Review (3/5): It's okay but not what I was expecting
This is a tricky review to write. When I received the product, my initial reaction was, "What is this?" The photo on this item's page is very misleading. The product is not a dark creamy brown looking thing. It's basically pale brown colored sugar crystals. That's it. I contacted the seller with a photos (see photos) and said there seems to be something missing. They assured me "As for the packaging, thanks for letting me know, we will have it modified accordingly this week." I'm not sure what that means, but besides the photo being completely different, the description indicates it's 8.8 oz and it's an organic brown sugar. The ingredients don't indicate "organic" at all and the label on the jar states it's 7 oz. So it's not the product I thought I was purchasing. I'm bothered that the photo was SO different than the product I received. I honestly thought the cream or oil must have evaporated or something.
That said, my testing of the product has been odd and I'm torn about an accurate star rating. The first day, I wet my arm and took a scoop of the crystals and rubbed them over my arm. All of the crystals fell off into the sink within seconds and other than being wet, my arm was exactly the same. I was thinking that even one star was too generous for a useless product. Today, I gave it another try. I scooped the crystals up with my fingers instead of the plastic scoop. I did my best to keep them on my arm this time. My arm turned pretty pink during this process and I really didn't know what to expect. I was only able to do this for about 40 seconds before I lost the last of the crystals. I rinsed my arm and was impressed by how soft my arm felt. However, I know you can take salt and product a similar softness by using some oil along with it. So I don't know....it softens the skin but at the rate it's been disappearing on me, the product won't last long and there's really nothing extraordinary about it.
Note: I was able to purchase this item, at a discount, for my honest review.