Showing posts with label stupid plastic beads. Show all posts
Showing posts with label stupid plastic beads. Show all posts

Tuesday, 18 October 2016

Garnier - Light Complete - White Speed - Multi-Action Brightening Scrub


As you may be able to guess by the product name, I picked this up at The Reject Shop. 
It isn't normally available in the market here.

It contains pure lemon essence (I love citrus) and microbeads (which I am not so fond of, they are not biodegradable).
It claims to make you 'one tone fairer in one wash' which is absolute bulls**t.

The scent is a mix of lemon and banana (why they bring this noise?!).
It cleans well and is a good exfoliate.

But given the banana scent and plastic microbeads, I won't be getting this again.

Price: 5/5 ($2.50 for 100mL)
Scent: 2/5
Effectiveness: 3.5/5

Thursday, 17 September 2015

Brazilian Butterfly - Lavender Body Scrub with aloe and chamomile

If I never encounter chamomile again, I will die happy. I hate the smell!
That can be arranged
This scrub smells delightfully of lavender (thankfully the chamomile and aloe are used more to sooth the skin) and is one of the best exfoliators I have tried.

The only bad thing about this product is that it's ability as an exfoliator comes at the cost of the Earth... that is, it uses plastic beads which are not biodegradable.

Let's see Captain Planet stop my exfoliator extravaganza!
Because of this, I won't buy it again.

Price: 4/5 (rrp $18.00 for 200mL)
Scent: 5/5
Effectiveness: 5/5 (but I don't care because it doesn't care for the Earth)

Friday, 14 August 2015

Bioré - Pore Unclogging Scrub

This contains those stupid plastic beads which do exfoliate, but also build up in the environment.
This is Captain Pollution, for those of you who didn't watch 'Captain Planet'
Aside from this massive negative, this product worked pretty darn well.
It didn't lather (because it is a scrubs, and scrubs often don't), but gave a good clean (I used it with my Avon Clarisonic knock-off) and left my face feeling fresh and not shredded.

It contains 2.0% salicylic acid, which helps prevent pimples and smells fresh and soapy.

The only real negative was when I occasionally got one of the little beads in my eye (but that is probably more user error than the product's fault)
What it feels like

"I don't want to hurt the Earth with tiny, immortal plastic beads" Solution:

Just add some sugar or salt granules to your favourite face soap!

Price: 4/5 (rrp $9.99 for 141g)
Scent: 3/5
Effectiveness: 4/5