Lush Ocean Salt Face and Body Scrub Review

I'm always on the hunt for products to brighten my skin. When I went into Lush looking for skin brightening products I was recommended this. I love Lush products so sure. The fresh lemon, lime scrub smelt nice and even though it was pricey for a body scrub as a face scrub I thought it would last me ages so why not. Unfortunately this is the first Lush product I didn't really fall for. When I used it on my face it irritated and felt like it was going to cause micro tears in my skin as the salt is too coarse and chunky, I kept using it on my face as I wanted to love this but it seemed to exacerbated it. I only had a few pimply bumps before I washed my face and then when I came out of the shower, I noticed a whole lot more all over my T-zone where I gave it a good scrub. As a body scrub it's fine but there are a lot of other amazing body scrubs for a lot cheaper, that smell amazing and you get a lot more scrub for the price. I don't think I'll be repurchasing this one. It does come in one of those pots that you can collect five and then exchange for free face mask so that's a bonus but it's not a good enough reason for me to repurchase. I think I'll buy the other products Lush has to offer and give this a miss.

I have so many good things to say about this scrub that I don't even know where to start!

Firstly, I adore LUSH and it's amazing approach to ethical products. They don't test on animals, they use ethically sourced ingredients, they make everything by hand...the list goes on. And on. I feel like by buying LUSH you're not only supporting a cosmetics company, but an organisation that fights for ethics in so many different areas.

The scrub itself comes in the awesome recyclable packaging typical of LUSH. When you open it up the scrub is thick and creamy, with sprinklings of coarser sea salt on top. It smells incredible - very fresh and tangy!

Some people might find this quite a coarse facial scrub, but as a body scrub it would be perfect. I personally use it on my face, however, and LOVE the incredible smoothness of my skin straight afterwards. SO nourishing and refreshing. I even let the boyfriend use some as well, and he loved it too!

I went into lush looking for a natural exfoliator to replace my old one (it has the little plastic beads and I wanted to be better to the environment). I have very sensitive but dry skin so I need something that will be rough enough to remove all the dead skin but gentle enough that I'm not screaming in pain. I asked the sales assistant what he would recommend. I tried this in store on my hands and it was fine on them but when I used it at home on my face it was much to harsh. I did also try it as a body scrub but even then it was to harsh for me.

I bought a small tub of this from the UK lush when I was already doing an order from there. I'd heard quite good things about this and so of course I wanted to give it a go.

This comes in a black tub like other lush products. This format is good as it is quite a thick product, I don't think a squeeze bottle would work out. This has a good long shelf life of over a year and it is self preserving, I'm assuming because of all the salt.

This has an interesting scent. It is very fresh citrus, mainly grapefruit. It smells just like a real grapefruit so with that sour kind of tang. I also feel like I can smell a bit of lemon mixed in there too. I didn't really like it to start with, but it has grown on me now.

I've been using this for about two months now. I have dry skin so I use as directed which is once a week. I use a small sort of finger scoop full. It feels quite coarse, like way coarser then you would think to use on your face. Because it's salt though, you rub it on and it quickly dissolves so I can't really go overboard on scrubbing. You can also use this on your body but I don't as it is expensive! My skin feels soft after using and I do notice my moisteriser goes on smoother too. I also don't experience any extra dryness either, which I was a little worried about with all the salt. I was thinking about increasing my usage to twice a week but I'm not sure if that would be overboard or not!

I've used maybe 1/4 to 1/3 of product in the two months I've used it so this small pot should last me at least 6 months. I feel like that is worth it and I could see myself using this again in the future.

I like the smell of this, really smells like the sea, but the lemon scent is a tad overpowering..

I liked how it worked at first made my makeup really nice to apply, but after about an hour prior to scrubbing my face started to hurt and turn red. Moisteriser helped a little though.

It's not too bad on your body as an exfoliant, if done lightly but I wouldn't use it on my face again.

I'm really not 100% sure if I would actually repurchase this because of how abbrasive it actually is.

I have been on a salty obsession for a while when one of the lovely ladies at Lush pointed me to the Ocean Salt scrub. I was using Rub rub rub but felt it was too weak for my salty fix, but the Ocean salt scrub was a match made in heaven for me!

