Hydrea Chinese Loofah with Rope

Advantages: nice smell, good value for money
Disadvantages: chemical ingredients, non long lasting smell

...** After a presentation of Fresh Deli in a previous review, I will now present the second soap I've decided to try. ** After I finished "Red poppy and ginger" soap, I smelled again the Fresh Dele soaps in stock in my drawer, and I've chosen this one. ** Presentation ** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Fresh Deli soaps come as a 100 g slice and it costs £2.20, it is opaque and its colour is white. On top of the thin slice, you will find tiny loofah strands and a lovely star anise. But on top of my soap I can't see any "pretty star", just 2 big particle of anis. The soap is packed up in a paper like cellophane, very simple packaging with a small sticker labeled "Fresh Deli". ** Texture ** ~~~~~~~~~~~ The soap is quite though, and when you put it under water it does go soft, but it does foam, a very light foam. The smell is very hard... Read review

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Advantages: Good price, good sized pot.
Disadvantages: Doesn't wash off as well as some other exfoliators.

...With the summer on its way I decided to have a shop round for a good exfoliator to make sure my skin looked good enough to show when the weather gets warmer. The first thing that attracted me to this product was its smell - it has a really natural fragrance. The scrub is made with traditional Chinese ingredients, the ground rice removes the dead skin cells and the rice bran oil softens and moisturises the newly polished skin. The first time I used this scrub was before a night out, and because I was baring quite a bit of skin that night I decided to use the scrub all over my body. The results were fantastic - my skin looked polished, healthy and was incredibly smooth. I didn't really find any negative points about this product but if I'm going to be picky I'd probably mention that you have to rinse it off quite thoroughly as its quite... Read review

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Advantages: good exfoliator
Disadvantages: cheaper products do the same job

...Boots' "Spa" exfoliating body scrub is a pleasant to use, gently fragranced product, the scent being very light and fresh with a hint of a clean ocean breeze. The grittiness of the scrub is provided by the tiny loofah pieces in this clear blue gel. Personally I didn't feel the difference between the loofah pieces and other scrub products, for example apricot kernel granules. I will say that it is a good idea though, and possibly the loofah pieces will be less likely to scratch your skin so harshly, which the apricot kernel can sometimes do. My skin did feel smoother after a vigorous attack with this scrub, and my palms feel exfoliated too :) It does leave your skin feeling lighter, and the extract of samphire (sea fennel) is high in vitamin c and minerals (if you think that will get through your skin). It comes in an easy to use... Read review

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