Monday, 28 September 2009
♥ St Ives Apricot Scrub.
If you saw my video about my 1st UK haul, you will have seen that I bought the blemish control version of the ever popular St Ives Apricot Scrub.
I have used the original Apricot Scrub before and really liked it, but as I can be prone to break-outs I thought I would give the blemish fighting scrub a try. I have been using the product for a week now and so far, so good. I know you should use a product for a whole month to give it chance to do its job, but I can see results in my skin already and I am really impressed.
What I liked about the original Scrub is that it had a sort of marzipan smell. I am addicted to marzipan. I could buy it in packets straight off the shelf in Asda and gobble it all up. Unfortunately, the blemish fighting version doesnt share this marzipan smell. It smells a little "medicated". Not that its a bad smell, its not. Its a fresh "wake me up" kind of smell, which is nice. But its not marzipan!
I love the texture of the product, and the fact that you only need a kidney bean amount of product to exfoliate your entire face really thoroughly. The exfoliating "grains" dont scratch the face, but they really feel like they are doing a good job of getting rid of any dead skin. And judging by the soft and smooth texture of my skin after I have dried it, its doing a very good job indeed!
I have no spots at all at the moment. When I first started using the product last Monday, I had a few spots around my jawline but these have since vanished and I am putting that down to the blemish fighting ingredients in this scrub.
I would really recommend this scrub to anyone who wants to liven up their complexion, as the scrub gets rid of the dead skin cells and leaves the lovely new skin underneath to shine through. Obviously if you have a different skin type to me, you might like to try one of the other scrubs from the St Ives range.
I will do a post soon about my skincare routine and how I incorporate the scrub into that routine for those of you wondering. It IS suitable for daily use which is great!
Does anyone else use St Ives scrub? What do you think of it?
xoxo
I have used the original Apricot Scrub before and really liked it, but as I can be prone to break-outs I thought I would give the blemish fighting scrub a try. I have been using the product for a week now and so far, so good. I know you should use a product for a whole month to give it chance to do its job, but I can see results in my skin already and I am really impressed.
What I liked about the original Scrub is that it had a sort of marzipan smell. I am addicted to marzipan. I could buy it in packets straight off the shelf in Asda and gobble it all up. Unfortunately, the blemish fighting version doesnt share this marzipan smell. It smells a little "medicated". Not that its a bad smell, its not. Its a fresh "wake me up" kind of smell, which is nice. But its not marzipan!
I love the texture of the product, and the fact that you only need a kidney bean amount of product to exfoliate your entire face really thoroughly. The exfoliating "grains" dont scratch the face, but they really feel like they are doing a good job of getting rid of any dead skin. And judging by the soft and smooth texture of my skin after I have dried it, its doing a very good job indeed!
I have no spots at all at the moment. When I first started using the product last Monday, I had a few spots around my jawline but these have since vanished and I am putting that down to the blemish fighting ingredients in this scrub.
I would really recommend this scrub to anyone who wants to liven up their complexion, as the scrub gets rid of the dead skin cells and leaves the lovely new skin underneath to shine through. Obviously if you have a different skin type to me, you might like to try one of the other scrubs from the St Ives range.
I will do a post soon about my skincare routine and how I incorporate the scrub into that routine for those of you wondering. It IS suitable for daily use which is great!
Does anyone else use St Ives scrub? What do you think of it?
xoxo
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