The best ideas are always the Simple ones! (Simple Smoothing Cleansing Facial Scrub)

Member Name: pink_glitter

Product:	Simple Smoothing Cleansing Facial Scrub
Date:	24/05/09 (69 review reads)
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Advantages: Great exfoliator, smooths skin, cheap

Disadvantages: none

I'm trying to be good with my spending at the moment, and am only buying new beauty products when I've ran out of something - which isn't very often considering how much stuff I own! I did, however run out of face scrub recently, so was looking for a new one that wouldn't cost the earth. My first choice of shop would have been Boots, however due to the hours I was working I couldn't get there, so I ordered one along with my online shop from ASDA. Unfortunately there was not a huge amount of choice, and I ended up opting for the Simple scrub merely because it was the cheapest one available.

I must admit, it's years since I used Simple skin care products, however I did like their wipe off cleanser and toner, so I had hoped this would be just as good. Simple's products are not perfumed or coloured so therefore suitable for sensitive skin, and this one contains Vitamin E and Pro-Vitamin B5 to soften, smooth and moisturise the skin.

The packaging of this product for me was a little plain and boring. It comes in a lime green squeezy tube and despite the bright colour, I don't think there's anything about it that would attract me to buying it if I saw it on the shelf in a shop. At the end of the day though, the tube is functional which is the main thing, and I don't suppose I should expect too much from such a cheap product anyway.

On squeezing the scrub out of the tube, I must admit I found the consistency rather surprising. It's very hard to describe, and I have been trying and failing to think of a good way to put across what it is like. I suppose it's almost a little jelly like and is a bright white colour. In fact, as disgusting as this sounds it almost reminds me of when you soft boil an egg but don't quite cook it for long enough and some of the white is only half-set! I know that's an awful way to describe it, but it's the best I can think of - it's very strange!!

Although the scrub is perfume-free it does have quite a citrus type smell to it, which I assume must come naturally from whatever ingredients this contains.

Being a Simple product, designed for sensitive skin, I hadn't expected that there would be many grains in this - in other words I expected it to be completely gentle. Personally I like the feeling of lots of grains, even if that's not particularly the best thing for my skin. I found that there were just the right amount of grains in this (which are rice grains by the way) and whilst they didn't particularly feel harsh on my skin, they did feel like they were exfoliating.

The result, when rinsing this away, was soft, clean and smooth skin. It exfoliates effectively, getting rid of the dry, flaky patches I often get between my brows and around my cheeks. It doesn't dry out my skin either, and in fact leaves it feeling supple and hydrated, a nice change from the face scrubs which make my skin feel very tight.

The price of this, like most things, will vary depending on where you shop. Both Boots and Superdrug charge £3.91, but I got mine from ASDA for just £2.91, so I'd advise trying there. The scrub comes in a 75ml tube, which is quite small, however I have managed to get a good amount of uses from it so far, as only a small amount is needed.

So in conclusion, I'm very pleased with this product. It's kind to the skin and a great exfoliator, and a bargain price too!

Summary: Fantastic product, well worth a try