St. Ives Green Tea Blackhead Clearing Scrub Review

This blackhead formula is the best face wash st ives has by my opinion. It's super super gentle but you can feel it scrubbing away. I just finished my last bottle and once again the price is super affordable too. So stock up! It smells nice and lasts around a month and a half with regular use.

On first use of this product, my skin was soft from being exfoliated, and the grains were quite small so it provided a good level of exfoliation without hurting or aggravating my skin at all, however I didn't notice any visible difference in my blackheads or pores.

The smell is very mild but pleasant, and the packaging is just a simple squeezey tube. I proceeded to use this product once a day for a week, focusing mainly on my nose, forehead and chin areas as this is where my skin is the most congested. It did smooth out my skin and seemed to help my other skincare products absorb into my skin better, and the fact that I was using it daily didn't seem to negatively effect my skin in any way which was nice. Unfortunately though even after a week of everyday use, I wasn't able to see a difference in my amount of blackheads which is ultimately the point of this product.

St Ives is probably most famous for it's apricot face scrub, which is such a good product! This green tea version is a step down in terms of 'scrubbiness", it's much more gentle and less gritty. It is supposed to be blackhead clearing and I'm not sure if I've seen that yet (although my blackheads are very small anyway). This is definitely one that I'll keep buying as it leaves my skin feeling really soft and clear.

Now this might be gross but I actually suffer from blackheads not only on my face but in my armpits (sees the town folk with their pitchforks charging towards me)

I had a few scrubs on the go when I got this green tea blackhead clearing scrub so decided to really put it to the test by using in the shower, as a skin scrub for all areas of my body and wow did it impress me.

The fragance is fresh but not overpowering and the squeeze tube is a soft plastic so you are able to squeeze the very last drop out which is a big bonus for me. Brightly coloured green with a slight grit to the texture this scrub smooths onto the skin in a more gentle fashion to some other scrubs, but it has power and after only a few days of use I noticed that almost all those problems areas were free from those pesky blighters.

It has landed in my shopping trolley this week as I ran out just the other day and I already miss using it in the shower.

I think it targeted my blackheads and it is a very good scrub leaves your skin clean and fresh. Certainly will use time and again the whole range as they all scrub very well.

The packaging on mine is a bit different but I'm sure it's the same. I like the texture of this scrub it's abrasive enough to remove dead skin but also fine enough that it doesn't feel like a gel with beads like some other products that dont evenly remove dry skin. It smells nice and my skin feels super smooth afterwards. You only need a small amount it goes far. Definitely a favourite this one. As far as removing blackheads it does a fair job but to be honest no product I have tried actually delivers 100% on this.

Don't do it!!! Too abrasive and harsh for actually anyone's skin..drying and so bad for my skin. I used the scrub on my feet instead.