essano Hydrating Rosehip Gel Foaming Cleanser

I bought a full size bottle of this product after using up the smaller one from a trial pack because i really liked it. I don't use this product to remove makeup though because it doesn't cut through it very well at all, which I soon realized. So instead I use a makeup remover before I get into the shower, and use this cleanser when I'm in the shower & its been working great for me so far. I do find that it doesn't really lather up very well though but I'm not sure if ts supposed to-its been working nicely for me anyway. I love the smell & the texture of it is great. I will be repurchasing :-)

UPDATE: My previous review is below. I tried this product again. I still had the bottle in the cupboard and I was too lazy to buy facewash so I thought I would give it a shot again. This time I trialed it without the moisturizer. I even used the whole bottle. Would I buy it again? No I found that it was lovely on my skin, smelt nice and didn't cause a reaction or massive pimples like last time, but it also didn't clear my acne up either. Was my skin any better from using it? Nothing noticeable to me. Would I recommend it? If you have sensitive skin and are after a facewash, and don't have acne, sure. It's lovely, feels and smells nice and lasted me a month but personally I wouldn't use it.

Original review: I've been keen for ages to try Rosehip products so I thought I would give this a go. I have sensitive, hormonal acne prone skin and struggle to find facewash that clears my skin without overdrying it and irritating it. Now normally i will try products for a month before I write them off. I cant say the same for this product. I gave up after a week. My skin had been doing resembly well with my previous facewash. Clear, redness fading, no deep spots. A week after using this product i had the worst acne break out i have had in months. Painful deep spots and heaps of them. I personally dont think my skin agrees with this product, although it may be the moisturer, also from Essano Rosehip. It was basically eating it and resulting in spots. Im really disappointed cause this is a lovely product. Its made in NZ, chemical free, smells like lollies and can be purchased from the supermarket. I will say to other people try it cause its nice but i cant say i will be using it again.

I purchased this in the Essano Rose Hip Pack. I liked this product at first as it was a smooth texture, went on nicely to my skin and seemed to cleanse my skin well. I know I have dry skin so am always weary of "foam" cleansers as I always relate foam cleansers to be for an oily skin. My skin felt clean but after hopping out of the shower it actually started to feel quite tight round the sides of my face. I will use up the tube in the mornings as a quick wash over but wouldnt repurchase as I fell the cleanser I am using already does a better job and doesnt make my skin feel dry.

This is in a great bottle I love the pump action to squirt things out it just takes the guessing out off how much I have to use and a pump pack does keep thing nice and sanitary and easy to use. I do love the natural aspect no harsh chemicals and nice and natural. The first thing that got to me about this was the fragrance it's smells like a bitter artificial floral scent thank goodness the scent washes away I really don't like the fragrance at all. The cleanser is a clear grey colour, I found the texture to be more like a creamy gel rather than other cleansing washes I have used. I squirted some on my hands and rubbed them together and it didn't foam, so put some on my face brush and did circular motions and it went a tiny wee milky colour but it didn't foam either I then did quite a few squirts but just used way too much and it still didn't foam it just felt slimy . So in the end one pump was more than enough to do my face and neck. After a good rinse I could tell my face was clean, it felt a little stripped but not tight and dry or itchy and as soon as I continued with my skincare routine that feeling vanished straight away. This did remove the day's worth off sunblock and BB cream. So yes this is a gentle cleanser that doesn't make my skin feel dry after I have used it and it feels clean, not more nourished. I don't know if would I repurchase as if I use foaming I like it to foam and the scent I just don't like it.

I'm probably close to finishing my fourth bottle of this. I bought this for my younger siblings and I to use. I didn't want to want to spend big bucks on a cleanser for my siblings but didn't want to go for something cheap and drying. This cleanser was free of sulfates which was the main thing I look for. Despite the slight floral scent my teenage brother has never complained and happily used it. I did find it a bit drying last winter but during the summer it's great. I like to use an oil cleanser at night and don't like to use a hot face cloth to get it off and create more laundry for myself. So I opt to use this in the shower to get the excess oil off and it does a great job. One big con about this product though was the pump. When I buy the bottle it's like the pump is jammed and twisted so tight that you have to pull really hard to get the nozzle to pop out and so you can use it. I thought the pump on the first bottle I bought was faulty, but then had the same problem on the second bottle, and the third. Around the time I bought the fourth bottle I finally figured it out. Before that I had to unscrew the pump and use the tube that was covered in product to put a bit in my hand and consequently ended up using too much product, probably why it felt drying. Smooches deducted for the non user friendly pump, but other than that I will continue to repurchase this cleanser.

I have to say I am a huge fan of anything with Rosehip in it, so I love this cleanser! The smell is delicious, the formula is really nice, and overall it does a good job! A little goes a long way with this, and my bottle has lasted ages, I also love the pump, so easy to get out when in the shower.

Only one quarm would be that sometimes I feel like it doesn't remove everything from my face, but nothing that another quick cleanse doesn't fix.

This is going to be one of those reviews where I struggle to find the positives, I'm afraid. I know this product has received plenty of good reviews so far, but for me I personally hated almost everything about this cleanser! Although it comes in cute packaging with a helpful pump, the product itself smells very strongly and unpleasantly, and is a gel cleanser, not a foaming cleanser. When I purchase a foaming cleanser I expect the product to come out of the bottle, well, foamy. This one is a thick gel which you're supposed to work into a foam yourself - the best I could get was a slightly more lathered gel. It feels slimy on my skin, and I didn't feel at all refreshed or cleansed after using.

Before I finish though, I WOULD like to say that I DO respect the Essano brand immensely. In a beauty market dominated by chemical-based brands which are massively detached from nature and have no problem with testing on animals, it is SO great to see brands like Essano emerging. Although I didn't like this particular product, I think what they stand for is fantastic, and many of their other products are fab.

I love the pump bottle, very easy to use and one pump usually is enough. The consistancy of this cleasner Is a nice smooth thickness. The smell Is lovely and very suttle which is great. I love the fact that It has rosehip oil in it which my skin is in favour of. It leave's my skin feeling smooth and clean, the only downfall for my skin (which is combination) is that it seemed to dry it out abit and make my skin feel tight, which I did'nt think would happen as it contains rosehip oil and is soap-free and claims to be non drying., so for that reason I do no longer use this or have repurchased this product. It's just not for me sadly as it is really affordable.

I bought this - and the rest of the Essano rosehip range in a kit that I got from Countdown. I hadn't really paid attention to rosehip previously, but was reading all of the rave reviews on the forums here and knew I had to try it.

I have been using this every night (and the moisturiser daily), and my skin looks the best it has in years.

With the pack I got, this came with a pump that is easy to disperse product. I use two squirts and that covers my face and neck.

What I like to do is (before bed), wet my face, apply this, floss and brush my teeth (leaving this on while I do this), and then rinse this off. Then I use the other Essano products.

I am glad this doesn't have exfoliating properties in it because I read somewhere that exfoliating daily isn't good for dry skin.

I feel that this - and the other products in the Essano range, have helped even out my red cheeks and they definitely have helped my dry skin.

This range is my new holy grail in skincare and it will be difficult for me to ever try anything else. This is amazing.

I highly, highly recommend this!!!

When you buy a foaming cleanser, you kinda expect it to do foam. Well sorry to disappoint it really doesn't. But it does leave my dry and suffering winter skin clean and refreshed. It's smells amazing and you only need a small amount to clean efficiently.