#39;s really watery, so I feel like I need to use 2-3 pumps, compared to other cleansers. But it&#39;s not a big deal.

I think that this cleanser cleans my skin really well without leaving it feeling dried or stripped at all. I enjoy using this as a morning cleanser, as I feel it&#39;s gentle on my skin type. A lot of people might not enjoy the scent, but I do. It&#39;s not irritating to me.

Nothing about it really bothers me, but I guess it could be that it definitely strips my skin. So I always follow up with hydrators and moisturizers.

This product got rid of all the tiny bumps on my forehead that other cleansers or acid peels just couldn&#39;t. I guess it&#39;s the combo of acids and exfoliators. My skin texture is so much smoother now and it looks glowy after using this. I&#39;ll definitely repurchase.

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