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With a name like Sparkle Skin, you'd be expecting a shimmer-laden body lotion, but this classic Clinque product is a fabulous body exfoliator.While the scent might not be to everyone's liking (I find it inoffensive but not particularly pleasant), there's no doubt that using this scrub is a very refreshing experience, due to the menthol content. Not only does it smell sharp and menthol-y, it also feels very cool on the skin - not in a cold way, but in an invigorating, wake-up kind of way.
The exfoliating beads in this are fairly large and effective, but not so rough that they scratch the skin. After use, my skin always feels soft and smooth, but never over-exfoliated. The formula is gel-based, and this stops the product from running/falling off your hands or melting away in the shower too quickly. A surprisingly small amount goes a long way too; I've been using mine about once a month for a year, and there's still about a third left.
If you'd like to try it for yourself, you can buy it from Clinique.co.uk for £15 for 200ml. It's also usually available with the Deep Comfort body cream at Christmas, in a cute little set which includes travel sizes - sold out online, but probably available in store.
Huh - Blogger seems to have eaten the post I wrote about this last night. Boo on you, Blogger! So you will have to come to terms with the mystery of what I may have orginally written about Sanctuary's Microdermabrasion Body Renewal, available from Boots for £8.99, and make do with the rehashed version below.
The thing is that I have always had "arm bumps", for as long as I can remember. Many of you will too - it affects nearly half the population. The condition (proper name Keratosis Pilaris) results from inefficient cell turnover around the follicles, leading to a "bump" of dead cells clogging the pores. It looks a bit like goosebumps, and doesn't usually itch or cause discomfort (unless like me you can't resist the temptation to pick at your "bumps").
However it can make people feel self-conscious, look unsightly and the skin can be rough to the touch, so treatment options for it are frequently sought. The condition is genetic and can be treated, but never cured. Most treatments focus on mechanically performing the turnover of dead cells that the skin does not do for itself - so you have to keep it up on a regular basis to maintain results, otherwise the skin left to its own devices will re-accumulate "bumps".
Every so often I get annoyed with mine and try a regime such as dry-brushing, pumice, coconut oil, various scrubs etc. but I am never impressed enough by the results to keep it up and sooner or later I resign myself to having bumpy arms once again.
So I was interested to learn that the highly-respected spa line Sanctuary have created a microdermabrasion product that is specifically designed to smooth out KP. Using micro-silicates (very small crumbs of fossilised seashells) it resurfaces the skin on the body, and used a couple of times a week has apparently produced results in 9 out of 10 KP sufferers.
(I say "sufferers" but it's really not that awful a condition - "mildly unsatisfied people" would probably be more accurate.)
I have decided to give it a go - I currently use the Sanctuary Spa microdermabrasion product on my face and I am very happy with the results there. For £8.99 (200ml) it won't break the bank either.
Stay tuned for results...
Naked is a relatively new company producing what they claim to be "97% natural" products. "Natural" is a word slapped upon many beauty products nowadays, often completely meaninglessly, so what exactly do Naked claim is different about their products?According to their website, the products are entirely paraben, petrochemical, SLS and phthalate free. All of these ingredients are widely used in cosmetics and toiletries, but there are arguments for ditching some of them - for example, SLS is considered by some as too harsh for curly hair. As Naked's products are SLS free, they could be a more gentle cleansing option.
Whether you're a believer in the more "natural" approach or not, Naked have a wide range of products to try including shampoos, conditioners, facial skincare, body care, and bath and shower products. They're also all reasonably priced; most of the range costs £3.91, with none of the products costing more than £7.82. I've just bought a tube of their conditioner, so reviews will be forthcoming!
If you'd like to try out the range for yourself, you can find them at Boots, or buy online through the Naked website.
Steam Cream launched last year with great fanfare, claiming to be a multipurpose cream made with "pure, unrefined steam for maximum absorption". Pure steam, according to Wikipedia, is steam that's not been allowed to mix with air, but unrefined steam? I'm not sure quite sure what that means.Anyhow, I've owned a pot of Steam Cream for a little while now, and have found it to be a very rich but conversely light textured. It feels very silky to the touch, and true to the marketing, is very easily absorbed. Over time, though, the cream has started to become thicker in texture - it's still light, but noticeably less light than when it was opened (around 2 months ago).
