Mommy Goes Green | Desert Essence Thoroughly Clean Face Wash

Desert Essence Thoroughly Clean Face Wash

July 5, 2010

I’m working on replacing all of my personal card products with safer products. Recently, I was looking to replace my face wash. I’ve used the same Aveeno face wash for years but is has parabens in it and a few other fun chemicals. Fortunately, my search was short lived.

My first try was with Burt Bee’s Deep Cleansing Cream. I like creamy facial washes and it’s affordable at $8. Unfortunately, it just didn’t do it for me. Something in it made my eyes water and I never felt like my makeup was totally removed.

My second round was with Desert Essence Thoroughly Clean Face Wash and I love, love, love it! I definitely feel that it ‘thoroughly’ cleans my face, makeup and all. The face wash has a great rating on the Cosmetics Database- 1. It contains castile soap, olive oil, tea tree oil and many other essential oils and plant extracts. It’s liquid and only takes one pump to wash my face. I’ve been using it for a month and have used about 1/4 of the bottle. At $10/bottle, that’s $30/year in facial wash ( or $2.50/month ) and I was spending about 2x that on Aveeno so this is a great win/win – saving my body from toxic junk AND saving money.

WHERE TO BUY: Find a store locally or buy it online here.

Do you have a favorite face wash?

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Comments

mikal said on July 8, 2010

I have been working on a similar project for the last year. I found a great cleanser by the Body Shop. It is called Aloe Calming Facial Cleanser. It works really well for me. It also ranks as a 1. I also like their Aloe Soothing Night Cream (I use it for my day cream though). I am working on a list of the things I have tried, what worked and what didn’t, where I found them, their ranking and how much they cost. It makes it easier when I have to purchase it again.

Amber @ Nater Tot Blog said on July 11, 2010

I’ve been trying to replace all my skin care products as well. This is great – will have to check it out. Have you found any good moisturizers? I’m desperate!