My local grocery store had this and other St. Ives products for sale so I decided to give this a try. The first time I washed my face my thoughts were neutral. I don't know yet about the scent of this product. I noticed that my face wasn't tight and dry after cleansing (big + for me). The next morning, I washed my face again and the "Pleasantly Surprised" part falls in when I looked in the mirror mid-day! My skin was glowing! I never knew what people meant by that until that day! I continue to use it without irritation and my skin just continues to glow and my skin is so soft! I have NOT suffered from any break-outs. As a matter of fact I didn't even get my monthly hormonal pimple. I am pleasantly surprised!

This is an awesome cleanser that really leaves a deep clean on your face! :-)

I'm not too impressed by this product. My face doesn't have the "clean feling" after using it. I have to use a lot to get it to foam.

I was a loyal St. Ives customer until they discontinued the clear pore cleanser. I then shopped around until this product became available. Olive oil seemed like a great choice for a main ingredient. But it caused build up on my skin, clogging my pores, creating massive t-zone oil that I couldn't get rid of, and I had little mounds of breakout pimples on my cheeks and my chin, then my forehead. I am 41 and do not get pimples anymore so I was sure it was diectly connected to this product. I tested and tried a origins pomegranate for a couple of weeks. Sure enough the pimples went away and my skin is no longer over greasy. Another thing that happened was my face towels had big round yellow stains in the center where I dry my face. My husband's towels had the same stains as he used this too. The staining was gradual over a couple of months using this product. I have used white towels for 20 years and never saw anything like this happen. Imagine what it was doing to my skin if it stained my white towels!

As I read the reviews about this product NOT being comparable to DHC I have to laugh. This product was NEVER formulated to compete against DHC. This cleanser is a FOAMING face wash and is in no way an OIL BASED cleaser such as DHC. This cleanser removes make and oil very well and yet does not strip the skin of moisture. [...] Just because it contains OLIVE OIL, which it does, does not mean that it shall be an oliy mess such as DHC.

This is just OK. It is NOT an olive oil cleanser like DHC, but rather it has the consistancy of a liquid hand soap, almost like a gel. I was expecting it to be like the DHC one so I was disapointed. It smells a little odd also. It removed my makeup just fine, but left my dry skin feeling tight and even more dry. Maybe it's ok for someone with a different type of skin. I'll use it till it's gone but I won't be buying it again.

I purchased this product because I read that it was comparable to DHC Deep Cleansing Oil, but at a much lower price. The price is good, but the product does not work nearly as good as DHC. I will not be buying it again.

This is the only cleanser I have liked well enough to buy online when it wasn't available in my local stores.

well this is what I would say use it at night, because you'll give more time for the skin to rest and consume the nutrients. what I do first is I use the St. Ives Elements Warming Scrub - 4 oz to open up my pores, then after a minute of scrubbing I rinse with warm water to keep those pores open, then I use this HYdroxy mask, then when it's ready to peel, i PEEL IT OFF AND THEN i RINSE MY FACE A LITTLE WITH WARM WATER, THEN i APPLY a moisturizer, in this case I use, St. Ives Elements Olive Cleanser - 6.75 fl oz, this will help fill the pores with clean substance. then I leave that one for two minutes. then I rinse with cooler water . then I head to bed and the next morning my skin looks nice and radiant, but If I do this everyday I start getting use to seeing my face radiant, that I just stop noticing it and it's not always, sometimes my face just looks healthy, IM 32 years old by the way so keep that in mind, I don't have oily skin anymore like when I was a teenager. so I don't know how good it's for oily skin you might break out

I switched from Neutrogena Pink Grapefruit Wash to this because I thought my skin had cleared up, but I was sadly mistaken. I wouldn't reccomend this to anyone with acne, but if you have clear skin, you could give it a try. The smells reminds me of a hotel, which isn't bad at all as it brings back childhood memories of vacations, haha.