Review (4/5): Coarser (salt based) body scrub that is effective
First of all, this is a salt scrub and not a sugar scrub. Salt and sugar have very different qualities. As someone who has tried many body and face scrubs: from sugar and salt to ground almond, from speciality stores to drug stores to homemade, this scrub performs well. It is a coarser scrub due to the salt. I was a little nervous about rinsing it down the drain in my tub, but I was glad to find that the coffee bean and cacao (listed in the ingredients) are incredibly fine and it is only the salt that is the rough material, so it dissolves and rinses away just fine. Because of the natural ingredients, there’s separation, but it can easily be mixed prior to use. I took a photo to show where the ingredients are located on the container. It was a little messy since the scrub is dark brown - it looks exactly like the product pictures. It leaves skin smelling slightly like pure dark chocolate. I scrubbed one arm and not the other to compare and it really gets rid of bumps and uneven skin texture. It was not irritating or too rough, it felt nice. Some sugar scrubs just dissolve quickly and are too greasy, but because these salt crystals are more coarse, they do scrub (hate to use the word scratch) away excess stuff on the skin’s surface. When mixed, it also was not too greasy and did not cause my tub to be left oily after showering off the scrub. I’m interested in seeing how this continues to improve my skin with continued use.