Hi everyone,

I just bought St Ives Apricot Scrub yesterday. Reading the posts I learned that it works for at lot of people. But when used it I noticed that left my skin very red. Maybe because I rubbed with a sponge??
Does anyone know how to use that will not make my arms much more red than before? The feel smoother now and their normal color ( red dots from KP) returned after a while ... but initially was a little painful and the skin of my upper arms felt over dry.

Anyone???

Ama-KP,

That is the same thing that happened to me when I used it. I find it more helpful to use a loofah with a really, really moisturizing body wash for exfoliating. That way, my arms don't get overly dry. Hope this helps!

I have some of that...I use it for my face.

I never thought of using it on my arms. I'm definitely going to try that.

Thanks

the first time i used it on my arms, it turned red but after i put lotion on, the redness decreased. i scrubbed in circular motion for atleast 1 minute and the bumps decreased. I also used it on my legs and the brown spots decreased !

I am an esthetician and learning about different facial products, I have learned that the ingredients in some of the products like St Ives Apricot Scrub is actually really bad for your skin. I believe it is ground up walnut shell that is the exfoliating factor in that product. So, what it does is that it makes tiny little laceractions in your skin as you rub. Of course it would turn your skin red and probably feel quite irritated also. You should use something like a sugar scrub or anything with a round exfoliant in it, like jojoba. You want to roll the dead skin cells off the surface of your skin and not cut them all over!

Hi TerriUK

Can you tell what kind of pumice you use, the sponge or the stone?