Today I'm doing a product review on another Lush product, this time it's the Facial Scrub "Ocean Salt". Like all Lush products, it's made out of all natural ingredients. The main ingredient for the scrub part of the product are real chunks of sea salt. So when you open the packaging at first, it would have a citrus and tangy smell, like an ocean breeze. Since there are some real sea salt in the product, some of you would be worried about it tearing at the facial skin. It doesn't tear at it at all, with coconut and avocado (two natural moisturising ingredients) it does no harm to the skin, the salt isn't jagged with any sharp points and would fall of after a few minutes.
Ocean Salt comes in two sizes, this is the smaller version of it. It comes in a black plastic pot, but the beauty is that this pot is recyclable. The company encourages people to recycle the plastic pots with their gather 5 pots and get a Fresh Mask free idea. Honestly, I don't like the pot idea at all, its so small and messy and the product just goes everywhere, the only great thing about it is that it is easy to store. Like all Lush products, they seem to have the black and white theme going.
This is what the actual product looks like. As Lush in the kind of store that tries to be all natural, I did not expect it to be all colourful and beautiful. It has a really strong citrus smell though. since there is so much citrus extract in the product. I know that they didn't really use perfume on the product since its one of the last few ingredients in the list. It smells great and I personally really like the lime smell. It freshens me up whenever I use it.
As with most things in life, too much is not always a good thing. Scrubs does wonders for your skin but too much scrubbing isn't good at all. Your skin also needs time to regrow itself, so if you want you're baby soft skin, use it sparingly. Again, a little goes a long way with this product. There is a dosage on how often you should use the product, for dry skin once a week is enough, for oily (Depending on the severity,) it could be twice or thrice a week.
I have combination skin so I usually use this thrice a week max. I've been using this regularly and I can say that while it smells great, it has a so-so scrubbing power.Yes it did clean my skin, but it didn't really help with preventing whiteheads from popping up. I love the smell and the fact that this is a natural product, with no harsh chemicals whatsoever but it didn't really do what I expect it to do. A tip for those who buys this scrub, there's real salt so when you rinse it off, make sure you keep you're mouth and eyes shut tight unless you want salty water to come in. (trust me, it was NOT funny)
All in all I give this product a 6/10, for the not so great packaging and the lack for scrubbing power. I would recommend it to those who are natural product junkies who are searching for a more gentle scrub, not so much for people like me who likes a slightly harsher ones.
So that's it for my view on this product, if any of you have different experiences with it comment bellow, I'd love to see what your experiences are about the product :) Have fun trying it out for those who like gentler scrubs.
-ElizabethTiffany
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