Lush Dark Angels Review

To begin I should tell you my skin type: I am oily - dehydrated, slightly enlarged pores through cheeks, nose and forehead. I have some redness and old acne scarring (though not too bad). My skin's texture is very rough and dull.

I absolutely adore this product! I have been through 2 tubs of it and love how it works. You only need a small amount if you're exfoliating only your face but I actually like to use this on my upper arms and chest so I take a 20c coin sized piece and make it into a paste. I don't find this to be too harsh, you can kind of control how 'scrubby' you want it to be by adding more or less water. I will say that this is definitely a 1-2 times a week scrub only, as someone with thick, textured skin I can usually exfoliate every second day but with this I really didn't need to. I saw a huge improvement in my skin right from the get go, it was smoother, softer, clearer and I had less breakouts. My moisturiser also absorbed much more evenly/nicely afterwards. This really is a fantastic scrub and I highly recommend it to people with oily skin. Will I repurchase? At the moment no, only because I am giving chemical exfoliation a go as I've heard it's better but if I miss the delicious physical scrubby-ness of this then I definitely will repurchase!

I was lucky to receive as a RAOK in an order I did from Lush, which was a lovely surprise and made me love Lush even more.. if that was possible.

This cleanser comes in the generic black container, which did a great job at keeping this cleanser fresh, and is easy to open and close, even with cleanser on one of your hands. Additionally, this free little product is one of the 5 tubs I need to get a free face mask (part of Lush’s recycling scheme), which is awesome.

When you open the product for the first time, it just looks like a pot full of blackness. The mask is black, and I mean black, and it topped with a few tiny black crystals looking piece (Who knows what they are). Okay so the mask itself, well honestly. It smells like dirt. It looks like dirt. Not convinced? Neither was i.

The consistency of this cleanser is hard to describe unless you know the lush products well. This Cleanser feels rich, and full of goodness as it leaves a slight greasy residue when touched. However the cleanser itself it quite crumbly although it holds it shape well. I would actually compare it to the short crust pastry my mum makes.

To use this, I break a small piece off, and put in the palm of my hand and mix it with a tiny bit of water to make a paste, and use my fingers to apply it to my face. I rub it on, and massage it all over my face like a normal cleanser. However after that, I let this product sit on my face for a few minutes before once again massaging my face and washing it off. The results. Wow.

My skin is left smooth, and feeling amazing. I usually use this cleaner at night time before bed, and the next day, my skin just looks amazing. It has a glowy look about it, and this cleanser evens out my skin tone, to the point where I could almost (yes almost) not wear BB cream or foundation.

Would I use this again? In a heartbeat. It never appealed to me before, so I am so glad I was given this to try! It has quickly become a favourite of mine! It’s easy to use, a little goes a long way, and it does an amazing job at cleaning and making my skin feel amazing without drying it out. I definitely recommend you try this product.

I bought some of this cleanser last year and was pretty intrigued to try it with it being black and charcoal like lol. It doesn't really have a scent, well not one that I could easily pick out.

The texture is pretty hard to explain, its soft but at the same time its gritty. I think that is how I would describe it. When I first tried it, I found it quite messy as it crumbles into your hand but once you wet it, it starts to come together. I wet my face first and then applied it, rubbing it in circular movements. Because of the gritty bits in it, I didn't rub too hard as I have extremely sensitive skin. When I finished massaging it in, I rinsed it off and my skin felt so soft but at the same time a little red. Maybe I rubbed it harder than I thought or it did irritate me a little, but the second time I used it I realised it must be because of my dry skin. It does leave your skin really clean and soft but as I found out later on its actually for oily skin, oops. I didn't buy it again but found it still did a good job at cleansing my skin.

I popped into my nearest Lush, seeking out assistance from one of the most helpful sales assistants I have ever met, fully prepared to purchase something/anything if I thought my skin would benefit from it. So I asked for some help and was offered a free skin consultation, sampled a couple of scrubs and she offered free samples to try out to make sure my skin would benefit fully from them. I am so impressed by the service I received. I was given instructions to use this daily unless my skin started to feel too dry, and twice daily if I could manage it. It comes in a damp powdered form that you pinch and mix with water in the palm of your hand then apply to your face in a gentle massage. The first few times I used it I was a bit cautious as it it is very gritty/chunky but you should be gentle with this anyway as you do not want to be too abrasive. It smells smokey... like a chimney (I am putting that down to the charcoal), then when it is rinsed away there is a hint of lemon remaining. Make sure you wash it all away otherwise your pores and skin will be black/grey. So after using this super easy to use product for over a week my skin is majorly improved... hardly any blemishes and a lot less oily (and so soft). I still have some left in my generous sample tub and plan to purchase a full size next week when I go back into town. Even if I don't need to use it as often as daily it will still be put to good use as a weekly mask but I foresee this being a part of my daily routine for a while yet.

