St Ives Invigorating Apricot Scrub Review

First of all the packaging is simple to use. There's no hard to open lid and no tipping and waiting for the product to get to the top. It also smells quite nice.

You only need a small amount at a time so a bottle lasts a long time. I found the exfoliating part slightly on the harsh side for my face, with the odd larger grain which was kind of unpleasant. It doesn't wash off quite as easily as other exfoliants.

After use my skin feels very smooth but leaning towards dry. If you have sensitive skin this may not be the product for you. I now use an exfoliating cleanser with a smaller exfoliant that I find easier on my skin.

Very refreshing and great smell lovely on the skim gives skooth soft skin all the time and also great for sensitive skin! Recommend great price too

This product was pretty phenomenal worldwide, I remember seeing them at Japan and Hong Kong cosmetic stores in the international aisles – I remember thinking "What? Of all international beauty products, this takes the limelight?". I digress, but back in the day when exfoliating first became popular this was a staple for me, because my skin really felt heaps softer (as the walnut powder really works like sandpaper). Now I know better and use gentler chemical exfoliants like AHA and BHA. I might still use it on the back of my arms though, but face, no more!

This scrub is one that really feels like it gets rid of all your dry, dead skin. The particles are quite large and abrasive, so I couldn't this working for people with sensitive skin. However I do enjoy using this when my weekly chemical exfoliant is not enough. The scent is pleasant, it is not too drying, and the redness from scrubbing goes away relatively quickly. That said, I only use this because my mother purchases it. I would not purchase it myself.

I use to use this years ago as it was one of the only exfoliating scrubs around.. now there is so much choice. I did like it but thought the scrubbing beads in it were a bit to big for facial use. These days I just use this on my body and have a goodness brand exfoliant I use on my face which is more gentle.

This is a very strong scrub. It says for use on the face, but I wouldn't. It's great on my legs as I tend to get ingrown hairs (from epilating) and this helps with those. The downside is that it's quite expensive to use as a body scrub as the small tube goes down very quickly.

The scent of this scrub is great, very pleasing smell.

This was super harsh on my face! Left me with a rash on my chin area and a stinging sensation! It does work, and it smells delish, however just didn't work for me and my skin isn't too sensitive either!

Beautiful smell. Felt nice to use, had nice feeling of micro beades that massaged face and gave it that deep clean/ deep scrub feeling. Left face feeling clean but definitely didn’t benefit acne

My dry skin didn't really like this scrub. Was a little too rough and left my skin striped. I could only use this once a week tops. May be better for oily skin but definitely wouldn't recommend to those with dry or sensitive skin.

This was a hard product to rate as I have purchased it multiple times - but not for what it is meant for! I use this as a body scrub, particularly in Summer, prior to fake tan. It's great for getting my skin really smooth.

I definitely don't use this for my face as I find it too harsh and granular. I certainly wouldn't use it 3-4 times a week as recommended on the packaging! I have dry skin and I only exfoliate once a week.

I like the smell and the results on the rest of my body. The price is completely reasonable and I really like that it is available from the supermarket - very convenient purchasing!