Review (4/5): Moderate scrubbiness. Left my skin soft, although irritated at first. The scent is overwhelming.
I love that this scrub contains such good ingredients. It's also a bit abrasive, which is something I appreciate. It goes on thick, but thins down while retaining a moderate amount of scrubbiness. The scrub in the container looks black at first, but as I spread it across my face and scrub it in, the areas that are scrubbed turn gray. It lets me see where I've already worked the product, and lets me focus on areas I want to put more pressure. I use a spatula to apply it so I am not constantly putting my hands into the container.
It says to use gentle circles, but I find that I am probably a little more aggressive. It does make it abrasive against my fingertips, so I have started using a little facial scrubber for applications. I have some dry patches, as well as light acne scaring and this scrub seems to really take the outer layer off of those areas for better cell turn over.
The scrub is potent, and the only negatives for me are that it leaves me feeling oily once I rinse off and the scent is overwhelmingly tropical. I am sure the scent is great for some, but I am not overly into the pineapple, papaya, and coconut like scent. Those may not be the exact fragrance ingredients, but they are what I am reminded of. I can get through the scent to scrub my face, but it does leave behind some residual smell afterwards along with a fair amount of slickness and oiliness. I actually go ahead and use a toner on my face afterwards to pull off as much leftover scent and oils as I can because of personal preference.
The price at $20 is fair for me. A little bit of this will go a long way, it has solid ingredients, and it's an abrasive scrub that actually works to pull imperfections to the surface and turn over the outer layer of skin cells and damage. If the scent were more mild, and the formula less oily, this would be 5 stars for me. I'd still get it again.
The full ingredient list includes: "Sucrose Glycerin Polyglyceryl-10 Dipalmitate Butylene Glycol Propanediol Water Fragrance Charcoal Powder Phenoxyethanol Sodium Methyl Cocoyl Taurate Iron Oxide Caprylyl Glycol Chlorphenesin Sodium Chloride Vanillyl Butyl Ether Coconut Fatty Acid Silica Volcanic Ash Avocado Oil Macadamia Integrifolia Seed Oil Aleurites Moluccanus Seed Oil Coconut Oil Euterpe Oleracea Fruit Extract Papaya Fruit Extract Aminomethyl Propanol Saccharomyces/Zinc Ferment Saccharomyces/Magnesium Ferment Saccharomyces/Silicon Ferment Saccharomyces/Copper Ferment Saccharomyces/Iron Ferment Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filtrate Gardenia Taitensis Flower Extract Tocopherol Ascorbyl Palmitat"