St Ives Radiant Exfoliating Mandarin Reviews Summary

Texture and Exfoliation

Pros:

• "It makes a very gentle foam that literally smooths the tiny exfoliating beads over your skin and through your pores."
• "The little beads are soft and gentle on the skin which is great for daily use and helps prevent micro tears to the skin."
• "This is a great scrub that isn't overly exfoliating but still gives me an oh-so-clean feeling."
• "The exfoliating particles are smaller and more rounded than those old-school crushed walnut shells."
• "It is gentle enough to use every day since the exfoliating bits are smaller than the apricot version."
• "Gentle enough for daily use, buffs away dead cells leaving my face smooth and healthy."
• "It's a very soft and creamy lotion with very tiny and smooth exfoliating beads."

Cons:

• "The old formula was great! I got so many compliments on my skin when I used it. This new formula containing walnut shells is awful."
• "I used it a few times in the shower and I can't begin to tell you how uncomfortable it is because the beads always get INSIDE MY EYES!!!"
• "But beware of the beads in your eyes!!!"
• "It's sometimes still a little too rough for my sensitive dry skin."
• "I also found the particles to be a little too sharp on my sensitive skin."
• "The walnut shell is way too harsh on my skin."
• "The exfoliating beads do not even do much, and the tube said it was 'moderate'. The beads were super tiny."

Scent

Pros:

• "It also smells great too!"
• "Good fragrance, really fresh."
• "This scrub has a delicious grapefruit scent."
• "It smells AWESOME and it feels just as good."
• "It smells very clean, fresh, and citrusy."
• "The smell is nice and fresh as well."
• "The product has a bright and citrus-y scent for the morning."

Cons:

• "However I feel the fragrance is on the heavy side. Not unpleasant but not great either."
• "It has a very potent chemical smell, nothing like the nice fruit smell it should be."
• "But the fragrence....not a big fan of the fragrence. it is more perfumy than citrusy...."
• "The fresh citus smell? Where is it. It smells like the tube only. Plastic smell."
• "It doesn't smell anything like lemon or orange anymore, if anything the smell is really bad."
• "New formula with walnut shells smells like wet dirt."
• "Terrible smell - nothing citrusy or fresh about it."

Skin Reaction

Pros:

• "Been using these products since my twenties and my face and I also use this for my neck. Removes impurities and leaves skin so fresh and revitalized."
• "Immediately my face felt great and my skin appeared brighter."
• "I've used a few different exfoliating cleansers on my oily, mature skin and was never happy. Since I've been using St. Ives Scrub, my skin is soft, healthy and much younger looking."
• "One week later (and I am not exaggerating) my skin looks even, feels so soft, my spots have dulled, acne is gone."
• "My skin is smooth and clean and soft after using this and feels better than after I've had a facial."
• "I love that it exfoliates using safe natural ingredients(no plastic here!)"
• "This face scrub has made my skin so soft and has helped make my skin tone appear more even."