The trouble with blogging intermittently and infrequently and on different blogs is that one forgets what one has posted about.
Emma Hardie Moringa Cleansing Balm is a cleansing balm which I have used on and off for several years but haven't blogged about it here.
So a cleansing balm, a buttery balm to oil unguent which, as per the norm nowadays, becomes a milk once water is added.
For me the uniqueness of Emma Hardie is two fold; it smells delicious, a beautifully light orangey flowerblossomy stunner, and if it smells good, one wants to use it and luxuriate in using it. Its texture is very soft, really like soft butter on a warm afternoon, meaning it quickly melds into an oil, rendering it easy to massage around the face and dissolve the makeup and grime of the day, one just needs to watch the ambient temperature, as can be seen in the photo below, the oil can migrate.
The ingredients are plant based oils both the carrier oils and the essential oils and it is refreshing to see a product where water is not the first ingredient.
What I like about Emma Hardie cleansing balm is that it is a utilitarian product which feels sumptuous on the skin.
For me it removes my makeup but feels special enough to allow for a bit of indulgence, a bit of time taken, if I want to go on with a second cleanser I can, but if I can't be arsed then that is okay too, because I don't feel that i have missed out, or that my skin hasn't.
Emma Hardie is available from SpaceNK, Cultbeauty, and other online retailers including the Emma Hardie website. A 200mls jar lasts me around four months of daily use, at around £50. If I am being picky, I would prefer a jar with a wider diameter.
I bought the Merumaya Moringa Cleansing Balm after there was a flurry of interest on the internet, and primarily after a post by facegoop in the Guardian - I think what really appealed to me was its extremely reasonable £14.50 for 100mls (at the time) and the fact that it came in a tube. The Emma Hardie Moringa Cleansing Balm, had to get in on the action as seen above, for a comparison.
It indeed comes in a squeezy tube, and the instructions are essentially apply with dry hands to a dry face, massage to allow for makeup and grim breakdown and then add water to emulsify and ultimately rinse away, so far, so any other cleansing balm.
Merumaya Melting Cleansing Balm on left and Moringa Cleansing Balm on the right on an extremely dehydrated hand.
To me, the Merumaya Balm is a light gel texture, whereas the Moringa Balm is more of an oily buttery texture.
When water is added, the Merumaya Balm becomes a thin milk and the Moringa Balm becomes a thick milk.
The product removes makeup easily, its texture does afford a massage, and it does not irritate my skin at all.
As with any product it is ultimately horses for courses. I find the Merumaya Balm has a somewhat medicinal scent which coupled with a thinner texture means that my pm cleanse where I can massage away in a reverie of thick textures and gentle scents, becomes somewhat fraught with an almost Vick's like invigorating smell, and I am instantly on the alert as my fingers skid around my face and up my nose and in my eyes as the thinner texture needs less pressure than I am used to. I also find that when I add water the product has run off my face, onto my hands and up my arms in a flash which is irritating to say the least.
Ingredients; INCI - CAPRYLIC/CAPRIC TRIGLYCERIDE, GLYCERIN, PRUNUS AMYGDALUS DULCIS (SWEET ALMOND) OIL, AQUA (WATER), SUCROSE LAURATE, GLYCERYL DIBEHENATE, ECHIUM PLANTAGINEUM SEED OIL, PHENOXYETHANOL, SUCROSE PALMITATE, PARFUM (FRAGRANCE), SUCROSE COCOATE, SUCROSE STEARATE, CITRONELLOL, ETHYLHEXYLGLYCERIN, GARCINIA MANGOSTANA FRUIT EXTRACT, LIMONENE, LINALOOL, CAPRYLYL GLYCOL, CHLORPHENESIN, TETRASODIUM EDTA, BUTYLENE GLYCOL, HEXYLENE GLYCOL.
Currently £15.50 for 100mls
