When it comes to beauty products, I'm often sceptical of the claims of beautiful skin and all the miracles they suggest to offer. However, I also tend to stick to known brands as I find them more trustworthy, especially having skin that can be a little sensitive. I tried Cyclax a while ago because a friend had a tub of it and raved about how great it was for the price. If you're looking for something less expensive but that still leaves your face feeling cleansed, then this is a good one to try. Cyclax Nature Pure is, in my opinion, more of a discounter brand, but it's still quite popular. Their Pure Apricot Facial Scrub in particular seems to get good ...  Read the complete review

Cyclax is one of those brands that everyone has heard of and has probably used once or twice, probably as a child staying with grandparents. It doesn't rely on gimmicky advertising, selling sex or women with sharp cheek bones and collagen lips, but is still *shockingly* an established brand and presumably makes enough money to keep going amongst the Chanel and Clinique and Clarins. Maybe it's nostalgia, maybe it's price...how about quality? The apricot scrub is probably the best known amongst the younger generations, probably because it is often recommended as the poor student's St. Ives - £3+ for 150 ml vs 99p for 300ml... The 300 ml of scrub is ...  Read the complete review

*~*Introduction and reason for purchase*~* Now I'm in my (*cough*) late thirties I'm really trying my hardest to stick to a beauty routine as far as my skin is concerned, and am trying to impose a pamper session aiming for at least once a week or when time allows, which includes using a face mask and regular exfoliation rather than the quick wash and slap of moisturiser I seem to have become accustomed to lately. Being a busy mum of two doesn't give me much time for beauty treats, but I'm trying to stick to a simple routine and have found that by using a gentle exfoliant on my face and neck in the past this has been successful for keeping dry skin at bay ...  Read the complete review

I use this regularly on my face. It is a big plastic tub of creamy face wash with gritty bits for exfoliating (much like other brands) and costs me a meager 99p! I buy mine from our local Boyes store and it lasts ages, there's 300ml in the tub. It does indeed smell of apricots but it's not too strong, it doesn't linger either after you've rinsed the cream off. Basically I apply to my face after I've washed my make-up off and while my skin is still damp. I use circular motions to make sure the gritty bits take away all the dead skin then rinse really well with fresh water. It does take some rinsing off, but I think most exfoliators do. It's ...  Read the complete review

Cyclax A great facial scrub, and not only because it is by appointment to the Queen…wonder if they use it in the palace! PRODUCT AND PACKAGING The product comes in a big round tub, which I like because when you get to the bottom, you can really have a good go round the edges and get all the last bits Open the screw on/off lid and the actual scrub is a sort of beige colour with little brown bits in- sounds gross but it looks a lot better than my description. The scrub has a really pleasant apricot smell, unless that is, you don't lie the smell of apricots (if you didn't then you wouldn't buy it as it's an apricot scrub and has a ...  Read the complete review