St Ives Invigorating Apricot Scrub Review

I love exfoliators! I think they serve an important part in every womans skincare routine. St Ives has a great reputation but I did find this scrub a little bit harsh for my skin and I do prefer exfoliators which have smaller grains in them. Having said that, it does smell really nice and does make your skin feel clean, but I don't think I would re buy.

First thing I notice is that this is advised to be used 3-4 times a week...this goes against everything I have been taught. Theres seriously no need for that amount of use as too be honest its a fairly gritty exfoliant its not like it is gentle. If you over stimulate the skin this can cause further breakouts and just generally mess with the PH balance in your skin. I'd be using this 2 times per week TOPS. Maybe 3 in the winter if your super super dry. In the summer I would always narrow it down to just once a week to give your skin a boost.

It's very very gritty, wouldnt be ideal for all skin types at all, after using it my skin did feel cleaner, fresher and smoother. But senstive skins this would be a no go for you guys...too much!

Im not a fan of apricot,i deteste it actually eating and the smell, so I probably wouldn't use this product again. I got it bought for me one christmas time. It is an ok overall everyday kind of supermarket product, but for those who are using it every day (if you must) less is definitley more.

Those who use it everday due to dryness your not really doing your skin any favours, you can concentrate on drinking more water, eating healthily and a great moisturiser. That combined with exfoliating twice a week should still enable you to see results!A big sign of over exfoliating is extreme dryness, redness, skin sensitivity.

But yes an OK exfoliant when used in moderation :)

My partner uses this every day to wash his face however, I find it a little too rough and prefer something that cleanses and cleans out the poors than something that doesn't feel like its washing your skin. It is especially important to avoid using this too often on your cheeks as the harshness of it can harm pores and the elasticity of your skin which can result in being more prone to wrinkles

This is a lovely product to use but i definitely didn't want to use it 3-4 time per weeks as it dried out my skin and left it feeling tight. I would have this product in my bathroom but only use it when i feel i need to have a good face scrub!

This scrub is thick, smells wonderful and can really scrub a surface clean. However it is very coarse and i made the mistake of being over zealous with scrubbing and although my skin felt soft, it was red which is never a good sign. I tried it the week and i was mindful not to rub but i still found it too coarse. I stopped using it for my face and I ended up using this as a body scrub which worked wonderful keeping the rest of my body soft and smooth

Attractive packaging and a reasonable price to pay, available in supermarkets and other outlets. I found the scrub to be pleasant smelling and did a really clean scrub of my face, but after a while it became quite harsh and would cause my skin to break out and have a number of big sore blemishes. Since stopping my skin has returned back to normal. I would like to try it again but perhaps more on my body than face.

My mums been using this forever, I went through a stage where I tried to like it but personally it's just not exfoliating enough for me. It's super soft and genre so would be perfect for sensitive skin.

This was my very first facial scrub I ever used and I recall thinking how wonderful it was! I bought this product when it was still the apricot/peach colored packaging as opposed to this plain white bottle we see today.

The scrub had a thick grainy consistency where you had to add a bit of pressure to squeeze the product out of the bottle. The actual scrub looked like a pasty porridge gone wrong but the smell was absolutely devine and quite frankly apricots don't smell THAT good!

I have sensitive skin and this probably wasn't the right facial scrub for me (which I didn't know at the time) because it was too harsh for my skin. It didn't hurt, but rather it was abrasive - bearable but still abrasive.

When I massaged the product onto my face you could feel the tiny grains moving against your skin. I felt that it did a good job at removing dead skin cells but for sensitive skin like mine I needed a more gentle scrub.

I would use this 3 times a week and anymore than that then I would risk having dry areas on my face which is quite unusual considering I have oily skin. I no longer use this product and instead I use an exfoliating cleanser that gets the job done without aggravating my skin.

I previously used this face wash a lot (and my partner loves it - hes a grubby mechanic) however my sister has scared me off it by saying that it's to exfoliating and opens your pores too much! No clue how true this is because I found it to be a good face scrub but I'm hesitant to use it regularly now just incase