L'Oreal Men Expert Extreme Charcoal Wash

I have a confession to make. I am probably going to draw gasps from beauty bloggers everywhere, but I use a male cleanser.

I was catching up with my friend the other day, when she returned from my bathroom with a look of puzzlement on her face.

‘Why do you have L’Oreal Men Expert in your bathroom?
Is there someone you’re not mentioning?’

Sadly the truth was far less juicy. However it did make me think that I’ve been holding out on you as honestly it sounds so odd, but this is my ultimate cleansing product and I think L’Oreal are missing a trick here with the women’s market.

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Last year I live with a guy who worked in marketing at L’Oreal- suffice to say I loved the fact that new products constantly drifted into my life. One day he came home and asked me to try this soon to be new product- L'Oreal Men Expert Extreme Charcoal Wash.

Apparently the trial panel had found it too extreme, making their faces too tight and ‘squeaky’, so he wanted some outsider perspective, however living with all girls meant we’d have to do.

Now sadly I’m no natural beauty, every morning will admit, I apply quite a lot of makeup, which means come bed time, it’s an effort to cleanse away, and I struggle to find products that are hard core enough for my war like paint. Also I'm a bit lazy, so I splashed my make up’d face with water, loosened my makeup a tad, and proceeded to apply the cleanser! After giving my face a scrub, I washed it off, looked in the mirror and- well! My face was honestly clean and makeup free! It had succeeded where other dedicated makeup removal cleansers had failed.

I do agree that the cleanser is quite strong, and my skin does feel a little tight afterwards, but nothing a good dose of night cream won’t fix. While the cleanser does come out black, which isn’t the most appealing to girls, it foams up white and doesn’t leave any ‘man’ smells.

I swear L’Oreal would have a killer product if they repacked and rebranded this for girls, as I swear by it now. So yes, it’s probably not convention, but honestly girls, it’s good!