Dermalogica’s Ultracalming cleanser was the first step in cleansing I’d tried since the excitable children’s foamy face wash I had used for what felt like forever! The sophisticated gel was a welcome relief after all that over-zealous foaming from the kiddies stuff.

The cleanser felt soothing from the minute it was applied and massaged into my eczema prone skin. As my face often has flare-ups where the skin is red and inflamed, it loved the no-sting cooling feel of the cleanser. Personally I also loved the big size bottle that will last for months! Although to be fair, so many times when I pushed the lid down and squeezed the cylindrical tube, the product went flying out all over the bathroom! I don’t know if that was just my clumsiness or the bottle design but it did have me chuckling.

I did feel at times that my skin wasn’t clean because it didn’t foam at all but I think this was more psychological as I only had one spot in the whole month of using the range! This is a definite improvement as before I was getting a couple of spots twice a week.

The lavender, raspberry and Echinacea extracts definitely brought down the inflammation when I had a flare-up and the Ultracalming Serum Concentrate I applied after cleansing felt silky going on and didn’t dry out my already parched skin. Evening primrose, avocado and sunflower seed extracts all worked their magic to calm and take away any irritation I felt.

I only used the Ultracalming Relief Masque when my skin was really angry (around once a week) and I can definitely say it calmed the skin down. It must have been the active, soothing ingredients that included algae, mugwort and colloidal oatmeal extracts. I can’t say the range stopped my skin flaring up but it definitely took the burning sensation out of the inflammation and made my skin feel nurtured and cool. I love the fact that these products in particular are suitable for the most sensitised skin, which can’t even withstand water. I’ve definitely got a love affair with Dermalogica’s Ultracalming range as it stops my spots as well as putting out fire and cooling the irritation. The only thing now is mastery of that big bottle to avoid accidents!

Dermalogica UltraCalming Range available May 2011

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