Proactive

[Inanna]

The peroxide is the bleaching agent - it's been used for eons to control acne - it's not a new concept by far...

What concerns me is the damage long term... Bath I would stick to miessence or L'occitane or some other natural product. Maybe send it back if you aren't okay with using it. Or give it away to someone who is okay with it?

It is the culmative affet of all of the chemicals not just one off use that should concern us. For example SLS is in almost every foaming product (uless you make conscious choices not to use it).

[Bathsheba]

Yes, I do like L'Occitane as well... I used to use Clinique but the chemical ****tails used by them scared me off.... plus the results weren't worth the cost. I still buy Clinique foundation (because it's the best one with 15SPF sunscreen in it that I have tried)... and lippy (only worn rarely) but like you said Deb, I am very aware that daily use of of sooooo many chemicals is very concerning.

I'm thinking it could be my mum... I seem to recall her saying something about a parcel when I spoke to her last (the boys were making it hard for me to concentrate on the phone so i missed the details)... she told me not to open it until Christmas.

I probably will use it briefly, only because so many people seem so happy with the results. I have a little bit of pigmentation discolouration (probably only noticible to me) on my forehead from medication i had to take earlier this year... maybe it will help to fade that? But I'm fairly certain won't be using it for the long term. If there is an ongoing cost to my gift giver then i'll have to think of a tactful way of saying "thankyou but no thankyou".

Shame they didn't buy me some more MiEssence garnet skin scrub!!! Now THAT'S a product I do love!!!