Review (1/5): Self-tanning product masquerading as an exfoliant
For several years, I have used Mountain Majestic Arabica scrub (available here on Amazon). I obviously was quite pleased with it. This past year, I decided to try some other brands of exfoliants - one was a store brand at a national beauty store (blah) and another that was actually a walnut shell-based product by a brand I like (nothing to write home about). So I decided to go back to my old standard but saw this brand and it WAS a bit cheaper so I ordered it.
I first tried it on my face, rinsed it off, and noticed when I towel dried my face there was brown on my otherwise white towel. Today, I used it all over my body as an exfoliant and ended up with a brown washcloth and another brown-stained towel. A couple more washings with soap seemed to get the brown off my skin, but not my washcloth. It will need to be trashed since it is now a reddish-brown mess. The stains on the towels are not as bad, and I can live with them, but I certainly would never put them out for guests. I have no idea how this product received an average of four stars.
If you want to ruin your towels and shower and dye your skin and hairline a reddish-brown, go for it. Otherwise, avoid this product like the plague. To replace my washcloth, scrub my shower (the guy at the big box store told me the $20 bottle of cleaner he sold me will remove anything), use twice the amount of Tide and bleach called for in trying to wash the dye out, it would have been much cheaper to use my old reliable brand.
As an aside, I'm not sure what type of oils they use in this product, but they are heavy and don't leave a nice feeling on your skin when rinsed off. Also, when reading reviews, start off with the bad ones. You'll get a better idea of the quality of the product in question.