From The Past: April 15, 2005

I have used Sea Breeze Astringent on my face ever since I was 16 years old. I never use soap and water because this cleans deep and takes away my make-up and any dirt I may have picked up during the day. I have always been happy with it until very recently.

It seems they have come out with a new formula and a new name. They are now calling it Sea Breeze Actives. I don’t exactly know what the “Actives” part means. What I do know is it now has a different smell and it makes my skin feel sticky. I may as well be taking a sucker and rubbing it all over my face. That is how bad it is.

The bottle I have is an old one. It’s bigger, so when I bought the new kind (without knowing it was a new kind), I poured it out of the small bottle into my old, bigger bottle. The problem with that is, my old bottle gives a website that no longer exists and an 800 number that no longer works either. I wanted to call and find out if they were still making the original formula and if so, what stores were carrying it. I have been to Wal-Mart and K-Mart locally and they both have the new stuff only.

I also looked on my old bottle to see who makes Sea Breeze. It’s Clairol, but when I go to their website they don’t mention all of their products: only the hair care stuff. I guess I am being forced to try something new. Have I mentioned before how much I hate change?

*UPDATE*

We went to Wal-Mart and I made sure I looked for the new website on the new bottles of Sea Breeze Actives. The website given was www.seabreezeproducts.com and guess what! That one doesn’t work either! I bought something totally different anyway and I hope it works without making me feel sticky. I bought Clean & Clear. Their website actually works! Yea! I will let you know what happens.

*ANOTHER UPDATE*

I like the Clean & Clear. It felt like my face was burning off at first, but after that, my skin felt tight and clean. I think I’ll stick with this for a while.

Currently (2021): When I stopped blogging years ago, I believe the post above had the highest number of comments. I clearly wasn’t the only person unhappy about the change in Sea Breeze. I’m not sure when it happened, but it was many years ago, I started buying the Equate (Walmart) version. I have never looked back. It’s cheaper than name brand and it works great!

If you are like me and don’t want a sticky feeling, make sure to buy the Equate Beauty Deep Cleaning Astringent (pictured below):

If you buy the Equate Beauty Salicylic Acid Acne Medication Astringent (pictured below), it has a smell that I don’t particularly care for and it leaves your skin feeling sticky:

Just pay attention to the lid. You want the white lid 😉