Review | The Body Shop Brazil Nut Cream Body Scrub

A good body scrub is essential in my body care regime and I use it religiously twice a week. We all know the benefits of using a body scrub and how soft and smooth our skin feels after applying it. My favourite brand for body scrubs is none other than The Body Shop. Besides their extensive, yummy-smelling range, their scrubs do what they are supposed to do and I always have a tub or two for fear of running out. 

 

More often than not, I usually buy the Coconut body scrub but the last time I was in their Valletta shop, looking for a new scent of scrub, the Brazil Nut version sent my senses to heaven and back so I settled on buying it instead.

 

Like all other The Body Shop scrubs the packaging is quite simple with the product being supplied in a 200mL plastic tub with a transparent bottom and a coloured screw-on lid according to the scent and a sticker depicting the main ingredient.

 

 

The texture is very creamy and not at all runny yet very easy to work onto the skin. The granules are a mixture of rather large and small grains and I like that they are just the right degree of abrasive. The smell is divine; sweet and nutty, almost like chocolate I'd say! I must confess that whenever I'm feeling down, I just open this scrub and take a whiff and I' immediately in a better place!

 

Like all other The Body Shop scrubs, this one is very easy to rinse off with water and leaves the skin feeling soft. smooth and smelling gorgeous all over. The best way to apply a scrub to get the most out of it is to wet the skin and apply the product in upwards circular motions.

 

I highly recommend The Body Shop Body Scrubs as besides being the best one on the market (for me at least), poor communities around the world will benefit from the sales of such products as The Body Shop supports Community Fair Trade by incorporating ingredients from the said countries. In the case of this scrub, the CFT ingredient is Brazil Nut Oil from Peru.

 

The range is quite extensive and you are sure to find a scrub to suit your skin type and tastes!

 

The Body Shop Brazil Nut Cream Body Scrub retails for €12.50 from The Body Shop outlets across Malta and Gozo or online for UK residents from www.thebodyshop.co.uk. For international stockists, please check out their website.

Review: Nivea Visage Young smooth it! Mild Exfoliating Scrub

Who doesn't want smooth and peachy-soft skin? I think I have found the right product to achieve this! Ladies, please give a warm welcome to Nivea Visage Young smooth it! Mild Exfoliating Scrub! I have been through a lot of tubes of this stuff and still love it. Here's why...

As usual, what the packaging looks like...

Basically it's just a transparent tub; well not exactly transparent, more like resembling that frosted glass effect, but you can still see through it and I actually think the peach and white flower motifs along the right side of the tube are cute and add an interesting touch to the product. This comes in a 75ml format which is great as I replace the tube like every 6 months or so. The ingredients and an explanation of the product can be found on the back of the tube.

The actual product...

This scrub works for young skin that is either normal or combination so it works fine for me. It contains extra fine exfoliators to 'effectively remove dead skin cells to smooth the complexion; gently cleanses without drying out the skin; enriched with Peach Extracts, the mild formula softens the skin.'

This product's texture is creamy and leaves a little bit of oily residue which is rinsed off with just some warm water. Being creamy, it doesn't dry my skin and also, the particles in it are not that big and so they are not harsh against the sensitive and less thick skin on the face. They are a nice colour too actually, pink and orange ^.^. With regards smell, the product does give off a faint smell of peaches but it's not really strong or particular.

It is usually recommended to use a scrub as part of your facial cleansing routine twice weekly. This product does not have anything written on the tube with regards frequency of use so I use it every other day at the end of the day when I am cleaning my face before I go to bed. It never broke me out and I like how it makes my skin look and feel so smooth and soft. Furthermore, this scrub is non-comedogenic which makes sense as it is intended to remove dead skin cells and debris from the skin without clogging pores. For those of you who have never heard of the word 'non-comedogenic' or are unsure about what it means, it implies that the product does not clog pores or cause black heads (comedones = black heads). Skin compatibility of this product is dermatologically approved.

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