Rare Minerals Renew and Reveal Facial Cleanser Review

It never seems to fail—you’ve got some­place impor­tant to go: maybe a first date, maybe a party, or per­haps a job inter­view, and you wake up in the morn­ing with a brand-spanking new pim­ple on your face. If you’re like me, you’ve tried every­thing to help out your acne-prone skin: ProActiv, peels, light ther­apy, micro­der­mabra­sion, and just about every cleanser on the market.

I had resigned myself to feel­ing like my face was a pep­per­oni pizza until, on a whim, I decided to try Bare Escentuals’ Rare Minerals Renew and Reveal Facial Cleanser. At first, I have to admit, I was turned off by it. Who feels like dump­ing a mound of pow­der in their hand and hav­ing to make it into a paste when you’re in a hurry?

Natural com­po­si­tion

Truth is, by adding water to the powder, it acti­vates the cleanser. Renew and Reveal  is com­posed of all nat­ural ingre­di­ents, includ­ing coconut oil, rose­mary leaf oil, and oat­meal. The oat­meal is espe­cially use­ful if you’re shop­ping for a prod­uct for acne-prone skin because it helps to reduce red­ness and itchiness.

In clin­i­cal stud­ies, 86% of women saw an improve­ment in their skin’s soft­ness and smooth­ness after using the cleanser. And 76% of women said it com­pletely removed all of their makeup.

It does take some trial and error to get the right dosage of pow­der down to a sci­ence with this cleanser. When I first bought it, I sub­scribed to the notion that “less is more” and really didn’t use too much and didn’t see any improve­ment in my face. Then one night, by acci­dent, I tapped too much pow­der out of the bot­tle. When I added water, I ended up with a creamy liquid—very dif­fer­ent from when I wasn’t using enough prod­uct. That’s when my face started to clear up.

Use the right amount

The Renew and Reveal cleanser can also be used as a mask—just use enough prod­uct like I described above but add less water and keep it on your face for about 15 minutes.

The price is afford­able ($26 for 2.5 oz. on Beauty.com) and it does last a while. My first bot­tle lasts me a whole eight months! Bare Escentuals also cre­ated the Rare Minerals Purely Moisturizing Facial Moisturizer to go with Renew and Reveal—it does work well but I have only used it for about a month so I can’t say much on it yet.

The bot­tom line is—if you’re tired of look­ing for a good cleanser for acne-prone skin, look no fur­ther. The Bare Escentuals Renew and Reveal Facial Cleanser was the only thing that could help my skin and I won’t use any­thing else on my face. Give it a try and let us know what you think!