In my opinion, this isn't a multipurpose cream in that you can use it on your face and on your body. I've used this on my face a few times, and have found it makes my (fairly dry) skin quite oily. In addition to this, it is very heavily scented - mostly lavender, and so strong that my husband complains that I smell "like a hippy" if he's nearby when I apply it. The high proportion of fragrance alone is a good enough reason for me not to want to put it on my face any more!
For dry hands, elbows, feet - this is a lovely rich cream, but in no way anything extraordinary. If you'd like to try it yourself, you can find buy it direct from the Steam Cream website, where it costs £9.95 for 75ml, and comes in a variety of funky tins.
A recent stay in a posh hotel yielded a few gorgeous REN miniatures - and I've become somewhat addicted to the Grapeseed, Jojoba and Shea Butter Body Cream (possibly the longest product name in the world!). It manages to be a very rich cream which is absorbed quickly, leaving no residue, while hydrating the skin and leaving it smooth and gloriously but subtly scented. Since I took up swimming, my hands have become more dry than usual, and this cream really helps to get them soft again after a dose of chlorine. While it's a bit overkill for the rest of my body (my skin is not dry at all, and rarely gets a coating of body cream), it works wonders on dry areas such as elbows and feet.
All this, as usual, comes at a price - £17.00 for 200ml (ouch!). At that price, I couldn't contemplate putting it all over my body, even though a little does go a long way. If you'd like to try it yourself, you can get the full size version at HQHair.com.
I do love a product with a catchy name! Elemis Exotic Frangipani Moisture Melt (hereafter to be referred to as "Melt") is a fragrant multi-tasker that does duty as a body moisturiser, cuticle oil and even hair treatment.
The packaging is quite lovely. It's a slender glass bottle with a small metal screw cap - just the oval shaped part is what screws off, leaving a small opening that releases the oil drop by drop. This is very good, as it makes it difficult to waste too much product. (It does cost £29 per 100ml after all!)
Before use, the Melt needs to be warmed up in a basin of hot water, as it's main ingredient, coconut oil, is solid at room temperature. Bit of a faff, although at the current balmy temperatures the UK is enjoying, you can in fact skip this step. In the past when I used pure coconut oil on my skin, I used to take the bottle into the shower with me and stand it in the path of the warm water so that it would be melted and ready for use when I had finished. Also a handy option with this (but don't knock it over!).
Once primed and ready, the Melt leaves the bottle drop by drop, releasing a heady jasmine/frangipani scent into the air. It's full on, floral and tropical - a very distinctive and powerful smell that is probably a "love it or hate it" phenomenon. I really like it myself, though I'm not normally a "florals" kind of person. I think because it's clearly a good-quality, multi-faceted perfume with depth rather than a cheap synthetic scent, it's easy to appreciate even if it's not your usual taste.
The first time I used this was on my hands. I was extremely impressed by how quickly it is absorbed and how little oily residue is left after applying. The combination of the luxurious scent and the pleasing texture make it a great addition to a manicure. It works equally well as a body moisturiser, and a little goes a surprisingly long way, especially on damp skin.
I have used it on my hair a couple of times, both after washing as a kind of serum, and as a pre-wash treatment. I can't say I've noticed a huge improvement in hair condition from doing this, but it does make my hair smell very nice! Gemma has tried it on her hair too, and she warns that it will strip coloured hair, so be very cautious using it as a hair treatment if your hair is dyed.
If you like the sound of the Melt, you can pick it up via Time to Spa, Elemis' official UK distribution site. It's available individually at £29 for 100ml. Or if like me you're a sucker for a bargain, you might be interested to hear that the Everyday Beauty Essentials collection contains the Melt and four other hit products for £46 (saving over £50 on combined RRP - nice.)
As a long-term Philosophy addict, I was more than happy when Gemma placed the new Apricots and Cream body emulsion and 3 in 1 on my desk this week. The formats aren't new - 3 in 1 (body wash, bubble bath and shampoo) is one of Philosophy's core products and comes in masses of varieties. The body emulsion also comes in (slightly fewer) variants, perhaps most popularly the Amazing Grace Firming Body Emulsion. What's new is the scent. It's as sweet and fruity as the name suggests - a sugary confection that's perhaps more peach than apricot.
