Edwina Ings-Chambers This really is good clean fun - YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Sign in Welcome!Log into your account Forgot your password? Password recovery Recover your password Search Sign in Welcome! Log into your account Forgot your password? Get help Password recovery Recover your password A password will be e-mailed to you. YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Home Beauty Edwina Ings-Chambers This really is good clean fun By You Magazine - May 26, 2019 My 15-year-old niece Thea describes Drunk Elephant as ‘the coolest brand ever’. And though that may be on the superlative side, I know this beauty company has really caught people’s attention. Yes, there’s the cute name (derived from its key ingredient of marula oil – eating the fruit is said to make elephants tipsy) and the colourful packaging, but it’s more than that. Drunk Elephant represents a sea change in the business; it’s beauty zeitgeist stuff, riding into the skincare arena like a knight on a charger, championing the clean movement. For its big message is that it’s free from what it calls the ‘suspicious 6’: essential oils, drying alcohols, silicones, chemical screens, fragrance/dyes and sodium lauryl sulphate. Although I hadn’t quite found my personal groove with the label, I realised this was a case of the cheese stands alone. Other than the marula oil, which is lovely but not dramatically different from others, I hadn’t come across my hero in the range: until now, with the recently launched Slaai Makeup-Melting Butter Cleanser (£29, spacenk.com). Butter is the perfect name for this because it looks like a balm but feels really soft and is easy to spread over the face. It’s also lightweight and glides on with the fingertips, making it super-easy to give yourself a facial massage at the same time. Rubbing it into the skin will lift off any kind of grime, make-up or sunscreen. Add a touch of water and it turns to a light milky texture that’s easily wiped off with a warm flannel. My new cleanser of choice, it makes my skin feel ultra-clean without being dry or leaving behind any residue. And though the name Slaai may sound like modern slang for beating the competition, it’s inspired by the Afrikaans for salad, with a dash of artistic licence as the ingredients – including blueberry, kiwi, strawberry extracts and cranberry, acai and watermelon fruit oils to comfort and moisturise skin – are found in a fruit salad rather than the green version. It comes with a small vial of bamboo and charcoal grains for an exfoliating boost. Sprinkle a small amount into the cleanser once or twice a week to turn it into a dual-action thing of wonder. 3 more classy cleansers Chanel Anti-Pollution Micellar Cleansing Water (£32, chanel.com) is a very swanky but also effective and gentle make-up remover for all skin types. Ingredients are 96 per cent natural in origin and a prebiotic helps to maintain good skin health. Formula Radiant Cleanse Cleansing Balm (£14, marksandspencer.com) is a hardworking, lightly perfumed balm that emulsifies into a milky texture. It comes with muslin cloths for removal, though personally I prefer to use a flannel. DHC Deep Cleansing Oil (£24, harveynichols.com) has become a cult favourite. It’s formulated with antioxidant-rich olive oil, which gives a really thorough cleanse, though some will prefer to use oil as the first step of a double cleanse. Beauty assistant: Alice Robertson. RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR You could get paid to test Liberty’ s Beauty Advent Calendar People are obsessed with this Revlon hair drying tool A new drop of Boots Star Gifts has landed for Christmas 2022 Popular in Beauty People are seriously impressed with Primark’ s £8 skinny curling tongs December 16, 2019 Boots is giving away free lipsticks to celebrate the launch of January 23, 2020 This long-lasting eyebrow product is getting rave reviews and is just June 21, 2021 These Liz Earle gift sets are on sale just in time March 5, 2020 WIN A Kiehl’ s skincare heroes bundle worth £104 July 24, 2020 Cult skincare brand Sunday Riley is branching out into hair products April 24, 2020 Superdrug is holding a huge BOGOF sale on all cosmetics for May 28, 2020 Your salon could charge you extra for overgrown roots and bad June 25, 2020 Facial steamers Why searches for this beauty gadget were up 400 July 10, 2020 Lush subscription boxes have arrived and they contain exclusive new products August 3, 2020 Popular CategoriesFood2704Life2496Fashion2240Beauty1738Celebrity1261Interiors684 Sign up for YOUMail Thanks for subscribing Please check your email to confirm (If you don't see the email, check the spam box) Fashion Beauty Celebrity Life Food Privacy & Cookies T&C Copyright 2022 - YOU Magazine. All Rights Reserved