Planted Skincare | review

As you might know if you've read my blog before, I suffer from very sensitive skin and have quite a few topical allergies - so I'm really careful about what I use! When the team at Planted Skincare reached out to see if I wanted to try some of their products, I gave it a lot of thought but ultimately decided to give some a go. Read on to find out how I got on...

Circulation Boosting Orange Coffee Scrub

One thing I've been missing in my life recently is a body scrub; my eczema is mostly contained to my face and inside my elbows, with my legs and the rest of my arms mostly unaffected, but I have of course been wary of using anything scented on my body at all.

The Planted Skincare Circulation Boosting Orange Coffee Scrub doesn't contain artificial fragrance, and has a relatively short ingredient list: Sucrose (Demerara sugar), Persea gratissima (Avocado) Oil, Butyrospermum parkii (Shea) butter, Prunus dulcis (Sweet almond) kernel oil, Coffea robusta seed powder (Coffee), Citrus aurantium dulcis (Sweet orange) peel oil, Helianthus annuus (Sunflower) seed oil, Rosmarinus officinalis (Rosemary) leaf extract, Limonene. It also comes with a tiny bamboo spoon so you can scoop it out of the tub easily.

Being allergic to Balsam of Peru, I was wary of two ingredients: the orange peel oil, and limonene. However, I patch tested the product on my leg and didn't have a reaction (yay) so decided to give the scrub a proper go.

I used it on my legs prior to shaving and wow - this is probably the closest shave I've ever managed, and my legs felt amazing and so soft afterwards! The scrub isn't too abrasive, and even though it contains oil I wasn't left with a horrible film on my legs. Thanks to the orange, it isn't too heavy on the coffee scent which is a good thing for me as I don't actually like coffee... be warned, as with all coffee scrubs, this is a messy product but it's worth it, I promise.

Oil Cleanser with Black Cumin and Raw Honey

I don't wear make up very often, but when I do I usually remove it with my emollient cream - this tends to require a fair bit of scrubbing, which can leave my face sore. So I decided to give the Planted Skincare Oil Cleanser a try - after patch testing it on my cheek.

The Planted Skincare Oil Cleanser is all natural, combining a range of oils; I was slightly nervous about my skin reacting, but the patch test didn't cause any trouble. According to the Planted Skincare website, this is an optimum blend of plant oils, raw honey and essential oils, combined with a sucrose based emulsifier to help the product rinse clean. A simple step to thoroughly cleanse the skin without stripping it of it's natural oils, leaving it soothed, softened and smoothed.

So on a rare make up-wearing occasion, I decided to use this to remove my make up. It comes with a muslin cloth, but I opted for one of my softer microfibre cloths just as I know my skin quite likes these. The cleanser melted my make up off SO quickly and easily, I barely needed to scrub at my face. It didn't leave an oily residue, and I woke up the next morning without any worsening of my eczema, which was a brilliant result.

I've used it as a cleanser on my bare face too (i.e, not to remove make up) and again it felt lovely without exacerbating my eczema!

Planted Skincare: suitable for sensitive skin?

In my experience, the Planted Skincare has worked really nicely for my sensitive, eczema-prone skin. Of course everyone is different, and I would always recommend doing your research into ingredients and also patch testing products to see how you get on with them before diving in properly. But I'll absolutely be using both of these products in my skincare routine going forward! If you wanted to give the products a go before committing fully, you can buy a gift set with miniatures to test them out without buying full sizes.

Let me know if you've ever tried any Planted Skincare products and what you thought...