REVIEW: LUSH GREASE LIGHTNING SPOT TREATMENT

I bought this LUSH Grease Lightning Spot Treatment after a recommendation from a fellow blogger although I was aware it'd gotten mixed reviews. I was suffering from small but painful breakouts across my jawline and up onto my cheeks at the time so I thought I might as well give it a whirl. The packaging is the usual black from LUSH but does have the hygienic pump that stops bacteria from infiltrating the bottle. Thumbs up for that.

I asked the assistant about it when I bought it because I find that the sales assistants in LUSH are always super helpful and eager to recommend their favourite products. 
As I talked to the lady in the store she suggested that I try this as an all over light layer before bed each night and then, in the morning, I should simply dab it onto the spots individually before I apply my moisturiser.

The texture of the product is definitely a gel - it's clear but tacky and leaves my skin feeling very sticky which doesn't help when it comes to make-up application first thing in the morning. 

It smells lightly herbal but isn't offensive so I can'y imagine it interfering with sensitive skin types unless you have an allergy to one of the ingredients. I took to using it only in the evenings after struggling with it in the mornings for a few days. Containing witch hazel and tea-tree (the natural anti-blemish agents of the world) I was really hoping that it'd work but unfortunately it didn't.

I felt like it did nothing for my skin whatsoever. Whilst my blemishes have since gone, I attribute that to stopping using Grease Lightning and starting to use La Roche Posay Effaclar Duo. I've attempted to use this since - sort of interspersing it with other blemish treatments - but, yet again, it's done nothing. On the plus size, I did notice that the redness in my blemishes was slightly reduced but that isn't really enough when I want to look flawless.

I wouldn't recommend this product at all. I felt like it was a waste of money for my skin personally. I still love LUSH and wouldn't hesitate to try more products from them but I do feel like I'll be giving this one a wide berth in the future. 

I'll continue to use it in the future (with my fingers crossed that it eventually proves itself - if it does I'll do a follow-up review) because I don't want to simply chuck it out and waste that money but I do have to admit that I was extremely disappointed. 

LUSH Grease Lightning Spot Treatment (RRP £5.95) is available from LUSH stores and the LUSH website. You can follow LUSH on Twitter and Facebook for news, competitions, updates and more.