Lush offers a number of masks, cleansers, scrubs and toners to help purge your face (and body) of acne and their product Grease Lightning is the central focus of this range. It is a small tea tree and witch hazel gel which Lush claim will strike spots with 'lightning precision'.
So, does it work? Well the short answer is yes, the long answer is sometimes. Not all spots are created equal some are painful, some big, some small. Of course you'll know this, but my point is that Grease Lightning only seems to work well on small spots. For example, I had a small spot under my nostril and one beginning to form under my lip. I applied Grease Lightning to both and within a day the small nostril spot was gone, and the lip one had formed into a massive yellow planet on the side of my lip. Really this product is best used continuously and alongside other products I intend to review later.
Similarly Grease Lightning has failed to clear the spots on the side of my head, it does reduce them down from yellow lumps to smaller red ones, but clear skin is the aim and this isn't really working in the way that I had hoped.
This brings me onto my major problem with this product, specifically with its packaging. As this is a gel Lush have put it in a small bottle with a horrendous cap. The cap is sort of like a soap dispenser but it's so stiff when you push it tons of the gel comes out. This can be a bit annoying when you just want a little. Also when the gel dries it cracks and tends to flake off (or get caught in eyebrows) not a good look.
Pros:
+ Smells Good
+ Soothing on painful spots
+ Can be very effective at times
Cons:
- Dispenser often releases too much
- Only works around 50% of the time
- Best used with other products
The current price is £6.50 (a 45g bottle lasts months) and you can buy from Lush HERE
Please Note: This blog is not funded by Lush or any other company. All views are my own. Pictures sourced from Instagram
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