This smells just like the sea with a citrus twist. I use this on my body every few days to remove the dead skin and on my face as a weekly treat. When I first purchased this I used it on my face every day and that was too much for my skin to handle. I have normal to combination skin and it made it more dry so I made it a once a week thing.

It removes all the dead skin and is great for when you shave your legs and underarms, it leaves my skin feeling like silk and I smell like I have been swimming in the ocean. My husband loves and uses this too, it stays on your skin for a few hours which is an added bonus.

The price is a big splurge, but if you can afford it you must try it, this is a really awesome product. This would be one of my top Lush products that I have tried.

This scrub smells like the sea. It's really sweet to look at too! I was really hoping that I would love this after seeing all the great reviews but for someone with averagely sensitive skin, it was just far too harsh. The salt bits were not uniform on the edges which meant some bits were really sharp and abrasive. I LOVE lush's other scrubs but unfortunately, this one wasn't for me.

I love Lush so I had to try it, the packaging of the product is funky and handy to get all the product out of. However I was amazed at how chunky it was! A small amount doesn't spread far. The smell is odd and I was not a big fan of it but the salt scrub left my skin feeling soft and refreshed. I did not use it on my face as I felt it was a bit rough for that and would be harsh removing it from your face. It works well with a facecloth but to get the real exfoliating feeling its perfect with a exfoliating glove. Since trying the salt scrub I probably wouldn't purchase it again as the chunky texture and feel was harsh but it does work, I prefer something with smaller bits for a exfoliator

Let me start by saying this honestly smells amazing. The lemon is like seriously overpowering, but super delicious smelling.

I've used my whole pot of this and I'm still not sure whether I'd buy another one.

I have dry skin, and it's really patchy sometimes which cause my foundation to look really cakey, so I tried a whole lot of exfoliators, rosehip oils, moisturisers, etc. and I still don't see the results I want.

Anyways, this is a harsh enough scrub, but I find it dissolves so easily, too easily when you use it and it doesn't give that nice scrubby effect. I'm not sure if it will work better on dry skin as I've only ever used it on wet skin, but it's too gentle in the regard that it dissolves so easily.

I love the smell, as I already said :P and it feels heavenly on your skin. It feels as if it has scrubbed your dead skin off, but then when I apply makeup afterwards it doesn't feel like it has worked.

It's really expensive, so I doubt that I'll buy it again.

I was lucky enough to receive this as a gift from my thoughtful husband for my birthday earlier this year. I had never had the inkling to buy this mostly because of the price but also because it's mostly aimed at oily skin rather than my dry sensitive skin. I couldn't hurt his heart so had to give it a go to see if it would be the best friend for my skin that I have been searching for.

At $42.50 for a 250g tub it better be dam good! I have tried the Rub Rub Rub shower scrub from Lush and this is quite similar to that except for the chunky salt chunks you get. The colour is a light bluish colour with the salt through it. It smells of salt and citrus zing. It's a smell I love but it can get quite overpowering when used often.

I use this in the shower to make it less messy and to give my body and face an all over exfoliating. I grab a good handful in my hand and rub it all over my body in a circular motion, making sure that I am getting the full potential of the scrub. It actually hurts a bit for me. My skin is normally dry and sensitive but this was too abrasive for my liking. It left red scratch marks all over my skin. I didn't do it too hard but my skin was left raw and hurting. I do admit that my skin felt ultra smooth but I assume that is because I rubbed off too many layers of skin with this harsh scrub ouch! I dampened my face and used a smaller amount and used far gentler circular motions. It still hurt but not as much. I did find that my skin didn't feel much different on my face after use. I expect that you have to use harsh scrubbing to get the full effects in my opinion. That is something I am just not willing to do on my face.

I continued to use this on my body, not my face until the pot was gone. My skin did feel hydrated and smooth but still left it feeling raw and stingy afterward. This is a feeling I could live without and can get the same soft feeling from a less abrasive scrub. It felt like this lasted forever because the post just wouldn't end! I couldn't use it too much because the suggestion for dry skin is to use it once a week. It was the longest 4 months of my life! I have taken up using coffee scrub instead to get the exact same results but with my skin still intact. As much as I want to love it, it's just far too harsh for dry, sensitive skin!