Radox didn't make me glow! (Radox Daily Elements Revitalising Shower Scrub)

Member Name: xxfoxyredxx

Product:	Radox Daily Elements Revitalising Shower Scrub
Date:	23/02/09 (191 review reads)
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Advantages: Lovely smell and economical to use

Disadvantages: Doesn't exfoliate and the product does get clogged up at the hole

When it comes to what shower gels and/or lotions I use I'm really very fussy indeed. I'm a cleaneraholic when it comes to my personal hygeine and I don't mind spending hefty amounts on my body care purchases if I feel the need or get the compulsion lol. I'm not really a fan of Radox and see it more as an everday brand and I don't mean to sound snobby but I'd rather pay more for better brands and more luxury. I don't just have a quick shower I take my time and I'm looking for a wonderful smell on me and in the bathroom after using it but also great feeling skin too. This one I didn't buy and wouldn't. This one was bought by my Mother and put in the bathroom for family use. I always take one of my own in the bathroom cos like I say I prefer more luxurious items as a rule but one day I forgot so was wet and soggy and decided to give it a go!

The Packaging....

250ml recylable quite see through bottle with a handle to the top which you can leave down and isn't really all that visible or you can pull up and use to hang the product in your bathroom with. At the bottom of the bottle there is an almost white (but again see through) flip top concealing a small hole. On the front I am told it's Radox, Daily Elements, Eseential Minerals, Revitalising Shower Scrub which is a blend of natural Minerals & Herbs and is to 'Keep skin smooth & glowing with exfoliating beads & sea minerals' and is 'Proven to care'. All this is told to me in white and dark blue writing and there is a picture drawn of a walnut and rocks in what appears to be a rippled pool of water. On the back of the bottle all in green wrting I'm told a bit about the product, I'm told a little about other products available from Radox, ingredients are listed, contact details for Sara Lee are given the recycle symbol and size is shown and finally there is a bar code. It is a nice enough bottle and is actually quite attractive and nice to display in a bathroom to be totally fair to it. It's functional and contains as much information as you possibly need and I do like the fact I can see through the bottle to judge when I need to rush out and purchase more!

A Bit About The Product According To The Back Of The Bottle....

To give your skin that healthy radiance, you need to gently scrub away dead skin cells every now and again. And that's exactly what the exfoliating beads and sea minerals do. Showering with our revitalising scrub will help you get your blood flowing too. Step out of the shower with brighter and clearer skin.

What Goes into It?....

A few thousand exfoliating beads - Natural sea minerals - A perfect pH balance - A thumbs up deom the skin experts - 100 years of Rdox know-how.

Using It....

Well the first thing that surprised me was the smell of it. As soon as I dispensed a dollop onto my scrunchy in the shower the smell hit me and it's really lovely and classy. Not particulary feminine as such, in my view men or women could use this. It has a sweet cocunut and caramel smell to it. Although rich and fresh soapy smelling it remains delicate and not in your face. It's just very fresh and not like any other smell I've smelt before and for this reason is very, very hard to describe to you lol.

You don't need alot of the oatmeal beige liquid to wash with. About the size of a 10p piece is more than enough and it comes out of the bottle as a creamy lotion with little browny/orangy specks (which is the exfoliating particles) scattered throughout. It isn't a gush out liquid you do have to squeeze the bottle to dispense the product out but it really isn't a hard or harsh cream either. It's just glossy and of good consistency.

Washing with even though it's an exfoliator is a very pleasant experience indeed. This lotion really hydrates the skin, you can shave your bits and bobs if desired and it lathers up into rich white foam as you go. In my view this is a very economical every day shower wash that is gentle and kind to the skin, as promised.

I do the like the way this is gentle enough to use every day and as I say it does work out economical as you don't need much for a really thorough cleanse but for me this falls flat in one area. After using it the once I decided I liked the smell so much that I would use it for the week and see if I got soft, glowing and radiant skin. It's fair to say skin is very lightly hydrated after using it though not to any rave about standard as I don't think it buffers or exfoliates the skin at all even with prolonged use and a fair old amount of scrubbing. Sure I didnt expect amazing results in the scrubbing stakes (I do use a sugar scrub by Ted Baker twice a week) but really I felt no benefit at all with this though it certainly never hurt me but to me it may as not be an exfoliating product as the particles within it are too fine and not abrasive at all.

It is an easy product to use and is a perfectly nice and gentle shower creme and I can't knock it's cleaning abilities and the fact it leaves you very delicately fragranced for a couple of hours after using it and doesn't dry out or over moisturise the skin but I can't see the point in calling it 'revitalising' cos in my view it isn't at all but as I said it IS nice enough just don't expect a radiant new you after using it!

I paid £1.46 in Wilkinson't for my bottle but it is widely available.

Summary: An ok every day shower lotion that does clean!