It's pretty average. My face is pretty dry, except for around the acne areas. So when I use it. It dries up the rest of my face entirely. I probably wouldn't get it again.

I didn't really like this product... I felt like the smell makes me feel like I'm putting on perfume, it smells really strong and I'm not sure that is good for my face. Every time I used this, I broke out like crazy. Maybe my skin doesn't like it, maybe the product just isn't good. Either way, not repurchasing.

Olay Fresh Effects {Shine, Shine Go Away!} Shine Minimizing Cleanser claims to provide a "deep-down to the pores clean" that "lathers and rinses like a daily cleanser to remove 2X more dirt, oil and make-up than basic cleansing". Being a guy, I cannot attest to its ability to remove make-up, however, I do have oily skin and can comment to its effectiveness in addressing that issue.

The product emits from its stand-up tube as a silver cream (oh, we're talking beauty products here...I meant "creme"). The "creme" is silver: in fact, it shines like silver would, which in itself is 'unconventional'. Add to this the fact that the product is made in China, and all of a sudden this is seeming less like a face cleanser and more like a health hazard. Appearance (and unfair prejudgment based on the country of origin) aside, let's move on to effectiveness. Lathering one's face with the product does not provide a rich, frothy lather as soap would, but rather creates a thin layer of slick product across the face. One good benefit of the product is that it takes very little product to create such a lather: perhaps but a 1 cm line of product. The product applies fine, and rinsing it away is fairly easy as well. The odour, once rinsed off, is stronger than soap, but nonetheless pleasant and fades away with time. Unfortunately, the product does not give the 'clean' sensation as soap does, in that, after washing your face with this product, your face emits a pleasant smell and the presence of facial oil is diminished, however, instead of your skin feeling tight and clean as it does after washing your face with soap, your face still feels oily, as if you had simply splashed water on your face in the morning without actually cleaning your face in any manner. So although appearance and odour-wise the product works as advertised, after-wash sensation-wise the product leaves this tester's face feeling unclean and oily. It would also seem that oil buildup on the face returns quicker after washing one's face with this product than when washing one's face with soap.

For 150 ml of product, Olay Fresh Effects {Shine, Shine Go Away!} Shine Minimizing Cleanser retails at Wal-Mart Canada for $7.97, and although it takes very little of this product to build up a lather and wash one's face, the price is still much higher than that of conventional soap, which not only leaves the user's skin feeling much cleaner, but also serves more than one purpose: such as the ability to also wash one's hands and body with.