*there is enough product for 3+ weeks in a sample tub

This was my first cleanser from Lush. I like scrubby type products but decided to switch to Lush because I thought it would be much better for the environment. I enjoyed using Dark Angels. It made my skin feel clean and fresh/not oily and I also liked the smell. The major downside is that it is charcoal based and makes everything it touches black! I used Lush's Tea Tree Water to get rid of what was left after I washed it off (which made me feel extra clean and fresh).

I love Angels on Bare Skin so decided to try this. I was going through a really bad breakout and found out charcoal is amazing for your skin. When the paste was easy to make but the first thing that hit me when I put it on my face was the smell. Maybe they were going for a liquorice sort of scent but to me the first thing that came to mind is, "Oh my gosh it smells like gasoline!" as I scrubbed the black paste on my face I did detect a hint of mint but it the gasoline scent was still strongly there. The granules in the paste are definitely more coarse than Angels on Bare Skin. When my face was black and I rinsed it off only to find my skin was black marks on it and the charcoal was in every pore on my face. I took a gel cleanser and double cleansed my face and that cleaned the charcoal out of my pores. Looking at the ingredients it has Sodium lauroyl sarcosinate so unlike it's angelic counter part it isn't completely natural. The granules are also coarser so not something I would use daily, probably twice a week. It also leaves a mess over the sink. I'm a bit on the fence about whether I'm going to purchase this as I don't like the scent, it leaves my pores black unless I double cleanse, not completely natural compared to it's counterparts and it's not a daily cleanser. On the flip side it does get into your pores and so you know it does clean them out and while it wasn't something I recommend for every day it didn't leave my skin feeling dry either.

This scrub is lush indeed. The black sugar is exfoliating but not too abrasive or scratchey. The mix of the rhassoul mud, charcoal, avocado oil and other essential oils makes a texture like no other scrub and is surprisingly soft and smells incredible. When I went on holiday without it I noticed my skin was back to being oily again after not using it. It leaves my skin so soft and moisturized and pampered. As you don't require much it is super cost effective. A little goes a long way. It's definitely a favorite of mine and beats all the other drug store cleansers loaded with chemicals and environmentally unfriendly microbeads etc in them.

Exfoliating cleansers have been something I have become slightly obsessed with (With all the other things I need to check myself into BR Rehab) and when I heard Dark angels was awesome I had to try it! I had brought this before my April low spend had started so I had no excuse to break it.

It resembles crumbed oreo cookies that have been blended with butter, except it doesnt smell like that, it smells like sugary licorice.

I remove my makeup and wet my face slightly before scooping about a tablespoon of this onto my hands and rubbing it all over my face and neck. I realized after the first time of trying this that I am better off doing it in the shower because I make such a mess! It gives such an amazing deep clean to my skin and removes all the dead skin that is around my nose and chin.

When I rinse this off my face it feels instantly replenished, my small pores have shrunk back to their regular size and my skin feels so soft and it gives me this natural glow that I look forward to seeing every time I use this.

My skin loves this stuff and I will be buying more, I have been using this as a face/neck/shoulder exfoliant because I love it so much, it is true, once you go black you never go back!

I have extremely oil skin, huge pores and just lifeless skin. I applied this for the first time on my face, wet my hand and then scrubbed it quite hard. After removing my skin just had life, it was glowing, smooth and felt so clean! My pores also shrunk in size. I know it says to use this 3 times a week or so, but I use it once a day due to how oily my skin gets and it does not dry it out at all!

I love the Dark Angels cleanser. The girl at Lush suggested this to me instead of Angels on Bare Skin because I tend to have oily/combination skin. I was so impressed! The smell is divine, and there is just enough roughness in the mix to leave a loving tingly feeling on the skin without leaving it raw or pink. I use this twice a week as an exfoliant, and have used it as a daily cleanser by making it into a liquid solution with some warm water in my palm before applying (instead of the paste-y feeling it has when you take some from the pottle). A little goes a long way with this stuff, and it really works to clear my skin up a couple of times a week!