St. Ives : Medicated Apricot Scrub for Oily or Acne Prone Skin

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Active Ingredient: Salicylic Acid. Other Ingredients: Water, Walnut Shell Powder, Glyceryl Stearate SE, Propylene Glycol, Sodium Lauryl Sulfate, Corn Meal, Cetyl Alcohol, Linoleamide DEA, Cetearyl Alcohol, Elder Flower, Glyceryl Stearate, Emulsifying Wax NF, Lanolin Oil, PEG-100 Stearate, Apricot Kernel Oil, Calendula Officinalis Extract, Pansy Extract, Linden Extract, Gentian Extract, Cornflower Extract, Sage Extract, Ceteareth-20, Triethanolamine, Methylparaben, Carbomer, Ethylparaben, Phenoxyethanol, Propylparaben, Fragrance, Titanium Dioxide.

Items marked with red have tested a 3 or above (out of 5) in comedogenic (pore-clogging) testing.

Items marked with orange can be irritating and over-drying, especially to acne-prone skin.

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May 24, 2011

Pros:

Leaves skin very smooth.
Nice consistency.
Good price.

Cons:

Too harsh to use every day(for mae at least!)
Breaks me out if used daily.

I have used this as my regular exfoliator for a few years. Used twice a week it keeps my skin feeling smooth and helps my make up glide on nicely. However if I use it every day (like I did at first) it breaks me out really badly and left my skin very sensitive, so for me a couple of times a week is best.
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June 4, 2012

Pros:

it smells good and it does clean my face

Cons:

it itches a bit and dont use if you suffer from severe acne

i used this product both when i had acne and didnt, and when i didnt have acne it worked fine, but when i had acne it made my skin breakout a bit more and redness all over!
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March 17, 2010

Pros:

nice texture, nice smell

Cons:

can over dry and a good moisturiser is required even on my very oily skin

since having clearer skin due to use of roaccutane, i have used this product i feel it has over irritated my skin and caused the breakouts on my chin, it leaves an excellent clean feeling but that is not worth the acne.
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May 30, 2012

Pros:

makes my skin feel fresh and clean

Cons:

it made me breakout in red spots and itch a little

its good if you dont suffer from acne, if you do stay away!!
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April 10, 2009

Pros:

Smells great
Cheap
Available at any major drugstore

Cons:

Didn't work
Granules way too harsh for sensitive skin
Left a strange residue

I have tried using this product 4 times in my life. Each time I tried it for about a month or so to allow time for my skin to adjust. Every single time I got hyge cyst-like pimples in places I never get pimples normally (my cheeks and underneath my chin.) I tossed it and went back to Proactiv, and then tried using it for a body scrub. Guess what? I started getting acne all over my body which I never get. It was worth the try, but it just didn't work.
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December 26, 2006

Pros:

nothing

Cons:

it doesnt clear your acne

i dont ever get acne i dont know WHY i broke out, out of nowhere but i wanted to use something i had at home to wash my face because i usually use proactiv but i ran out and i had this stuff but it does not clear your acne it made mine worse and i havent used it for two days and my face is already cleared up so OBVIOUSLY that stuff made my skin worse soo yeah no this is a negative
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July 30, 2015
Tough Skin Only
Works but you have to have really tough skin for this one.
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August 29, 2008

Pros:

GREAT exfoliator, i tend to mix it with other scrubs that dont have enough 'beads'

Cons:

really harsh or your skin, and it doesnt really help clear acne all that much =[

if you DO use this, make sure you dont use it too often x] cuz it gives your skin 'micro-cuts'
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December 6, 2007

Pros:

Works well to clear up dead skin cells... makes skin feel smoother.

Cons:

Breakouts! You will break out... I have extremely oily skin, and everytime I use this product I end up breaking out around my cheeks.

Great for getting rid of dead skin cells... but you will end up regretting using it since it will break u out.
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June 15, 2009

Pros:

read my comment below.

Cons:

it doesn't actually work!!!!

it doesn't actually clear anything. I left a comment below, but it doesn't actually work which sucks. makes my skin quite soft but THAT'S IT /:
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