BlogHer - Trader Joe's Purify Sea Salt Scrub - it's like a beach day in a jar - Comments

Question re: ingredients

greenlagirl — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:46:39 -0500

Hey miguelina -- Luckily I live near the beach and it's still v. warm out! :P But more importantly, I was wondering if what you have above (beginning with sea salt...) is the full ingredient list for the scrub, or if there are other things in it. Just wanna make sure the scrubs I get are made only of the good stuff :) Thanks in advance!

green LA girl

Wow!

metalia — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:41:12 -0500

In the event it does get discontinued (and I hope it doesn't, because it sounds amazing), have you ever tried Lush's Ocean Salt scrub (http://tinyurl.com/5wgu4a)? Our fellow CE Heather B. turned me on to it, and I'm in love. At $33, it's much pricier than the Trader Joe's scrub, but it's incredible, and it's for face AND body...all the better to justify the purchase! :)

Ooooh!

Kayoh — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 12:18:34 -0500

You have now given me an excuse to get off the computer and get out of the house today! Thank you! Trader Joe's...here I come :)

Andrea

www.Kayoh190.com

Better get moving, Melissa!

miguelina — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:55:03 -0500

As much as I love TJ's they keep breaking my heart by discontinuing things - I've stocked up for the winter already!

LOVE this scrub!

AllinGoodFace — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:52:29 -0500

I'm a fan of this scrub! I also challenge any higher priced scrub to outperform it!

Thanks for the great post! I wholeheartedly concur and your article reminds me that I'm running low and need to restock! (My kids and husband love it as well!) Time to go to TJs! : )

Melissa

www.allingoodface.com

Trader Joe's Purify Sea Salt Scrub - it's like a beach day in a jar

miguelina — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 08:38:34 -0500

Have you ever wondered why your skin looks so amazing after a day at the beach? It's even and smooth because the sand and sea water exfoliate it to perfection and, as if to reward you for your diligent sunblock application, it's also moisturized and touchably soft. Post-beach cleanup might be a pain, but post-beach skin is totally worth it.

Which kind of stinks for those of us that live in the northern hemisphere - today is the Friday before Labor Day and heralds the end of beach season. Thankfully the good people at Trader Joe's have somehow packaged the best of the beach in a 22 oz tub - and they sell it for under $6! (I know!)

Trader Joe's Purify Grapefruit Chamomile Sea Salt Scrub (try saying that three times fast) is my favorite body scrub - and not just because I love everything about Trader Joe's. It's cheap, it's filled with natural ingredients (sea salt, a mix of sunflower/soybean/apricot kernel oils and essential oils plus vitamins E and C), and it gets the job done. What's not to love?

Exfoliation is the secret to velvety smooth skin and is an essential first step to more advanced beauty maneuvers (like self-tanning) but it can be a bit of a pain, literally. Artificial exfoliants can be too harsh on your skin, so some hard-core beauty junkies resort to making their own - and let's face it, it would be relatively easy to mix up your own at home - but could you do it for under $6? And could you make it smell like a tropical drink?

I really enjoy using this - all I have to do is scoop some up and scrub away. I focus on the trouble spots (knees, elbows and feet) and then rinse it all off under a warm shower. A word of warning - this stuff will leave you quite oily (like you are after a massage) so I always leave time to take a full shower after use. Soap will take away the excess oil but will still leave your skin moisturized. Now you can have summer skin in the middle of winter - how awesome is that?