My skin regime has varied over the years and included everything from Neutrogena facial soup to the Clinique 3-step system (both great gentle cleansers). But I always had a cleanser, some type of exfoliant, and a moisturizer (now I’m moving onto serums). My husband loves his St. Ives peach apricot scrub because he says the rough scrubbing beads make him feel really clean (really I think he just likes the smell!) But if you exfoliate too much you can actually damage your skin because the beads are too abrasive (hence why sugar scrubs aren’t really recommended for the face).
So I was intrigued and happy to try Cure Natural Aqua Gel via Ppali Beauty (the first official distributor in the US); the company found me and offered a bottle of the gel after I first mentioned Cure in my winter beauty essentials post. Cure is s top-selling Japanese beauty product that my cousin first discovered in Singapore (ahh the things one discovers when she is waiting around in a drugstore!) It is an exfoliating gel with no scrubbing beads and removes .01 mm of dead skin only leaving healthy skin intact.
I used Cure roughly twice a week for a few weeks. I would apply a little on my freshly washed face at night. It is a little bizarre to see my top layers of old skin clump up and come off after using the gel. You need to quickly rinse your face after using the gel to remove all these bits which are still on the surface of the skin. But I used this after applying makeup a few times and felt that it also worked to get my makeup off more cleanly; generally I did feel like it exfoliated my skin. Cure also states that one of its main benefits is to allow a user’s existing beauty products (moisturizer or serum) to work better. I can’t vouch for this aspect because I only used Cure for a few weeks. But I did find the exfoliating to be very gentle and easy. It would make sense that my products will absorb into my skin more easily after using Cure.
Recommend
– Yes! It is a good gentle exfoliant
Pros
– It does what it says – gentle exfoliating
– Gel felt clean and left no chemical residue
Cons
– Dead skin clumping is not cool – rinse quickly!
Cost
– $36
Now for the giveaway – get your own bottle of Cure and 10 sample packets for travel or to share with friends. This giveaway is open worldwide and will be open for 11 days (woohoo!)
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This sounds like a really interesting product.=)
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I also vary between different brands but an exfoliator has always been a must. This one sounds interesting, its the first time I am hearing of it. Not sure we get it here
It sounds like good stuff!
Hmmm . . . clumpy skin doesn’t sounds too appealing, but if it works, it works! I’ve never used exfoliator, but perhaps it’s time to start!
Very cool, I love exfoliators :)) Hope your having a fab day! x
Sounds like a good product hun 🙂 xx
Great giveaway! I’d love to try this out!
I made the mistake of exfoliating over an open zit a couple of weeks ago and nearly died from the pain. That’s a mistake I won’t make twice.
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Dead skin clumping sounds so weird. I like the exfoliator that I use, but it’s always nice hearing about other contenders.
looks like a product that I would love!
I adore Cate Blanchett, such a great post!
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Sounds good. Cate is so fresh faced!
sounds like a cool product – and i love that apricot scrub too, haha.
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this sounds like an exfoliant that i should try.
Ok – you’ve got me intrigued now. Kinda sounds fun to use!
Sounds interesting.
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I have that gel! And it works magic! X
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interesting product…am always a sucker for good face and body scrubs and exfoliators!!!
but i doubt it’s available in India
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This sounds like such an awesome product. I am so obsessed with beauty products – it’s not even funny! 😛
sounds like a great product! ive been using brown sugar as an exfoliate!
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Great review! Very insightful! I’ll definitely give it a shot! xoxo
Sounds like a good product aside from the dead skin clumping 😉
if this gives me skin like cate blanchett, then i’m totally sold. love her!
This is definitely sounding like a great product. I am breaking out again 🙁
This sounds amazing. Thanks for sharing the review and a heads up on a great product!
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This sounds like a great product!
Sound interesting
waaa.. awesome product!
Hello, I’d love to try this product and get the grey winter foil off my face! Please contact me at [email protected] you,ciao!
Thanks for the great giveaway! I hope I win!
BTW I have a giveaway on my blog as well! You can win SkinCeuticals Eye Cream ($70 value). Good luck! xoxo
I’d love to try this product!!!
I love that product, I have used it before, but now I am currently using the follicleanse, I bought it online and I find it very effective and easy to use.
Thanks for sharing this with us, i am really interesting about this post.
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