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Optiat Mouthwatering Mandarin Feel Great Coffee Scrub - Review

Hello and Happy 2018!

It seems so bizarre to be wishing you all a Happy New Year, this festive season has gone so quick. Normally by this stage I would have watched a fair amount of Christmas TV and eaten lots of party food, and oddly neither has happened, but I am sticking to one post Christmas tradition, catching up on some blog posts. Today I am reviewing a scrub I got sent a while back from a brand called Optiat.



This was one of two scrubs I was sent when there was a lot of attention given to plastic microbeads, their dangers, and what was being done to prevent the sale of products containing them. Optiat have produced a mandarin flavoured coffee scrub, with Arabica coffee grounds and orange essential oils among their ingredients.

First impressions were that it was a fairly decent sized tube, though the smell was a bit confusing. I expecting either the orange or coffee to over power, and what I got was a balanced mix of the two, which was a bit odd. I wasn't an offensive scent in any way, but I don't think it was something that would attract me if I tried the product out in a shop.

The scrub is quite thick in texture, and comes out quite lumpy as well, because of the nature of the ingredients It was also a bit crumbly in my hands and fell off my face a few times, so it wasn't the easiest to apply.

Some exfoliating scrubs I have used in the past have been very subtle and smooth, in fact they've not really felt like a scrub, this one has more of a coarse texture, so you'll definitely get full a exfoliation treatment.



I have used it a good few times now to give it a proper test, but I don't think it's quite right for my skin type, and although my skin felt nice afterwards, I didn't enjoy applying it. It's a bit too clumpy and thick for me, and half a tube is already gone, so I don't think I'd get much mileage for my money compared to other products I have tried.

It was interesting to try, but not for me I am afraid, but I did fair much better with the other scrub I was sent in the same package, so keep an eye out for that review soon. I've also noticed Optiat do a range of face masks so I will be checking out the credentials on those very soon. Check out the full Optiat product range here.

* This product was gifted for review purposes, but all opinions are my own.




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