First Impressions: Elemis Pro Collagen Cleansing Balm.

ASOS had a beauty sale recently that had a decent 30% off, so I went on the hunt from some things to try. I came across the Elemis Pro Collagen Cleansing Balm and had seen a few YouTubers talk about it, so I picked up the 20g travel size for about £6. 

Firstly, very clean simple packaging, no complaints here. Secondly, I don't know what it is about me recently with smells, but I really don't like the smell of this, I can't put my finger on what it is, but it's much stronger than my Liz Earle and I don't like that. 

The texture is thicker and has an almost waxy consistency, but you smooth it on your face, massage in and remove with a cleansing cloth, pretty standard stuff. At first I was using this after my Liz Earle, so rather than using it to remove my make up, I was using it more for the moisture and finish on my skin and it wasn't really working. It left my skin kinda tacky and leaves a weird feeling on my face and the lingering smell wasn't making me keen. So I started using it first to remove my make-up instead and I think this works much better, it gets rid of everything, including eye make-up with ease, however it does sting my eyes a little so have to be careful with that. 

I've been using it for about a week now and there is still quite a bit of product, so it probably will last a very long time if you buy a normal sized pot, but I think for me the smell puts me off buying any more. As there are so many great products on the market, I think I'll try some others and write a more in depth post later on about how I compare them all.

I can't comment on the Anti-Ageing aspect as I haven't been using it long term but if I feel any 'wow' effect I'll let you know!

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