Review: Soap and Glory Sugar Crush Body Scrub

I’m always looking for products that will help combat my dry skin, so I use oil on my skin everyday – blogged here – and also try and exfoliate quite often to get rid of dead skin.

I’m really lucky to live quite close to a Boots clearance, which often has products at least 50% off but more often the discount is closer to 80% off.

Soap & Glory recently discontinued this Sugar Crush Scrub and rereleased it – I’m not sure what the difference is but the tub is now only 300ml.

The 450ml tub is huge and fairly heavy, which isn’t surprising since the actual product itself is very thick and dense. As soon as you take the lid of the smell of lime goes straight up your nose – in a good way of course. It’s really strong, almost like you’re smelling an actual lime and not a scrub.

It’s packed with brown sugar and macadamia grains which give it it’s scrubby-ness. There’s also almond oil, which emulsifies slightly when you mix it with water. The ingredients compliment each other really well and leave the skin fairly smooth.

Overall I liked this product, but I didn’t feel like it was anything to write home about – ironic, since I’m blogging about it. The sugar and macadamia weren’t scrubby enough and I felt like I really had to work it into my skin to feel the benefit, which felt like a bit of a work out instead of a nice shower! I also found that the lovely sharp lime scent didn’t last on the skin, which was disappointing as I imagined it would be nice and fresh lingering on the skin.

The upside about this product was that it rinses away really easily and doesn’t leave the shower greasy or slippery, a problem I’ve encountered with other scrubs.

The new Soap & Glory Sugar Crush retails at £8 for 300ml in Boots, however I managed to pick up this discontinued version for £4 for 450ml.

What are your favourite scrubs?