Review: Kose Softymo Speedy Cleansing Bubble Oil

This is what happens when you’re not fluent in the language a product label is written in.  You order the wrong damn thing.

These pictures are for Kose Softymo Speedy Cleansing Bubble Oil.  What I wanted was Kose Softymo Deep Cleansing Oil.  My thought process during the transaction went something like this: “Cleansing oil- check, softymo- yup, yellow- gotcha, price is good, yes, yes, uh-huh, click, click, done.”  And when the package arrived a week and a half later, I felt like an idiot.  Allow me to introduce to you the ONLY Softymo product I don’t love.

I dig cleansing oils for a few reasons, one of which is that it’s an OIL, and therefore helps remove all the nasty stuff from my pores.  You can literally feel the little dried plugs of sebum coming out.  This Softymo Bubble Oil is actually a foam, so while it’s hella good at removing my makeup, I don’t get the wonderful deep cleansing properties of an oil.  I like feeling those bits of grit under my fingertips, because for every little plug, that’s one less pimple I get to deal with.  I want more than just makeup removal from my cleansing oils.  I want a fresh, clean face with no blackheads or breakouts.  Cleansing oil helps me achieve that, and as good as the bubble oil was at removing my base makeup, it didn’t go above and beyond.

When the foam begins to break down, it turns into more of a liquid soap texture, gliding over the skin instead of into it.  My face was clear of makeup after rinsing, but the blackheads started appearing within days.  I had initially intended to use up this bottle before purchasing the (correct) Softymo Deep Cleansing Oil, but changed my mind once I saw the changes to my skin.  I ordered the correct bottle and my skin was back to normal quickly.  Now I use this every few days, more to keep from being wasteful than for any love of the product.

Kose Softymo Speedy Cleansing Bubble Oil comes in a (regrettably) large bottle, although each pump uses quite a lot of oil to create the dense foam it dispenses.  This bottle will be gone through more quickly than an equivalent size of cleansing oil.  The foam feels pretty nice on the skin at first, but as it begins to break down into liquid, instead of having the slip that an oil does, it feels slightly sticky and starts turning tacky.  The base of the product feels more like a soap than an oil, and it appears that this Speedy Cleansing Oil is meant to take the place of a makeup remover and a soap product.  To me, this is too much like combining shampoo and conditioner.  You just end up with one crappy product whose target audience is after convenience instead of results.

The bubble oil wasn’t particularly effective as a cleanser either.  It left a residue on my skin so it never felt really clean, and blackheads started appearing within days, confirming my suspicions.

I bought Kose Softymo Speedy Cleansing Bubble Oil from adambeauty for $14.00 plus $2 shipping.  Click for pictures.