St. Ives Green Tea Scrub.
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Dec 29, 2013
Chloe O.
I've been using the st. ives apricot scrub and I love it!!
Dec 29, 2013
Cat C.
I use both the green tea scrub and apricot scrub. I use the green tea one twice a day (in the morning and at night) and I use the apricot one when I want to exfoliate. I recommend only exfoliating twice a week. So @Chloe, be careful. I used the apricot scrub too often and it irritated my skin and made it too sensitive.
Dec 29, 2013
Cat C.
Oh so I definitely recommend it :) I've already gone through like 4 bottles of it.
Dec 30, 2013
Kelly I.
It broke me out so bad that I threw it out after a week and a half of using it. It gave me the worst zits I've ever had and they wouldn't go away for a month
Dec 31, 2013
Kitty K.
St. Ives Apricot Scrub will damage the heck out of your skin in the long run, it's beads are way too harsh and abrasive for the skin, I have yet to meet a dermatologist that recommends it or a skin esthetician that doesn't cringe at it's name. It's beads are pointed, not round. So, it basically doesn't exfoliate your skin- it scratches it causing micro tears. By scratching it, it creates grooves in it and that makes it allows bacteria to clot and your skin to become more prone to blemishes.
People will always claim that it leaves their skin looking 'Healthy, Glowing, and beautiful'. The reason it appears this way is because they removed a protective layer from their face and the skin that appears is not fully developed. The reason they don't find any blemishes it because they are basically over exfoliating, they are simply scratching the dirt and bacteria from out of their faces and damaging their skin again as they do.
It may seem harmless, but you can end up making your skin a lot worse in the long run. By over exfoliating, you can get a bacteria infection and can even end up with infections on the skin. Some have reported such bad effects from it, like having a cyst that was too infected and big that they ended up having a surgery to remove it.
Even if you don't get a cyst, other problems can occur too ( premature wrinkles, discolouration after continued use). It is best to use an exfoliant with smooth, round microbeads (sometimes even a facecloth is enough) and leave the St. I've's Scrub for your body, and not your face.
As for the green tea scrub, if it feels similar to the apricot scrub I wouldn't use it. The St Ives Scrubs are meant initially for the body more than the face... it may seem like a cheap alternative but I would be really careful about their scrubs.