The smell is by far the strongest in the body emulsion, which has been living on my desk at work and doing time as a hand cream. During that time it's attracted the attention of all my neighbouring colleagues as its mouth-watering desserty-fruity scent fills the air. Several people have started coming over to my desk to try it for themselves and everyone agrees it's superbly moisturising. It's packed with a huge number of ingredients, many of them natural in origin. There's no mineral oil in there, nor parabens (see ingredients lists at the end of the review for the full low down). It's also non-sticky. Generally a huge thumbs up for the lotion, which costs £19.75 for a whopping 16oz (around 500ml - 473ml to be exact).
Philosophy Apricots and Cream products are available from Selfridges and QVC. I've also spotted Philosophy in John Lewis. We've been given the number 0870 990 8452 to call for full stockist details.
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But! I have to call Botanics out on this disaster of a product - the Moisturising Sugar Scrub (£5.49). It is, to be blunt, a pot of absolute WTF as far as I am concerned.
I wanted to try a sugar scrub because I like the idea of a body exfoliant with water-soluble, gentle-ish particles. Based on the positive impressions I outlined above, I thought Botanics would be a good, cheap way to explore the phenomenon.
How wrong I was. This is basically a tub of Vaseline with sugar mixed into it. "Moisturising" is not strictly a lie - mineral oil is well known as an effective occlusive moisturiser. But as a cleansing product, this is a complete wash-out (or not). "Rinse well" says the tub. Have you ever tried to rinse off palmfuls of Vaseline? It's water-resistant! That is the whole point of it.
After using this I felt like I'd been wading through an oil spill. I had to start my shower all over again to get it off me and I don't think it even managed to exfoliate very well, probably due to the over-thick carrier masking the action of the sugar grains.
Like I said, disaster. Botanics - what were you thinking?
Ah: "Works just by sitting down!" proclaimed the product display. "Yeah right!" proclaimed my cynical brain.
I've now got a copy of the press release and it seems that the product does indeed start working when you sit down.
Waggishly named active ingredients "Pressocapsular-Firm-System" (caffeine-loaded) "Detoxyboost" (encourages good circulation) and "PuffDrain 82" (lymph movement) are activated by heat and pressure, and promote toning and smoothing effects in the lower body tissues.
"The friction/heat generated by the user during the act of sitting acts as a release mechanism to trigger increased movement of the product to the lower body areas most
affected by fatty tissue build-up." say S&G.
Sit Tight also contains the usual industry-standard one squillion botanical extracts, including in this case eucalyptus, rosemary, ylang, blood orange, amyris, petitgrain, geranium, palmarosa, rose, sandalwood, lemongrass and lime oils.
Normally I'd remain sceptical, but experience has taught me that more often than not, Soap&Glory's products are pretty effective.
The stated release date is tomorrow (1 May) but I've seen it on shelf already in the last fortnight. It costs £14. Has anyone got up out of their seat and bought this? How has it been for you?
This product was provided for consideration by Dove's PR.I've been putting off writing this review for the simple reason that I can't quite find the right words to describe the effects of these products. The hand cream and body lotion both contain a new, patented ingredient (which we're reliably informed has been in development for years) designed to hold moisture at the surface of the skin. In combination with a couple of other more widely used ingredients, the formula claims to address dryness in all layers of the outermost part of the skin.
Now, all this science-y stuff is great material for advertisements and press releases, but for me, the main question is whether the products are different (or superior!) to the hand and bodycare products I've used before. In my experience, the answer is yes - if you're talking about mass market, basic bodycare products, these are amongst some of the nicest I've used, in terms of the softness given to the skin.
After application, there's a period of about five to ten minutes when I feel like there's a fairly noticeable residue on my skin. The residue doesn't really dissipate with extra rubbing in, either - but after that five to ten minute period has elapsed, it disappears, and the skin is left feeling smooth and soft without any greasiness.
This is the part I can't quite explain; while my skin is definitely not greasy, and doesn't have any form of residue, it still feels like there's something there. It's not massively noticeable, and it isn't sticky, but it's there. I think that this is the part that keeps the outer layers of the skin moisturised, and indeed, after washing my hands, my skin still feels moisturised and soft. The effect lasts through a good 3 or 4 washes on my hands, and pretty much the whole day on my body.
For me, the hand cream is the stand out product; I don't use body lotion every day (mostly as I'm lazy), but I like to use hand cream a couple of times a day. The fact that it is non-sticky and keyboard friendly makes it ideal to keep on your desk at work, and the long lasting nature of the moisture it provides far exceeds that of similarly priced beauty basics. One slight downside to the products: they are quite strongly scented. It's a fresh, clean, almost cucumber-y scent, but it's not particularly subtle.
