Lately, I have been visiting the skin care aisle at Walmart way too many times. I don’t know what exactly I am looking for, but I hope that when I find it, I recognize it. If not for anything, I have come to find out that visiting the skin care aisle, especially at Walmart is not friendly to your wallet. Yes, Walmart does sell for less, and that’s exactly why you end up buying more. But let’s focus on St. Ives.
I’ve been reading a lot of labels, and I find myself more attracted to the natural stuff. My hair is natural, though a lot of people don’t know because I never leave my hair out. I have my hair in twisties right now, and it’s my first time ever doing this. Because of my love of and attraction to natural hair care products, I have also been looking at natural skin care products.
Lotion, apricot scrub, and body wash
And that was how I discovered rediscovered St. Ives. I’ve known of St. Ives for years, but I have never known that they make “natural” products. I did read somewhere online though, that St. Ives has done a complete overhaul of their products and has made them more natural, which makes me assume that their products have not always been this natural.
All of St. Ives products boast of being made of natural ingredients. I currently own all three products above, but I am yet to use the body wash. I really, really like the Apricot Scrub which has natural exfoliants, but I cannot say yet if it works because I have been using it only for a little over a week. I like the texture of the lotion, too, and I absolutely love the fragrance, too (same with the body wash).
The thing that baffles me is how affordable St. Ives is. Their lotion is four dollars and some change, and so is the scrub and the body wash. So these three items cost less than $15, and that is not bad, considering that natural products usually cost more. And that’s another reason why I don’t understand why St. Ives is so affordable.
I also read online – and I cannot verify it – that St. Ives still uses emulsifiers which natural lotions shouldn’t use as these clog up our pores and cause us to break out. Somewhere in my head, I’m wondering if St. Ives is playing semantics by saying their products are made with 100% ingredients. Does it mean that all the ingredients are 100% natural? Or does it mean that there are some 100% natural ingredients in it? For example, if the lotion contains raw shea butter and some alcohol, it can still be argued that it has natural ingredients (because of the shea butter), right? That wouldn’t necessarily mean that all of the ingredients are natural, correct?
I really want to know what you think of St. Ives. Have you ever used any of their products? Did/do you like it? Do you think it’s actually natural? Am I just over thinking it?
My dear, seems like you are over-thinking it oh. I love the apricot scrub too, it’s one of the best things ever made on earth. Even the all-natural products they sell at whole foods are sold in plastic containers which are def not natural. I think you should be good to go with St. Ives natural line. At worst, maybe it is really 80% natural which is not too shabby.
Haha. Thank you, Manny. My friend, Uju says I’m going mad. Lol.
i use their warming scrub and its pretty good. the smell and d warm feel on my skin is like wow..u should try it. gives this smooth feel. its works for me but am also very particular about ingredients so i read before i buy and that’s why i don’t use most of their products
They have a warming scrub??? What??? I need to find out. Wow at not using most of their products because of the ingredients. I’m still very new to all this product reading thing. God help me.
St. Ives is definitely not natural. Their “naturally soothing” oatmeal and shea butter lotion has red 33, yellow 5 and 6- all three are well known carcinogens. They are banned in most developed nations including china.
It’s not natural.. they have this humongous !!!100%!!! Then a tiny, hard to recognize, *natural moisturizers*
It’s not natural.. they have this humongous !!!100%!!! Then a tiny, hard to recognize, *natural moisturizers*
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