Facial scrubs polluting Great Lakes with plastic

Re:Facial scrubs polluting Great Lakes with plastic by aestra on Friday August 02, 2013 @11:14AM (#6147403)

Actually it's a small point but the exfoliate in Apricot Scrub is ground walnuts and corn meal. There is only apricot fruit extract in there.

Source: http://www.stives.com/Facial-Products/Fresh-Skin/Invigoratin...

Full Ingredients: http://www.walgreens.com/store/c/st.-ives-fresh-skin-invigor... Water , Juglans Regia (Walnut) Shell Powder , Glyceryl Stearate , Glycerin , Sodium Laureth Sulfate , Zea Mays (Corn) Kernel Meal , Cocamidopropyl Betaine , Cetearyl Alcohol , Cetyl Alcohol , PEG 100 Stearate , Prunus Armeniaca (Apricot) Fruit Extract , Cetyl Acetate , Polysorbate 60 , Ceteareth 20 , Acetylated Lanolin Alcohol , Carbomer , PPG 2 Methyl Ether , Phenethyl Alcohol , Triethanolamine , Methylisothiazolinone , Fragrance , Titanium Dioxide

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Re:Facial scrubs polluting Great Lakes with plastic by mattholtom on Friday August 02, 2013 @11:17AM (#6147432)

Ah, nicely found! Interesting, I guess the apricot is only there for the scent.

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Re:Facial scrubs polluting Great Lakes with plastic by aestra on Friday August 02, 2013 @11:40AM (#6147610)

According to St. Ives "Apricot Oil is known to hydrate and nourish the skin." Using fruit and other essential oils on the skin is a very very old practice. It might or might not have any actual merit to it. There is some science of the benefits of the topical application of at least one essential oil, tea tree oil http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea_tree_oil

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Re:Facial scrubs polluting Great Lakes with plastic by lostlogin on Friday August 02, 2013 @03:22PM (#6149065)

Tea tree, Manuka, is so great. Grows fast, looks good, smells great, makes excellent fire wood and the honey is showing more and more interesting properties. I need to buy a few more!

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