Dermalogica Precleanse

This is one old product that I have, bought because of Ben. I always trust his recommendations cos he is really a skincare freak. Usually the stuff that he recommends are pricey, and this is no different! But the word he uses that always gets me to fork out the moolah is, "Even Abby says it is good." Abby is another skincare lover friend of Ben's, who has the kinda porcelain smooth skin that is usually synonymous with rich people (who can afford to eat birds nest everyday, and probably uses crushed pearls to exfoliate or something like that). So I bought this bottle.

And I have no idea what to use it for!

Ben says it is a precleanse, to be used BEFORE you clean your face. Is it like a makeup remover then? He says something like that, but not really also. More of like, it strips dirt off your face to the core, and then you wash your face.

I'm really confused. If it strips dirt off my face TO THE CORE already, then why do I need to wash my face some more? It's already done the job right? What more is there to cleanse my face of, if it's already cleansed to the core?

It would make more sense if this is a POSTcleanse. Like, you think you got all the shit off your face already, but one swipe of PRECLEANSE and you note that your cotton pad is filled with black crap. That would make a killer advertisement, right?

So honestly, I have no idea what to use it for. I always trust in my face wash to take off dirt, make-up, whatever crap there is, I want it off. When I use Dermalogica's Precleanse, I feel like it's an extra, unnecessary step. Totally useless. And the product is oil-based, and I hate oil-based cleansers. I read some where that it is stronger than water-based cleansers, but I just can't get used to the slimey feeling it has on my skin. And Heaven help you if you get it into your eyes! It stings like crazy!

However, there was one time that I accidentally DROPPED the Precleanse from my sink, and I think like, one-third of the bottle just spilled onto my toilet tiles. And the DIRT WAS FREAKING STRIPPED OFF THE TILES. Like, TOTALLY GONE. It was the most amazing moment of my life. I mean, it is the most expensive toilet cleaner ever, but you could totally see how effective it is at cleansing.

But still don't get it... why precleanse? Why not just make it so that you only use this and this alone.

If you're saying, "then use it alone la! Who is stopping you?" Well, I don't like the oily feeling on my skin after using this. So I use the face wash. But the face wash becomes something of an irony, because it's not washing my face. It's washing off something that was REALLY used to wash my face. Do you get me?

Anyway, in conclusion, sometimes really expensive and high-tech stuff are just too complicated for the hoi polloi...