Lush : Coalface Cleanser

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Liquorice Root Decoction (Glycyrrhiza glabra) , Propylene Glycol , Sodium Stearate, Rosewood Oil (Aniba rosaeordora) , Sodium Lauryl Sulfate , Powdered Charcoal , Sandalwood Oil (Santalum album) , Glycerine , Sodium Chloride , EDTA , Tetrasodium Etidronate , Linalool , Perfume, Silver Edible Lustre (Potassium aluminum silicate, Titanium dioxide, Iron oxides and hydroxides).

Items marked with orange can be irritating and over-drying, especially to acne-prone skin.

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March 4, 2009

Pros:

it got rid of all the oil and cleansed my face.

Cons:

smells kind of gross
not so cheap
doesnt get rid of acne like the SA claimed

its a good face wash. not the best for acne but i do like it. I use i everyday. I have a LOT of acne but i find that this is one of the few soaps i can use. I recommend Fresh Farmacy by LUSH. i feel like its better. I bought 40 dollars (4month supply) worth of this product thinking i couldnt return to the store since its pretty far. :[ I got 20 dollars worth of Fresh Farmacy and i like ti much more. It works on my skin well. I have SUPER SENSITIVE SKIN!
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February 2, 2015
Too irritating
I have severely oily skin, and I bought this thinking that it would become my holy grail cleanser.. Well, that wasn't the case. First off, after using it my face feels soo tight and irritated (I'd heard a lot of people didn't like it for that reason). Secondly, this did NOTHING for my oily skin. No improvements whatsoever, even after using it every night for almost 2 months. Lastly, and I can't be completely sure it was this product, but I think this may be what gave me the same impacted pores that someone on a previous review mentioned. So, yeah, I'm kind of done with this soap. For added measure, it doesn't smell all that great.
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June 4, 2010

Pros:

Cleanses well; organic; lasts a long time; lathers well; bar is easy to use; reduces oil without overdrying

Cons:

Stings eyes like hand soap would; feels too "squeaky clean"; leaves actual scratch marks on skin; difficult to find Lush stores; doesn't help acne.

This was easy to use, since you can just rub the bar directly onto the skin or lather in your hands. I learned quickly to do the latter, since the scratchy pieces of coal it contains to help exfoliate actually left red marks on my sensitive skin (never a good sign). If I got it around or in my eyes, they burned and felt as if I had gotten regular body or hand soap in them. This isn't gentle stuff. It does absorb oil well, though; no improvement in acne seen :(
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February 17, 2008

Pros:

no residue, very simple clean soap which leaves your skin feeling truly clean. it helped the greasiness of my face, but this is no acne treatment.

Cons:

expensive and runs out relatively quickly since it sort of melts with water. you need to buy a tin from lush to keep it in, which is also expensive for an aluminum box.

if it were cheaper i would use it regularly. good for those of you who suffer from greasy skin and need a simple solution.
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October 19, 2017
good cleanser but not strong enough for big breakouts
When my acne was worse I used to use this in the morning and then use my stronger cleanser with salicylic acid in at night to really treat my breakouts as I found that this wasn't enough on its own. Now however as my acne has cleared up mostly I'm happy to use this day and night as my only cleanser, It works well and leaves my skins feeling clean and doesn't dry me out. If you have mild to moderate acne i'd give this a go but if you get really severe breakouts you might need something a bit stronger.
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August 14, 2015
DO NOT USE IF YOU HAVE SENSITIVE SKIN
I've been using this product for over 2 months and to my dismay, it has made my skin the worst it has ever been. Because I have sensitive skin, this product made me have red bumps all over my face and aggravated breakouts. The reason I'm giving it 2 stars is because at least it has decent oil control.
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January 9, 2008
In my search for a really effective vegan cleanser, Coal Face was a fragrant stop (and it gave me an excuse to go to Lush), but ultimately, not a solution to acne.
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