The Grossest Product Ever

This is probably going to be the most nauseating picture that I'm going to post on Drug Store Beauty, but my disgust + fascination with what transpired is urging me to share it with all and sundry. You have been forewarned! There will be a really disgusting photo at the end of the post.

Okie, first of all, I've always been a fan of Lush products, right? But there's one particular item that I bought that I really, really, really regret. It is the Coalface facewash. On the site, it looks quite pretty, like this :

Why did I buy the Coalface soap? Well, charcoal is apparently VERY good for oily skin, and since I was on my WarOnBlackheads moment, I reckoned that my skin was more to OILY than normal. I would have none of that! I thought the Coalface soap would eradicate all traces of oil from my skin, hence, less clogged pores. -___- Also, I felt that it was something rather novel, and was interested to see how "dirty" my face would look with coal dust all over it. :)

It was actually a pretty disappointing affair with this soap. Firstly, since Lush is very "all natural", I left the soap by itself for a wee bit too long before unwrapping and using it. By the time I unwrapped it, the soap looked so shrivelled that it looks NOTHING like the picture above, but more like a real piece of coal! Strike one.

Using it on my face was TOO drying, as my face is REALLY more to normal-combination than totally oily. Wrong product for skin type - strike two. It was also not as "dirty" as Lush forewarned. The suds were a little grey, but it wasn't like there was a huge mess of charcoal bits everywhere. :)

I then decided to just use the soap as a hand soap until it finished. No way would I continue using something that is just not meant for my skin type. However, it took REALLY long to finish, and recently, I spilled over the soap dish and I thought I smelled something like sour milk when the charcoal soap tumbled out. I was so grossed out... I just had to junk the whole thing out. So I guess Lush products really are made with natural ingredients, cos I reckon if it's all just chemicals, it would never go bad. Trust me --- this soap went "bad".

And here's the gross picture I promised:

Ok, I will resume with pretty pictures tomorrow. Promise!!