Today’s
post will be a comparison or two facial scrubs made for daily use: Neutrogena’s
All-in-1 Acne Control Scrub and ARTDECO’s Skin Yoga bioLAB Scrub that can also
be used as a facial mask. The former is a drugstore product whereas the latter
is only available in beauty stores.
All-in-1
Acne Control Daily Scrub by Neutrogena
This is
one of my favorite scrubs. I have talked about it in the “Current Skin Care
Routine” article and because of this product, I was exposed to the wonders of salicylic acid. I might have mentioned before how salicylic acid has almost completely erased my acne; I didn’t have a serious acne problem to begin
with but during certain days of the month or when I was pulling all-nighters to
finish school projects, my skin would break out. Stress is not good for the
skin, but sometimes you just can’t help it. I thought that stress and hormonal
acne was something I would have to live and deal with like many other people
until I discovered this scrub.
For as long as I used it, no matter where I was,
how much/little I had slept or how stressed I was, I saw no acne on my face! And the
fact that it’s a drugstore product makes this deal even sweater (^^) There are
125ml in each package and it will go a long way. You only need an amount the
size of a walnut for the entire face; after gently scrubbing, wash it off with
warm or cold water and move on with your daily skin care routine.
This product is not
meant for removing make up, it’s made for gently exfoliating the skin every day.
Another good thing about this product is that it moisturizes as well, preparing
the skin for serums, creams etc.
ARTDECO’s
Skin Yoga bioLAB Peel and Goji Mask
I
discovered ARTDECO through their body butter products (which I highly
recommend) and I had no idea this company made other beauty products as well.
However, when I ran out of the Neutrogena Scrub and couldn’t find the same one
in Greece, I came across this scrub/mask. The concept is simple: put the
product on your face, covering your entire face and neck and let it stay for
about 5 minutes and then gently scrub your face and wash it off. It promises to
deliver fresh, energized skin and has Goji berry extracts, which interested me
since there is so much fuss about the advantages of using Goji
berries in skin care or just consuming them.
I must say though… this product has disappointed me a little. It’s not that it’s a bad product but it doesn’t do as much as the
Neutrogena scrub did. My face doesn’t look as fresh and clean as it did with
the Neutrogena scrub, it doesn’t cleanse as deeply as I wanted and I feel that
the only reason I didn’t break out when I was stressed was because my skin was
in a good mood :P And another, very important, thing: It doesn’t moisturize! I
have a mixed skin type, so the areas that are dry, like the sides of my nose
and cheeks were left feeling very dry after using the ARTDECO scrub and even became a
little flaky, so I had to use an additional moisturizing cream for those areas. Also,
for a high-end product, the amount that you’re given (50ml) in
relation to the price (which is a lot higher than the Neutrogena scrub) is not
worth it. To be fair though, when your skin is having a good day, it helps
maintain that feel.
The ARDECO scrub might very
well work for people with very oily skin types since it does seem to remove a
lot of the oiliness on the face (even though it was recommended to me by a representative at the beauty store, after I told her I had a mixed skin type) but for me, it didn’t
cleanse as deeply as a daily scrub should. This is a high end beauty store product
and you usually expect it to work wonders or at least do a pretty good job.
*S
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