Ocean Salt Cleanser (Lush)

Photo: Beautyalmanac.com

Rating: 3/10
Cost: $19.95 for 4.2 oz
Notes: Contains parabens :-(
Purchase? No.

I didn't actually purchase this cleanser--I was browsing around a Lush store, and a sales rep tried had me try this scrub on one of my hands.  As soon as she was done, I adored it!  My hand was glowing, and it was visibly better looking than my other (non-scrubbed) hand.  Though it felt a bit harsh, it wasn't too rough, but if I had scrubbed for any longer it probably would have been.  When the scrub washed off, my hand felt...clean.  Just super clean and smooth.  I asked for a complete list of ingredients in the scrub--she didn't have them handy, but assured me it was all-natural and said I could find them on their website.  The entire way home I was thinking of how to justify spending $20 on a small jar of scrub, but looking at my hand over and over convinced me.

Once I got home, I pulled up the ingredients, and was completely disappointed. The last two ingredients are parabens, and I promised myself I wasn't using any more products that contain them.  (Research, again, goes both ways, but there are enough products that I love without them, so I've sworn them off.  I'm not taking any chances.)  Complete disappointment in the scrub, and to be honest, a little bit in Lush as well.  I didn't think I'd have to check any of their ingredient lists.  :-(

So, I won't be purchasing this scrub.  However, I found a lovely replacement (without parabens!) that you'll read about soon... :-)

Ingredients: Fine Sea Salt (Sodium Chloride), Fresh Grapefruit Infusion (Citrus grandis), Coarse Sea Salt (Sodium Chloride), Stearic Acid, Fresh Lime Extracted in Vodka (Citrus aurantifolia), Sodium Cocoamphoacetate, Glycol Cetearate, Triethanolamine, Fresh Avocado Butter (Persea gratissima), Coconut Fat (Cocos nucifera), Lime Oil (Citrus aurantifolia), Seaweed Absolute (Fucus vesiculosus), Violet Leaf Absolute (Viola odorata), Glycerine, Lanolin, Cetearyl Alcohol, Limonene, Linalool, Perfume, FD&C Blue No. 1, Methylparaben,  Propylparaben