Coalface

I am currently using Coalface by LUSH as my facial cleanser. I’ve been using it for about a year now. It has it’s own pros and cons, which I’ll talk about. I have been having some problems with LUSH as a company recently and I’m sure I’ll talk about that soon on here because I always like to dish on companies that piss me off. Okay let’s talk about my face wash.

PROS

• It’s sort of cool to be using black soap and it looks sparkly. Fun!
• It is seriously one of the only things that keeps my face breakout free. Yeah, this is a HUGE pro.
• It lasts a really long time.
• It’s consistent. It’s not one of those products where I feel like it stops working after a few months of use.

CONS

• It doesn’t really smell good. This is a pretty moot point being that toner and moisturizer cover the smell anyway, but I feel like being petty.
• It sometimes develops a film on it, which grosses me out and then I end up cutting off the outside and I feel like that is wasteful.
• It’s relatively expensive. It runs $10.95 per 3.5 oz bar.
• I have major beef with LUSH as a company that makes me want to keep my money away from them.

Here is the description straight from LUSH: Removes impurities and tones combination skin
Who would have thought charcoal and liquorice could get along? One is tough and gritty, the other sweet and syrupy. But charcoal and liquorice could just be the odd couple of skin care, teaming up to fight oily, troubled skin in our Coalface cleanser. Powdered charcoal removes impurities and mildly exfoliates while liquorice heals naturally. Sandalwood oil tones the skin (and mediates should charcoal and liquorice disagree about anything).

Yeah…I’m actually in the market for a new one, but if you have no problem with LUSH and oily skin this might be great for you.

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