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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October 29, 2010

Pros:

Makes skin soft

Cons:

This will aggravate the hell out of your current skin problems!

The only thing about this stuff that you might like- is that immediately after use your skin will be soft. However; this will do nothing to help prevent or treat future and current acne. The only reason I would EVER use again is maybe to buff away dead skin in winter so my make up won't look shabby. Otherwise- Don't waste the money.
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September 25, 2009

Pros:

Make my skin feel soft. Nice smell.

Cons:

Makes me break out and get painful cystic pimples.

I used this for a few weeks. After the first week, my face broke out even more with gross, red, and painful cystic pimples. I figured that was the first step in the process for getting rid of them with this product, but boy was I wrong. The next week, I had even MORE pimples and I had red patches all over. So I discontinued using it and the redness eventually went away. Now I use the Olay Foaming Face Wash for Senstive Skin (every night and morning), and the Clean & Clear Persa Gel 10 (once every night). They work FANTASTICALLY. I also use the Purpose face moisturizer a few minutes after putting the BP on so my face doesn't get very dry.
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November 27, 2011

Pros:

Makes skin smooth
Smells great
Feels refreshing

Cons:

Doesn't do much for acne

I believe this scrub has those little microbeads which help exfoliate skin. Overall, it smells fantastic and does make your skin smooth afterwards. As for a treatment for acne, it doesn't do much, which comes from the fact that the active ingredient is salicylic acid. Aside from being incredibly mild, salicylic acid doesn't do much outside of opening up your pores and exfoliating your skin. As we all know, this is just one small part of why most people get acne. You really need to incorporate a benzoyl peroxide product along with this treatment. I would recommend using this first, followed by a benzoyl peroxide scrub. I think it's a good product. I'm not sure if it is advertised to be specifically for acne, but it doesn't really work.
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December 27, 2011

Pros:

- gets rid of dry skin
-smells nice

Cons:

- broke out skin
- too harsh
- expensive

broke me out / is way to harash on sensitive skin and pricey but does get rid of dry skin but not worth it lol
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July 28, 2008

Pros:

Really good exfoliator!

Cons:

Broke me out in BIG CYSTS that lasted several weeks... made my skin more oily!

Not worth it at all, if you have very light acne and strong skin this might be good. I see all these good reviews and I was hoping for something good, but I guess my skin has become sensitive over the years of trying sooo many acne products. I HATE ACNE, it has ruined 7 years of my life! Aveeno products are much better, I just started on that this month and love it :)
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September 6, 2007

Pros:

Exfoliates skin well, all natural

Cons:

The crushed walnut shell I think it is that they use for exfoliation is kind of harsh and dries my skin out. Left my skin so oily I had to use an anti-oil facewash like the neutrogena brownish orange clear stuff afterward.

Doesnt prevent breakouts. Exfolitant dries skin and is too harsh. Leaves skin feeling oily.
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August 16, 2008

Pros:

NONE!!

Cons:

Worst thing I have ever used on my face. Please do not use it!!! It is way too harsh and made my face break out horribly. I had mild, comedonal acne before and now I have full-blown moderate/severe acne!!

Save yourself the agony...and do not try it!!!
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December 23, 2008

Pros:

Smells good, makes the skin feel smooth.

Cons:

Made me brake out with big cystic pimples each and everytime I used it, perhaps it wasn't meant for my skin type which tolerates almost anything.

Good scrub, maybe the beads r pore clogging or something else but I definitely broke out everytime I used it.
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August 26, 2009

Pros:

works for a few months.. then it suckss.

Cons:

Ived used this for about three years now.. AND IT SUCKSSSSS!! My skin is usually good at handling break outs and stuff but dear Gosh this is not a good product.

DONT USE IT. PLEASEEE! i know what I am talking about.
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