Recently, I received a selection of sample products to try, as a “gift with purchase” from Shoppers Drug Mart. It was very exciting, and I always love receiving gifts with my purchases, especially if the thing I purchased was something I was going to buy anyway. I feel so loved when they have a promotion like this one.

Anyway, one of the gifts I received was the Korres Greek Yoghurt Foaming Cream Cleanser. It came in a very generous sample size of 0.68fl oz (or 20 ml). It doesn’t seem like much, but a little bit of this product is going a very long way, and so I have used this more than 10 times in the last several days (or weeks?) and there seems to be much more  left in the bottle still.

I wanted to share my thoughts on this product with you.

Before I began using this, I gave the Proactiv system a try. It left my skin a bit unhappy, so I needed something gentle, and that’s what this is: It’s a very gentle, light cleanser—but it still makes me feel like I’m pampering myself, because it smells and feels luxurious.

The bottle says that it’s for all skin types, and I would agree, but I want to stipulate that it’s very gentle. If you’re hoping it will perform miracles on your skin, by erasing dullness or acne, then it may not be the right cleanser for you.

It has a beautiful but subtle floral scent that I love, and a 1/2 pea sized amount will perform that gentle foaming action (which can be intensified if you use more than just a small little bit). My skin always feels soft, beautiful and fresh after I use this.

Sometimes I oil cleanse to remove makeup, and my experience has been that this cleanser doesn’t fully strip all of the coconut oil fats from my face because it is so gentle. But for me that is not a negative. Coconut oil has so many benefits, and I like that when I wash with this after oil cleansing, I can keep some of the protective barrier from the coconut oil without leaving my skin totally oily (if I didn’t wash at all).

Now a little about the brand.

Korres Natural Products is a Greek brand, and for some reason I love that. I am not Greek, but for a beauty brand, this is not one of the “usual” countries, and supporting Greece seems like a privilege in itself. So I love that… I would love to visit Greece one day.

There are a lot of good things about Korres. They are against animal testing, and they do not hire anybody to test their products for them. I really appreciate that, and I am grateful for it. Not testing on animals is important to me because I don’t see why any living being should suffer for me to put something on my face or feel good about myself. Internal beauty is not worth a trade for external beauty. I love that Korres doesn’t force women to make that choice.

I wish all of their products were plant-based however. They are not. The product I am reviewing contains yogurt, and some of their other products also contain animal products. I have watched documentaries on dairy farming, and that is one of the reasons I rarely consume dairy. Cows are innocent and loving animals that do not deserve to be mistreated, tortured, and killed by the farming industry.

They do also carry vegan products, and if I were to purchase a product from Korres, I would have to choose from their list of vegan products.

Vicky at Ethical Elephant is on top of all these things, and she works very hard to compile product lists and share vegan and cruelty-free product information. We’re very lucky (you and I) that she has already created one for Korres. You can find it here.