St. Ives : Fresh Skin Apricot Scrub

I bought the travel size bottle for vacation that lasted for 1 month and a half and this invigorating scrub works great! I just bought the huge bottle for only 4 bucks at Walgreens. I would definitely get this again. Plus my acne is really bad.

PURCHASE THIS PRODUCT! You're seriously missing out, I've been using this product for 3 months and it's simply amazing.

I swear by this face wash. I was having an extremely difficult time with my skin after switching my pill almost a year ago, and for about 6 months my skin was a disaster. I have been on accutane twice and was really hoping I would not have to go back on it, but I was starting to really get depressed with my skin and was trying so many different things. I had used St. Ives after my second round of Accutane and I didn't really think it did much because my skin was flawless and rubbing oil on it wouldn't have caused a breakout. I decided to try it again and it has been a miracle! I only use it at night and then just rinse my face with water in the morning and it's not greasy during the day at all. I found morning and night washing was drying it out too much, and lotion was causing more breakouts. I should also note that another thing helping my acne right now is Red Light treatments from my derm. I haven't seen much on the forums about Red Light specifically, only Blue Light and it seems that most people are not happy with it. Red Light is awesome! Last time I was there actually my dermatologist was asking me what my mood was like after the treatments and about headaches, which I usually get a lot of and she was saying that she wants to possibly open a study on it because the Red Light has been improving peoples moods dramatically after the use for about 24 hours and is even helping with migraines in some people. Who would have known! It is also 100% safe!

Well I use to use it ever day at some point because my face felt amazing after. At that point, my face only broke out on my forehead. Them I reduced the usage to once or twice a week. After a while I stopped using it because I felt asd though I was using too many products on my face (africas best black soap; cetaphil; occassionally, maybe once ever three weeks used a neutrogena mask overnight) So here's where it gets crazy!! One day I decided "ooh let me use the apricot scrub again" that was probably the worst decision I've ever made. In about 2 days after irritation from it, my face broke out!! First it was about a few pimples on my forehead, to my whole face covered with them. Then, my cheeks, which were acne free broke out. And I've been breaking out like that since :( I don't use this product anymore, and never will. I'm still breaking out all over my face. =(

Love this product and hope to see a lot of improvement to my acne but so far so good!

Started using this again now that my acne is going away, I use it followed by bio oil to try and get rid of scars. I don't think it should be used at all to try and get rid of acne (especially if it is severe), it never worked for me and i think it just spreads the bacteria. I would reccommend it for those tyring to get rid of scars, it is slowly working and meanwhile makes my skin so soft and smooth.

Until I am dead, I will use this product.

This is a classic product that has been around for decades. I had always seen this scrub at my local drug store and finally decided to purchase it after being recommended by numerous beauty blogs. I think this product is waaay hyped up and overrated. Let me tell you , I had high hopes for this product. I really wanted it to work for my skin. Everything from the cheap cost , to the amazing scent and gritty texture screamed that it would leave my skin feeling smooth and clean. However , this was not the case for me. I have normal/blemish-prone skin and this product was terrible! It always left a weird residue on my face and caused me to break out into mild acne on the cheek area. Although it claims to be oil-free and leave your skin feeling clean , I had always felt the opposite. The film it left behind felt both greasy and dry at the same time.... if that's possible. I think this product may be suitable for some skin types , but definitely not mine, my skin is usually way better off with gel and liquid based cleansers.

This was too rough to use on my face (which is unusual because I do not have sensitive skin), but worked GREAT to clear up the acne on my back! If you suffer from back acne exfoliate with this every time you are in the shower. I saw a significant difference and while I used to have multiple large blemishes on the backs of my shoulders the skin is now smooth, with only one or two small bumps. It also keeps my chest clear. In conclusion: too rough for facial skin but great for chest and back exfoliation!

Wow. So I used this product for over a year. My acne kept getting worse and worse and eventually I started suspecting it was the St. Ives causing this after my younger brother tried it and it made his breakouts much worse. I stopped using St. Ives and within 2-3 weeks my acne had cleared up exponentially.