If you're interested in trying either product yourself, you can find them both at Boots, where the body lotion will cost you £4.99 for 250ml, and the hand cream will cost you £2.99 for 75ml.
Disclosure: These products were provided by PR for Jon to give his 2p's worth on.
So great was the quality of Jon's last MAN REVIEW that we have asked him for an encore, this time with some FCUK Sport man-products that were sent through for him. (NB there will be yet another MAN REVIEW tomorrow, courtesy of the Twitterific Greg aka The Man Who Fell Asleep.)
Over to Jon...
FCUK Sport Absolute Zero Hair & Bodywash
There's quite a lot of this sort of product around at the moment - playing on the well-known FACTS that all men are lazy and only shower because they're supposed to. Oh, and like SPORT. Fact. No, of course these are simply age-old marketing ploys to make it easier and more acceptable for us dudes to buy soap. It's getting a little old, if you ask me, but I suppose it must still work. Anyway, aside from the fairly predictable branding there's a fair bit to recommend the Absolute Zero Hair & Bodywash.
It smells like… well, shower gel. It's got a reasonably mild, cool, refeshing scent (allegedly birch leaf, pine needle and eucalyptus, blended with musk, amber and cedarwood) - essentially a fairly standard, vaguely masculine one. It does remind me a bit of Mr Matey, actually - which is fitting, as it does lather up quite well and doesn't seem to be too drying. You don't need to use loads to get a lather going, either, as with some other shower gels I've used.
I was in a bit of a hurry one day last week and decided to give this a try on my hair as well to save some time…. it wasn't actually all that bad. I've got a bit more hair that your average BLOKE so wouldn't normally do such a thing, but it didn't seem too dreadful as a shampoo. It left my hair a little dryer and a little less soft than i'm used to, but it wasn't really an issue for me. If you're in a hurry you could do a lot worse - If you're a gym-goer or other sports-doer then this is probably just the ticket.
There's quite a lot of this sort of product around at the moment - playing on the well-known FACTS that all men are lazy and only shower because they're supposed to. Oh, and like SPORT. Fact. No, of course these are simply age-old marketing ploys to make it easier and more acceptable for us dudes to buy soap. It's getting a little old, if you ask me, but I suppose it must still work. Anyway, aside from the fairly predictable branding there's a fair bit to recommend the Absolute Zero Hair & Bodywash.
It smells like… well, shower gel. It's got a reasonably mild, cool, refeshing scent (allegedly birch leaf, pine needle and eucalyptus, blended with musk, amber and cedarwood) - essentially a fairly standard, vaguely masculine one. It does remind me a bit of Mr Matey, actually - which is fitting, as it does lather up quite well and doesn't seem to be too drying. You don't need to use loads to get a lather going, either, as with some other shower gels I've used.
I was in a bit of a hurry one day last week and decided to give this a try on my hair as well to save some time…. it wasn't actually all that bad. I've got a bit more hair that your average BLOKE so wouldn't normally do such a thing, but it didn't seem too dreadful as a shampoo. It left my hair a little dryer and a little less soft than i'm used to, but it wasn't really an issue for me. If you're in a hurry you could do a lot worse - If you're a gym-goer or other sports-doer then this is probably just the ticket.
The packaging is also quite well thought-out for this purpose as well - the top is quite stiff to open, which is a bit of a pain if you've got wet hands, but does mean that it wouldn't easily burst open if you're carrying it around in a bag. There's also an unpainted section to the bottle with a rudimentary scale so you can gauge how much is left. Handy. So despite my earlier whinging about generic branding, it seems like the makers have actually thought this one through, and the stuff is actually lives up to its promises. At £3.49 (and 3 for 2 at Boots at the moment, pop pickers), it's easily as worthy as any other shower gel i've regularly used.
FCUK Sport 100 degrees anti-perspirant deodorant
I've never been a big fan of deodorants that mask any unpleasant natural odours with thick scents that try to block everything else out. The mere thought of such a thing reminds me of school days, of the post-P.E. cocktail of Lynx Africa and adolescent armpit sweat; comparable, I would imagine, to the smell of rotting Haribo, wrapped in a used nappy, fermenting in a sulphur mine. Grim.
I digress. Times, and deodorant technologies have moved on, and new from the FCUK SPORT range is the 100 degrees antiperspirant deodorant spray, which promises to:
"Release more fragrance as you perspire, providing long-lasting 24-hour protection against perspiration and odour when you need it most."
