Edwina Ings-Chambers: The clever new jelly cleansers that guarantee flawlessly fresh skin 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 Give it some jelly By You Magazine - March 8, 2020 These clever new jelly cleansers guarantee flawlessly fresh skin – and a spotless conscience. I’m a huge fan of the new Ren Perfect Canvas Clean Jelly Oil Cleanser (£25, spacenk.com) for so many reasons (though not because of its rather laboriously long name). This product leaves me – as in my conscience – feeling as clean as my skin (and this is very clean, by the way). That’s because Ren is a seriously positive leading light in the beauty packaging world right now, spearheading innovation – and the conversation – and constantly trying to do better. With this cleanser Ren has gone waste-free and fully recyclable (using your household recycling bin). The cap is made from 100 per cent post-consumer recycled plastic and the bottle from 50 per cent – which is the highest percentage of recycled plastic that can be used to house a product and ensure the safety and preservation of what’s inside. What’s inside is top-notch, and if you were to force me to relinquish other cleansers I’d be OK (I mean, First World problems and all that). It’s naturally derived with sunflower seed extract (to protect the skin’s moisture barrier), meadowfoam seed oil (to help hydrate) and grape seed oil (anti-inflammatory). I love the texture, too – sometimes I find gels a bit too hospital-ward-like to enjoy using them, but this feels almost silken. Massage it in to dry skin then add a touch of water and watch it emulsify into an oily consistency then a lightweight milk. Finally, rinse it off or wipe away with a warm flannel. Although it’s gentle on the skin, this is a whiz at removing make-up and SPFs, leaving skin glowing and feeling fine. Plus it’s vegan and cruelty-free. If you’re after a gel cleanser for under a tenner, I recommend Elf Bounce Back Jelly Cleanser (£7.50, elfcosmetics.co.uk). It has a coconut aroma (like so much these days). In fact, I’d liken the smell to a Nice biscuit – rather sweet and with something oddly comforting about it. It is a less complicated product than the Ren one, so it doesn’t emulsify. Apply it to damp skin – and although it isn’t as sumptuous as Ren, it does a good job. It too is vegan and cruelty-free. Less plastic Fantastic Some good news just in on the plastic spatula topic. You may remember that earlier this year I wrote that it was high time beauty brands stopped including these with every face cream, since most of them are simply thrown out and it’s a pitiful – and mindless – waste of plastic. (You can find the article here). Well, now Elemis has informed me that (depending on the sell-through of existing stock) within the next six months its plastic spatulas will be out of distribution and removed from all of its products (the phasing out may take longer for the Ultra Smart Pro-Collagen range). Time now for other brands to follow suit. 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