REVIEW: Melvita Nectar Pur: Purifying Cleansing Gel and Roll on

PR samples have been a bit of a touchy subject in the blogging world of late. Many have made bold statements stating that they’ll never receive them because they feel it compromises the integrity of their blog as many feel pressured to rave about free items they’ve received. Whilst others will receive every new release and you struggle to find a post that doesn’t contain something they’re received for free. I understand why people have strong opinions about this, but ultimately your blog is your blog. Surely the whole point of writing your own blog anyway is to express what you feel no matter what anyone else thinks? I guess what I’m trying to say – without getting all philosophical on your arse – life’s too short to get mad over bloggers writing about items which are essentially, pretty superficial. Live and let live (and all that jazz…)


Now, blogging arguments – 1st world problems – aside, the reason for my random ramble above, is because today I’m reviewing two PR samples that are actually pretty brilliant. And yet I’m always a bit reluctant to rave about ‘freebies’ for fear of thinking that my readers – that’s you, Mum. And you boyf (…at an absolute push) – will think I’m dishonestly raving about something because I received it for free. I’m not one of those “suck up to everyone to get extra followers types” we can tell that by the amount of followers you have love… so I can assure you that my review today is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth!

First up, the Melvita Purifying Cleansing gel*. This is part of the new Nectar Pur range targeted at Combination/Oily skin and I will firstly point out that I completely agree with that statement. If you have dry, dehydrated skin, this range – or at least what I’ve used from it anyway – will probably not work for you. It does feel quite mattifying which isn’t personally a problem for my combination skin as long as I inject a bit of moisture in somewhere along the line. So, before this gets even wordier, let’s break it down. Melvita claims: 

• It helps to balance the skin. I have to agree with this. My skin’s left feeling non-shiny but not stripped of moisture.
• It cleanses and purifies the skin. Again, I completely agree. One thing to note is that this cleanser is so gentle that by first impressions you can often feel like it hasn’t really done a lot. Continued use for me, proved that my skin was clearer and more even in tone than it has been for months.
• It regulates sebum and keeps skin shine free. Yes it does, pretty much completely shine free which to reiterate again, if you have really oily skin then that’s a big plus. If however you have more combination skin, you’ll definitely feel the need to add a sufficient dose of moisturiser in there.