I originally didn't realise that the original Ocean Salt was vegetarian, not vegan as I had previously believed that Ocean Salt was vegan. Although thinking back, I perhaps may have checked the ingredients of the Self Preserving option that Lush offer. The original version contains lanolin, a waxy substance that is produces by sheep skin and collected off the fur, the Self Preserving version contains alternative ingredients. Due to only realising this product contained lanolin when I started writing the ingredients for this post, I have used a significant amount of the pot so after I have finished this pot, I will be picking up the Self Preserving version and sticking to that and I will post a review of that version.
Otherwise, I do like this product. I automatically was amazed by the beauty of this product as Lush have combined the blue and white product and covered it in salt. I would suggest to anyone purchasing this product, to mix the product before you use it as the rock sea salt on top of the product is a little too harsh to apply straight to the face.
Because this product is rather harsh on the skin, I only use it once, maybe even twice a week on my face. Whereas it can be used whenever on the rest of the body such as the legs. I alternate between this product and other facial products such as Dark Angels fresh facial cleanser and for my body, Rub Rub Rub original shower scrub, Sugar Scrub body scrub and Life's a Beach shower scrub.
Ocean Salt is packed with fine sea salt and hand harvested sea salt which are natural exfoliants which means they are safe to go down the drain as they will naturally disintegrate and will not ruin lives of small animals like microplastics will. Sea salt is a natural antiseptic which means it is great at cleansing the skin and because it is exfoliating it removes dead skin cells from the skin. Also, salt will not remove too much of the natural sebum released by the skin making this product great for people with dry/combination skin.
Fresh grapefruit infusion is another ingredient packed into this product; with its uplifting scent it wakes skin up and works like most other citrus ingredients at improving the mood. With the uplifting scent and the fun blue colour, it makes this product a nice bright awakening for the morning.
Lime is also another uplifting scent that wakes the skin up and is used as an antibacterial and because of how fresh the product feels on the face, it can be used as an anti-fatigue. As the salt can be harsh on the skin, lime is also used to cool the skin down. As the lime has been extracted in vodka, the vodka acts as a preserving as well as cooling the skin and both ingredients make this product great for those who suffer with black heads.
Although I do enjoy this product, I do feel as though this product is a little bit too rough for certain patches of skin on my face (please don't let that put you off). I personally feel as though this skin would work on my skin a lot better in the summer when my skin is a little more greasy as apposed to when my nose and cheek areas get dry in the winter causing my skin to become a little enflamed and sore after using this product. This product is brilliant at exfoliating areas that can take a little bit more exfoliation such as the legs.
Excluding the fact that this product contains lanolin, I do feel as though this scrub does live up to what it intends to do but for me personally, it is not my favourite facial cleansing product but I would recommend it for those who are not concerned about lanolin and would like a heavy duty scrub.
Price: £7.95 for a 120g pot
£14.25 for a 250g pot
£23.95 for a 600g pot
Vegetarian
Ingredients: Fine Sea Salt, Fresh Grapefruit Infusion, Hand Harvested Sea Salt, Stearic Acid, Fresh Organic Lime Extracted in Vodka, Sodim Cocoamphoacetate, Glycol Cetearate, Triethanolamine, Avocado Butter, Extra Virgin Coconut Oil, Lime Oil, Seaweed Absolute, Violet Leaf Absolute, Glycerin, Lanolin, Cetearyl Alcohol, *Limonene, *Linalool, Perfume, Colour 42090, Methylparaben, Propylparaben
*Occurs naturally in essential oils
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