Quite an over-the-top statement, there. And sure enough, this isn't a particularly subtle product.
It has a strong, thick, warm scent that isn't unpleasant by any means, but is one of those smells that I personally would hope would calm down after a while, as it's fairly overpowering in its 'raw' state. I'm the sort of fellow who, upon wishing to smell appealing for whatever reason, would choose to use an eau de toilette or cologne (are they the same thing? pfft) - a deodorant would have to smell pretty damn special to do that job as well.
Unfortunately, the scent doesn't really die down at all. And true to the claim, it does seem to release more fragrance as you sweat, which i'm sure is fine if you are desperate not to smell of sweat at any cost - perhaps if you are, as the brand positioning would sit, a sportsperson who's too busy (lazy?) to shower. To me, though, with my not all-that-active lifestyle, it's just a bit embarrassing, really. Particularly as I sit at a desk most of the day. So it's not my kind of thing - it's just a bit 'thick' for my tastes. If the scent was lighter, a bit fresher even, it might work better, but as it stands, it's just a bit 'much'.
Full disclosure: we received samples of these products from PR.
This isn't going to be a full on analysis review, per se, mostly because basic body wash and lotion are either good, bad, or okay, and they are very rarely exciting. Personally, I don't often bother with body lotion; my skin isn't overly dry, and I'm very lazy - after a long bath, I can just about be bothered to fall into bed! I also really dislike waiting around for a lotion to sink into my skin; if it's not instantly absorbed, the texture sitting on top of my skin makes me feel slightly icky.
Lucky, then, that when I tried out the Johnson's 24 Hour Moisture lotion, I found that it is indeed instantly absorbed; despite being moisturising enough to quench the skin (even after a 3 hour bath), it has a light texture that melts in and leaves no sticky/tacky/icky residue. It's also pleasantly subtle in scent - on first application there's a slightly powdery, clean fragrance, which immediately disappears once you've rubbed it into the skin.
The matching body wash is similar in terms of understated performance. It also has a gentle, unobtrusive scent which doesn't linger. It lathers up nicely when used in conjunction with a bath puff thing, and a little goes a long way. It cleans the skin effectively whilst also leaving it feeling soft and definitely not dried out.
I will most likely buy these products again. Both are hard working formulas which are very moisturising, and are good beauty basics. They're also very reasonably priced: Boots.com stock the body wash for just £2.75 for 400ml, and while they don't have the lotion online yet, it retails for around £2.99. If, like me, you'd rather spend your dosh on skincare, makeup and bath oils, and spend less on the basics - I'd recommend you give these a try.
The recent cold weather we've been having is playing havoc with my hands. They can be dry at the best of times, but the cold snap, combined with my scratching and pulling at dry patches (something I do when stressed) has left them ultra-dry, ragged, and with a strange scaly patch down one finger. So, when a recent MakeupAlley swap turned up with a sample sachet of L'Annine hand and body cream, I ripped it open and gave it a go.I'd not heard of L'Annine before, and having done some research, it seems that the brand is more widely available in the US. The cream, which comes in a variety of fragrances, claims to promote healing of the skin as well as providing effective moisturisation.
It's a fairly thick, heavy cream, and when I initially started rubbing a good dollop into my hands, I worried that I'd put on far too much, as it went white and completely coated my hands. However, a few more moments of rubbing in, and it was gone - for such a thick cream, it's very quickly absorbed. My hands were left coated, but in a non-sticky, non-offensive way - I was able to use keyboard and mouse immediately without transferring gunk all over them.
After several hours, my hands are definitely softer, and the strange scaly patch of skin on my finger barely feels different to the rest of my hands. Whilst I've washed my hands multiple times since application, my hands still feel moisturised and haven't started looking and feeling dry again.
Overall, I'm very impressed, and very pleased to have discovered this cream - while it's hard to find over here, it is available on eBay and on some US based webstores which will ship internationally. A 2.2oz tube will set you back about $16 - and I think I'll be ordering some soon, as no other cream I've tried this winter has been anywhere near as effective at moisturising my hands.
If you'd like to try it, it's available from BeautyHabit.com and DermStore.com. Not sure about international shipping from BeautyHabit, but Dermstore seem to charge around $20.
Disclosure: This product was given to us free of charge for review purposes.
Today's review is written by Jon, who kindly took on testing duties for this product.
