Surely you know what a big fan I am of bareEscentuals - I am pretty well devoted to their bareMinerals foundation, I love lots of their other complexion enhancers, and I use the RareMinerals nighttime treatment much of the time.  (Keeping in mind I am a constant tester of new things - but I ALWAYS keep RareMinerals by my bedside table)

So Sephora has just stocked their new cleanser - RareMinerals Renew & Reveal Facial Cleanser.  This is from Sephora:

What it is:
A unique, mineral-based cleanser in a concentrated powder form.
What it is formulated to do:
Bare Escentuals presents a revolutionary concept in cleansing with RareMinerals™ Renew & Reveal Cleanser. It gently cleanses, exfoliates, and nourishes skin back to its natural radiance for deeply purified, baby-soft skin. When water-activated, it releases the benefits of our exclusive skin-renewing 100% pure RareMinerals, healthy antioxidants and soothing botanicals to reveal fresher, smoother, and more radiant skin.
What else you need to know:
Renew & Reveal Facial Cleanser contains no drying detergents, harsh abrasives, nor other skin-irritating chemicals and is ideal for all skin types and conditions.

Sounds interesting, no?  At a pretty reasonable $26, you know this is on my shopping list. 

After the jump, read the ingredient list- it is pretty different from any other cleanser I have ever used.

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I have heard much raving about this product lately, Ocean Salt, by Lush Cosmetics. Ocean Salt is a cleanser/exfoliator made from-you guessed it-ocean salt. It is a quite powerful product made for use on your face, but is used by many on their whole bodies. From Lush.com:

If you have oily skin you can use it every day; if you have dry skin then once a week should be enough. When we make facial scrubs we like to use granules which have properties in themselves and are biodegradable. We use ocean salt granules in this one which scrub away dead skin cells then dissolve to rehydrate and soothe the skin. The grapefruit and limes in Ocean salt tone and refresh your skin; organic coconut and avocado butters polish and soften it. As one of our Lush staff mentioned at our skincare briefing day, ‘It tastes nice too,’ and although we don’t recommend that you swallow it, she’s quite right.

Ocean Salt Skin Cleanser by LUSH is available from Amazon.com in 2 sizes: 4.2 fl. oz. for $15.30, and a large 8.8 fl. oz. for $27.00.