Tuesday, April 08, 2014

How gentle is an acceptable gentle for a cleanser? Dickinson's Original Witch Hazel Formula Cleansing Astringent

Witch Hazel - I like that word- mystical..wonder how that name stuck! Wikipedia says it came from Wiche which is pretty unromantic; I would like to imagine that once beautiful druidesses used to make elixirs out of this or used to wear this flower on their flowing hair..
Witch Hazel- Courtesy of Pixabay.com


Whatever be the reason for the name, Witch Hazel is renown at least in the Western half of the world for its cleansing astringent properties. I have read about the benefits of Witch Hazel before and when I saw Dickinson's Astringent on sale at my local Walmart, I got it just to test it out.




What is an Astringent?
Astringent is usually applied after cleansing and before moisturizing, is supposed to help with cleansing & minimizing pores, especially if you are oily skinned. If you have dry skin, you may want to stay away from this.

About the product: Dickinson's Original Formula is around $6 CAD approx for 16 oz.
Check the product here

My Experience: 
I used this for night time 3rd step cleansing. So how I clean is:
  1st level: Using baby wipes to remove makeup [after reaching home]
  2nd level: Using cleansing cream or oil [30mins before sleep]
  3rd level: Using an astringent or toner



Now here is the deal - this is too gentle for me and I hate the smell. I think it is pretty nice for a sensitive skin and for people who don't mind a woodsy kinda scent. But no thank you!

It did a okay job on minimizing pores and I am all for as natural products as possible. But I couldn't really feel it you know... I know that gentle is good, but gentle for me is boring when it comes to an astringent. But I would have stuck to this if not for the scent.



If you feel that I am totally weird on this and the scent is usually great, may be I got an off bottle - do let me know in case.

Overall: This is more a case of expecting too much and getting something ordinary :( I may buy Thayer's to see what the whole Witch Hazel deal is but for now I am not planning to repurchase this.
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