ASUTRA Dead Salts Scrub Bundle Reviews Summary

Effectiveness

Pros:

• "After three applications my rough elbows and bumpy, dry skin were gone from my elbows, back of my arms, back of my thighs, knees, and bottom."
• "This stuff combined with coconut oil has essentially cured their facial KP and has greatly reduced the bumps on their arms."
• "It gently removes the dry and scaly bumps WHILE adding skin-softening oil that leaves my skin feeling naturally soft and moisturized, and with a healthy satiny appearance."
• "Little white bumps I had on the back of my arms are almost all gone."
• "I've been using it for a couple of weeks now and I definitely see a reduction in the redness and my skin feels a lot smoother!"
• "After just ONE use of this stuff, They are noticeably smoother and less visible."
• "I have keratosis pilaris which is especially noticeable on my upper arms. I’ve dealt with it for years, but never really found a product that would help."

Cons:

• "Bought this after reading the many positive reviews. I have very dry skin that tends to flake if not exfoliated, so was looking for a rich, moisturizing natural scrub. Used this just once on my arms since I wanted to try it before using all over body. Within about 30min, my arms started tingling and itching."
• "This product causee me to break out in cystic acne on my body after a few uses."
• "Sure enough, bad acne reaction again and also an insanely itchy rash on my lower thighs and back of legs that lasted until the following morning."
• "I had a terrible reaction to this scrub. My entire body broke out in hives after the first application."
• "I was horribly allergic to this product. Broke out all over my arms with small, red, ugly bumps."
• "I had a bad allergic reaction to it. My skin is leathery feeling and there are red bumps everywhere."
• "I broke out in horrible acne on my chest, shoulder, back and upper arms after the first use."

Scent

Pros:

• "Smells great but not too overpowering."
• "It smells so fresh and vibrant."
• "The cooling cucumber fragrance is lovely, refreshing and light."
• "I bought the peppermint one and love the smell."
• "It smells great (like grapefruit!) and is a great exfoliator without leaving my skin cracked and dry!"
• "The eucalyptus scent is wonderful!"
• "As soon as you open the container, you are greeted with a soothing, refreshing cucumber scent."

Cons:

• "It completely leaves a foul smell on your face now."
• "Scent is too strong and overwhelming."
• "Most of the oil its gone cause it leaked even though it was wrapped the right way."
• "The result is very good, the skin is getting soft and moisture. The only issue - is the smell. It is not fresh and pleasant."
• "The only negative if you have any cuts, it’s burns like crazy."
• "It reeks of fragrance (NOT ESSENTIAL OIL)."
• "It was a strong, horrible, perfume-like odor."

Packaging

Pros:

• "Packaging assures it is fresh. Automatic delivery is the way to go."
• "It is extremely well-packaged with special tape around the lid so as to prevent any possible leakage of oils during shipment."
• "Packaging came in good shape and they give you a stir spoon to mix up any separated oils before using."
• "Packaging was very thoughtful and classy - lid was sealed from within; tape around lid as a second layer of leakage protection, followed by a third layer of defense with a specialized rubber band."
• "Product came sealed great with a little wooden spoon and a thank you note."
• "Between the inner seal, heavy tape and the wide rubber band, I have had no problem with even the slightest leak!"
• "I liked how well the item was packaged so that it would not break open or lose moisture while in transit."

Cons:

• "The outside of the jar was oily despite the extra seal."
• "The spoon was broken that came with it, upon arrival..but no biggie it still stirred it."
• "These last two shipments I have received the jar has leaked oil all over the box."
• "Also, the package, although sealed was soaked with rose oil."
• "Unfortunately when I received my package the container it was in was socked by the essential oils and the container was messy."
• "Sometimes the oils leak out of the tub during shipping."
• "This package arrived open and half gone."

Texture and Application

Pros:

• "The oils and the salt are separated so you need to use the wooden spoon already provided to stir the contents evenly."
• "This salt scrub is super saturated with the oils and the salt sinks while the oils rise."
• "The texture of the granules IS nice and feels really good for exfoliation."
• "The texture of the salt granules is perfect."
• "The granules are indeed very small, but they stay put while you rub and don't easily fall off or wash away until you want them to."
• "It stays together and allows you to keep scrubbing with the product and working on your skin."
• "The salt crystals are small enough where I could apply a lot of pressure without it feeling like awful SAND PAPER."

Cons:

• "I feel as smooth as a wet seal."
• "It leaves a weird under arm smell."
• "The grains are so large you wind up losing most of them down the drain as the scrub does not stay on your body as you scrub."
• "The consistency is odd, I've had salt scrubs that don't separate the way this does, it's very dry and crumbly."
• "The whole jar looked less than half full including liquid and scrub."
• "I didn’t like how oily the product felt on my skin."
• "This is just way too oily."

Customer Service

Pros:

• "Barbara even followed up with me to make sure I had helpful tips with the scrub I had ordered, I don’t think an Amazon retailer has ever done that!"
• "My jar lid was cracked during shipping and the customer service is great."
• "Shoutout to Barbara for the amazing customer service."