I like Soap & Glory products generally speaking, they don't blow me away but I like the smell and they do what they are supposed to do.
Even so it pains me to write a not great review of a product but when I buy something with my own money and its a let down... well sometimes it's good to share.
"Transforms your scaly legs from reptilian to radiant. Nothing eliminates dry surface flakes as fast as Flake Away™. For superhero-strength skin smoothing spa body polish with Shea Butter, sweet almond oil, peach seed powder, sea salt and sugar.."
Now then. Lets start with the positives because there are some. It smells nice. Synthetic and not totally up my street but it's a clean, perfumey kind of a scent and it's nice. It's a great consistency. I like scrubs to be scrubby. I don't want a few random jojoba beads dotted in a cream, I want to feel like I'm sloughing away the dead skin. This is gritty (without being harsh) and feels utterly fab.
The negatives, it's a oil base I think. Not unsual, I've used oil based scrubs before with no bother. But this isn't like other scrubs.
You're supposed to scrub until the salt and sugar have dissolved and then rinse away. I find that nearly impossible although you can get most of it dissolved. No the real problem is the oil, whatever grains are left on your body, or get rinsed from one part of your body past another, stick. So you can expect to find grains under your armpits if you've done your shoulders, trapped in any hair you may have on your body (not that I have much I hasten to add), stuck in your bum (not literally in your bum but I don't want to go into too much detail....) and so on. And although you may be stood under a constantly running shower, they just don't budge. And you don't know they are there until you start drying and its gritty. Which isn't pleasant.
I want to love this product, it smells good, it is just the right consistency, it leaves my skin soft and smooth but I cannot stand the hidden grains on my body that just don't budge because they are stuck to the oil residue on your skin which is presumably doing it's moisturising thing.
I know people LOVE this brand and I know people LOVE this product and I can't help but wonder what on earth I'm doing wrong because it really does seem to be only me that has this issue! I won't be buying again thats for sure.
Agree somewhat on this. Although I just use it exclusively for my legs so that it isn't going anywhere else! I sit on the edge of my bath, scrub away then rinse with the shower, works for me.
ReplyDeleteI also don't find it the best scrub to use before applying fake tan, as the oils in it make the tan go funny...! xx
I am not a huge fan of Soap and Glory full stop, I love the packaging but find the scent a bit cloying. I love your description of applying the scrub, I can't bear exfoliators on my face for the same reason of bits in my hair. I also like your reason for not buying, I am always interested as to why one re-purchases or not, for me it is smell and smell alone although consistency comes a close second. Thanks for piquing my thought processes! Jan x
ReplyDeleteGritty scrub up yer bum, yep reason enough not to re-purchase I imagine! Not wowed by the packaging of Soap and Glory which is why I tend to over look their stuff tbh, I am that shallow!
ReplyDeleteI've never tried this one - I love the Sugar Crush body scrub from Soap & Glory. I think I must have gone through about 5 tubs of it now.
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I had the same problem with this! I couldn't get the grains to dissolve and then the oil made them stick to everything, it was very unpleasant! I do like how it made my skin feel though, once I'd managed to get all the little grains off!
ReplyDeleteI agree! I have loads of tubs of it from gift sets and I hate it. Try the breakfast scrub though. It smells divine and dissolves!!!
ReplyDeleteI love this product and I've gone through loads of it - I don't seem to have this problem? I don't scrub it in as hard as maybe I should though - maybe that's the trick?
ReplyDeleteI had the exact same problem Charlie and I honestly thought it was just me. I only use mine now as a manicure or foot scrub. As an all over exfoliator it just sticks to all the nooks and crannies like you said.
ReplyDeleteI couldn't get on with this either. I really hated the oily residue, it was just like scrubbing with sugar and Vaseline. However, their Breakfast Scrub is wonderful, rinses clean and smells like hot porridge with treacle. Much better.
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