Bzz bzz, can you hear that? Scrubee has arrived with a bunch of other spring news from Lush Cosmetics. Scrubee is a funny hydrating body scrub.
This brand new kawaii friend is a limited edition product for Mother’s Day/Spring 2017 and it’s one of Lush Cosmetics’ Fairtrade cocoa butter-based products. When I recently visited the Lush shop in Naples, the team pampered me with Scrubee and I saw my skin shining, my face lightened up… I fell almost in love.
Lush Cosmetics says: “This happy little bee looks innocent enough, but it means bzzness when it comes to buffing your skin smooth.”
But what makes Scrubee different from a traditional body scrub? Think about “in-shower” body care product…
THE PRODUCT: packaging
Scrubee is a solid body scrub, a 2-in-1 product: body scrub and moisturising body balm in one. It’s a so-called ‘naked product’, a product packaging-free, and it’s a 100-gram pat shaped like a bee. (Ahem… same stamp of Ladybug/Ladybird. They’re twin!)
Formula and texture
Scrubee’s formula is rich in moisturising butter and essential oils: Fairtrade cocoa butter and shea butter, honey and coconut oil, bergamot and Brazilian orange oils. This hydrating base is balanced by its exfoliating counterpart, the marbled strips of the bee: coconut shell and almonds, both finely chopped. The texture is creamy and grainy at the same time, in fact, Scrubee melts between your hands and its natural granules exfoliate the skin effectively but gently.
How to use:
Scrubee stays in the palm of your hand and it’s quick to use: simply rubbed over damp skin. However, I warmly recommend to place it inside a dry plastic or tin box immediately after use and to continue exfoliating with your hands. Scrubee leaves a real trail of grains on your skin… massage it with circular motions and rinse everything with lukewarm water.
Scent
Scrubee has a sweet scent that creates addiction and comfort; it has hints of cocoa butter, or white chocolate, and honey. In this melting and ‘cozy air‘, I can’t catch some sort of citrusy notes. The scent is very long-lasting and remains on the skin for hours like Scrubee’s moisturising effect.
Scrubee gently removes the drier layer of your skin, and leaves the body incredibly smooth, soft and elastic. My skin is extremely dry and flaky but Scrubee beats any of the scrubs I’ve used so far, including Rub Rub Rub shower scrub! Lush Cosmetics’ ‘honey bee’ exfoliates, hydrates and gives a pleasant radiant effect, all while improving skin texture.
I was in love with Scrubee but its price was stopping me, indeed the Italian price is rather expensive: each Scrubee is 10.95€ and it’s a very delicate product to use with extreme caution. Indeed this body scrub/body balm melts with body warmth and heat; water can ruin it as well, thus it has to be kept in a dry and cool container.
Now Scrubee is with me and I every time I use it, I don’t want to consume it too quickly. What to do it when it’s over? Let’s recap …
PROS:
- multi-purpose product,
- effective and multi-action (exfoliate, hydrates and illuminates),
- delicate formula,
- cruelty-free,
- Fairtrade ingredient,
- agreeable scent,
- long-lasting effect.
CONS:
limited edition,- expensive (in Italy and other countries),
- delicate to handle and use.
Look at how glowing and radiant my skin and face are! Follow me on Instagram to discover how in the couple snaps…
I’ve got a Hamletic doubt: to recommend or not to recommend? To rub or not to rub? I look at my healthy-looking skin with its pearly shine and I must recommend it and forget about the price. You can find Scrubee online and at your local Lush Cosmetics shop, its price varies depending on your country: for example, it costs £9.50 in the UKand 7.95$ in the US.
I must buy another one to stock up before it’s buzzing gone!
Valentina Chirico aka Valens
