LetUsTalk| meet ultrabland, my bff from lush

 You know how it is, pop into Lush for a bath bomb and end up getting charmed into buying something you didn't need and already have 178,637,095 of. I have an overwhelming hatred of upsetting/offending people so when the lovely sales lady offered to put some UltraBland on my hand, I relented.

In all honesty it was love at first touch. I had been looking for a really nice, balmy cleanser for SO long that this was quite obviously fate. 

It's sort of a hybrid between a cream and balm cleanser. You apply the TINIEST amount, put it on dry skin and massage it all over, paying extra attention to flakey areas and stubborn mascara, then you wash it off with a - hot as you can handle - flannel. 

This is when things got a bit mental...the lovely sales lady, she propositioned me. She mentioned that she had suffered with chronic skin problems for most of her life, to the extent that she had been hospitalised. Lovely sales lady said that using just ultra bland for 40 days and 40 nights (no pre-cleanse, no face wipes, no cleanser, no toner, no exfoliator, no serum , no moisturiser, no nuttin'!) had cleared up her skin in a way that no steroids or topical ointments ever could. 

I was sold. So I threw my money at her, ran home and took all my makeup off, cleansed, toned and moisturised all with one bloody tub. At first I was sceptical (coming from the girl who chucks at least 6 products on her face twice a day), but waking up on day 2 with skin as soft as a freshly lacquered finger nail, I couldn't argue with the results. 

 Throughout the 40 days and 40 nights I noticed my scarring and pigmentation has been reduced dramatically, my combo skin was acting normal and I wasn't breaking out or getting dry patches even during my "time"!! HOW DO YOU DO IT LUSH?!?! 

Even after the 40 days and nights, this still remained a staple in my skincare routine. I never ever finish any skincare products, mainly because I get bored and distracted by other products. So seeing the state of my betrothed does speak volumes about how darn good it truly is. 

The only reasons I haven't continued using this solely forever is: 

- I'm so scared that my skin will get used to the ingredients and stop looking so lovely after I have massaged this in.

- Sometimes when I've had a shit day - no in fact any day - I like to sit in my bathroom and pretend I'm a princess having a spa day. Slathering generous amounts of potions, lotions and oils on my face. And ultrabland no matter how amazing it is, doesn't give me that luxe feeling I'm afraid. 

The packaging is great, as always from Lush, simple, sleek and sturdy minimising seepage. The price is an amazing 10.95 for 100g of product which lasted me 4 months, although I'm pretty sure you are meant to throw it away after 2 months... OOPS ;)

I urge you if you are reading this (anyone?!?) go and buy ultrabland. I don't care if it's 2am and Lush is shut, you get yourself on their website and you order it. You do the 40 day and night challenge and let me know how you get on! But remember... Just the tiniest amount, less is more!! 

Ps. This one time, I used this in my hair and elbows with shockingly fantastic results. Shhhhhh

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