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The Body Shop Olive Body Scrub Review, Swatch and Photos

Hello Ladies!

This is my first post on MABH and I am very excited. Hope you all like it. Today I will be reviewing a body scrub from The Body Shop. The body shop has many variants to choose from and I decided to pick Olive for my skin for its goodness. Continue reading to know more.

Price and Quantity:

Rs. 995 for 200 ml.

Ingredients:

My Take:

This scrub comes in a olive green plastic tub. The packaging is not very hygienic. The scrub is of light olive green in color and has cream like texture. It spreads like butter on your skin and that ways you need very little quantity to use.

This is one scrub that I like for its mild exfoliating action. This scrub exfoliates your skin in a very gentle way. I use it under shower. I apply it all over my body and give a good massage in circular motions and then rinse it off with plain warm water, leaving my skin super soft. The kernels are not too harsh on skin but efficiently remove tan from the skin.

So you can use it 3-4 times a week without worrying too much about the skin. It may feel a bit greasy while scrubbing it on your skin, but once washed off the skin feels super awesome. In summer, I do not even feel the need of using a moisturizer afterwards.

Coming to the fragrance, the product has a strong fruity fragrance and I did not find it too appealing as I personally am not a big fan of smell of olive products but that can be overlooked as others may find it good for their senses.

PROS:

Mild exfoliating action
Kernels are not too harsh on skin
Leaves skin super soft
Removes dead skin efficiently
Easily available
Goodness of olive oil
Not tested on animals
Cons of The Body Shop Olive Body Scrub

CONS:

Very expensive

Rating: 4/5

Would I Repurchase?:

No there are other better and cheap options available in the market

Khadi Kesar Peeling Scrub Gel Review

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Hello everybody!

Every time I write for MABH, I get so excitement down my heart that I cannot even express. 😛 So, coming back to the topic, how often do you use scrub? I honestly cannot live without it, if I don’t scrub for a week; I feel like my skin is full of dirt and dead cells (even if I do CTM daily). And I am reviewing today my all time scrub, Khadi Kesar Peeling Scrub Gel. I bought it online last year and still using it.

Price and quantity:

Rs. 145 for 210ml. (I got it for Rs. 123)

My Take:

I have normal skin with T-zone oily and I use this scrub for my weekly scrubbing and also for my home facial scrubbing. To begin with, this scrub comes in a typical Khadi bottle, but luckily mine was bit sturdy. It has flip top cap.

The scrub is a reddish orange color gel with millions of black and off white granules. When applying it on the skin, it gives a nice cooling feel, and the smell is exactly like kesar mixed with some other herbs (the smell reminds me of Pass pass :P). It is thick gel and because of the packaging, after a few uses (when the level goes down), it becomes hard to get it out.

It purely cleans my skin, making it soft and supple. It rinses very well, without leaving any slippery effect. The granules are quite hard, so I don’t use it when I have pimples on my skin. It is directed to rinse with lukewarm water for better result; I totally get the idea when I use this scrub for my home facial. After scrubbing and getting steam, my face feels like baby’s skin and it glows, really!

Well, Khadi is quite known as herbal company, but there is preservative in the ingredient list (which breaks my heart). Other than that, I love this scrub, it may not be making my skin fairer or removes spots, but it cleanses my skin and makes it like baby’s skin. It does not dry out my skin nor needs no face wash after using this (Lotus Apricot Scrub needed face wash after).

When I ordered this scrub online, I thought it might be peel off gel as displayed on its name. But after trying it for the first time, I saw no peeling condition. I wondered why they would name it Khadi Kesar Peeling Scrub Gel if it is not for peeling, after 3-4 uses, I realized that it is called “peeling” because it peels the dead cells from skin and gives a new baby soft skin. 😛

PROS:

Cleans well.
Easy to apply and remove.
Smells pretty well.
Travel friendly.
Fairly large amount.
Makes skin soft and smooth.
Leaves skin refreshing and cool.
Great for regular use.
Does not leave skin dry or oily.

CONS:

Contains preservative.
Granules can be quite harsh for acne prone skins.
Packaging is not perfect for thick gel.

Rating: 3.5/5 (-1.5 for preservatives)

Do I Recommend?:

Yes, it is a good scrub for regular use.

Would I Repurchase?:

Yes, absolutely.

Freeman Beautiful Body Salt Scrub Guava Review and Swatch

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Freeman is a well known brand which supplies quality skin care products at reasonable prices. These are not available everywhere and only a few of the online stores stock these regularly. So if you see these in stock do not hesitate; pick one of these up and you will not be disappointed. Read on to know why.

Price and Quantity:

This Body Salt comes in a 150 ml tube which is available for 180 INR

My Take:

The packaging of this bath salt is quite attractive. The tube is bright green in color and has attractive graphics. The ingredients and other details are mentioned on the back. The tube comes with a flip cap which is quite easy to store inside the bathroom and use while one takes a bath.

Read: Chandra Body Care Detox Bath Salt Review

There is no problem of product not coming out of the cap or getting stuck, the product comes out beautifully. You can see in the swatch that the product is a transparent gel like product with coarse Sugar like ‘Salt Granules’

Read: Homemade Quick Scrubs from Kitchen Ingredients

On my first use I was really surprised by the warm feeling it provides once you apply it on your skin. I feel it’s nice for those winter days. I have been using it as a body scrub for a month now and I feel it does what it claims. It removes dead skin layer effectively and also provides relief to the skin by restoring its moisture. I have normal to dry skin on my body which turns dry in some areas and I have felt that after using this product I did not need to apply body butter to provide moisture. But I feel those with very dry skin will need good moisturisation after this scrub.

The smell of this is fruity and is not too overwhelming. Sadly all of my bath gels and shower gels are scented so I could not test if the smell stays after shower. The fact that I love most is the clean and polished feel to my skin. Though I will not say it turns my skin like that body polishing at the parlour (It would have been so great if it did!!) but it does give my skin a radiant new feel due to the removing of dead skin.

The granules of the bath salt dissolves with the touch and vanishes after a while of scrubbing.