I've long been of the opinion that the world of deodorants, especially with those targeted at men, was a bit of a strange one. The focus seems to be on absolute dryness, total evasion of perspiration at all cost - so much so, that it's extremely difficult to find a deodorant in high street shops that isn't also an anti-perspirant.
I'll admit that my armpits are a generally quite sweaty place, so much so that I've pretty much given up entirely on the notion that an anti-perspirant can actually work for longer than half an hour or so. I've tried various different forms (aeresol, roll-on, stick) and brands (run-of-the-mill stuff from Sure, Right Guard, Nivea etc. to premium efforts by Anthony and Lab Series), and haven't had any success with any of them. Perhaps my prolific sweating is abnormal in this regard, but from my experience the logic seems to follow that if you block up your skin with anti-perspirant, the sweat glands will actually work harder to find a way for the sweat to get through. There is, surely, a reason that we sweat other than to simply embarrass.
As a result of my many failed anti-perspirant trials, I've tended to stick with deodorants that promise only to stop me from smelling foul. Only Sarah would be in a position to tell you whether that particular mission has actually been a successful one! My current anti-ming of choice is the Deodorising Body Spray from the Charles Worthington Results For Men line. It doesn't clog the skin and has a fairly light, apple-tinged fragrance, whilst retaining a degree of masculinity. The only real problem I have with it is that it's now discontinued. Typical. Luckily I managed to grab a big batch off eBay before it all disappeared, but sooner or later I'll need to find an alternative. Enter the sample of Malin + Goetz Eucalyptus Deodorant Sarah kindly gave me to try in return for these here thoughts.
Taking the form of a twistable stick, the packaging is refreshingly non-gender-specific (or simply minimalist?) and feels well-put-together. The fragrance is light and cool, obviously reminiscent of eucalyptus, but also a bit of lemon with a menthol-esque cool hit. This is a very good thing. To me, it's neither particularly a feminine nor masculine scent - it reminds me a bit of a less potent version of the Iceberg Twice Eau de Toilette I used to have. It's an alcohol and aluminium-free recipe that absorbs in easily and doesn't feel sticky (a problem I'd often associate with 'stick' deodorants) or greasy. So far so good, then.
Testing over a few days, it seems that over the course of a day, the Malin + Goetz deodorant does its job with the minimum of fuss. It might be my imagination, but I also didn't seem to sweat as much as I normally would - perhaps this is due to its alcohol-free nature. I'm not certain that it really does last 24 hours as promised, and its effects were certainly at least a little reduced by bedtime, but over a standard waking day, I can't see this being a problem. Besides, I'm perhaps not a fair test subject, being a relentless sweaty git.
So overall, I'd say i'm impressed. The Malin + Goetz is certainly something I'd consider using long-term - at £15 a throw, it's definitely a premium item, but no more expensive than its competitors. Check it out, yo.
This is another product I got to try out as part of the Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes box I purchased from Lush recently. A sugar scrub formed into a solid dome, it's meant to be used in the shower - instead of grabbing a handful of a paste textured product, you simply rub the dome over the skin.First and foremost, this is a rather strongly scented product. Lush say that it has fennel, ginger and lavendar in it, but all I can smell when I first apply the bar to wet skin is fennel. Did I mention that I intensely dislike aniseed, both the smell and the taste, and anything related to it? So this really fails on fragrance for me at the first hurdle. If you actually like fennel, you might like it more.
The second rather massive problem with this is the format. Yes, in theory it's nice to be able to rub a solid over the skin rather than scooping out product from a tub, but the problem comes after you've used it for the first time. I placed mine on the side of my bathtub (I chose a dry spot for it), and went away. An hour later, I noticed a stream of green dissolved scrub making its way down into the bath, which I promptly wiped up. I then picked up the scrub bar, intending to make sure it didn't leak any more. Big mistake; it dissolved into a pile of green, sugary mush, which I had to wash away due to the lack of a handy container.
As a scrub, it's a pretty intense one due to the sugar content - if you rub too hard, it does hurt. I also found that my skin had that strange burny feeling for a while after use, which I usually get from products with menthol oil in them, so possibly the fennel content isn't suitable for sensitive skin. All in all, not one I'd purchase - impractically packaged, and VERY strongly scented, I think there are far nicer scrubs on the market.
If you'd like to try it for yourself, it costs £2.60 for 100g at Lush stores or on their website.
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