Formula 10.0.6 One Smooth Operator Pore Clearing Face Scrub Zinc + Oat + Pumice Review

WHAT IS IT: Formula 10.0.6 One Smooth Operator Pore Clearing Face Scrub Zinc + Oat + Pumice

THE PRODUCT(S):

Formula 10.0.6 One Smooth Operator Pore Clearing Face Scrub Zinc + Oat + Pumice: This purifying scrub leaves skin fresh, smooth and clear. Pumice micro particles buff away dead skin to revitalize your complexion. Oatmeal draws out impurities and zinc controls oil to defy shine. Your face will thank you. Formula 10.0.6 excels at perfecting troublesome young skin with ingredients that work. Created by a chemist in 1933, the current range now includes skin care products specifically designed to promote clear, healthy skin.

It's grainy, but at the same time, it isn't harsh on my skin at all.

VERDICT: For the first time ever, I cannot begin to explain the scent of this scrub. It's like you seemed to know what the scent is, but at the exact moment, you cannot seem to recall what the scent reminds you of. It's simply like one of those scents that you cannot describe despite knowing it. It's like you know the taste of water, but you cannot describe the scent of it. Or the color gray for example, but you are unable to describe it in detail exactly how it should smell like. Yep, something like that. Although I do not find myself hating the smell, as it isn't as bad as majority of bloggers/users who've tried this product explained it.

The scrub, despite looking grainy isn't that harsh on my sometimes sensitive skin. I know the description stated that it contains pumice and we all know how a foot pumice stone is, right? Harsh, and supposedly scrubs away dead hardened skin on our feet, leaving it baby smooth. But surprisingly, it didn't feel as if I was going to scrub my face off when I used this product. It just simply looked harsh, but it isn't at all. In fact, I thought it did a rather fine job in keeping my skin clean without the feeling of tight nor tautness.

And because I used this at least once every 2 to 3 days, I've noticed that my skin actually feels so much cleaner. And even when I used my Tsaio Grapefruit Seed Extract Peeling Gel, I realized that there isn't much dead skin cells to be massaged off my face at all. Although I still used the peeling gel on other areas of my skin and body xD

I got this sometime last year and apparently, it seems there are several different products targeted for different uses. But suckily, it seems like the Watsons near my area seemed to have stopped stocking as I couldn't find it at all anymore. For starters, I would definitely recommend this Formula 10.0.6 One Smooth Operator Pore Clearing Face Scrub as your once or twice weekly facial exfoliator, especially if your skin isn't that sensitive at all.

Let's just say, after using this product, my skin seemed to better absorb other facial products that I have to apply onto my face.

VERDICT: ✓✓✓

WHAT I THINK: Grainy but not too harsh, it makes using my peeling gel pointless since it already did a fine job LOL

WHERE TO REDEEM SAMPLE: No sample for redemption. However, Formula 10.0.6 Singapore Facebook page is holding giveaways. So, I would really recommend going over to Formula 10.0.6 Singapore Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/formula1006singapore and Like their page to be informed/updated on giveaways :D

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Garnier Pure Active Fruit Energy Daily Energising Gel Scrub Review

WHAT IS IT: Garnier Pure Active Fruit Energy Daily Energising Gel Scrub

THE PRODUCT(S):

Garnier Pure Active Fruit Energy Daily Energising Gel Scrub: Garnier Pure Active Fruit Energy Scrub helps to target imperfections and leaves skin looking radiant. The scrub formula, with salicylic acid and exfoliating particles, deeply cleanse impurities, tighten pores and help protect against the appearance of imperfections.

Enriched with extracts of grapefruit, pomegranate and a derivative of vitamin C, the invigorating fresh fragrance washes over your face with a fruity burst. It effectively cleanses whilst giving skin a boosting radiance. Intensely purified & exfoliated, your skin looks revitalised, more beautiful and your complexion radiant.

It comes in a gel-based facial scrub with little exfoliating beads, gentle enough to use on a daily basis.

Suds easy, and yet the suds doesn't make my skin dry out as I expected it to. Instead, the citrus scent acts as a perk-me-up in the morning when I'm still half dead to the world.

VERDICT: I love how the citrus scent explodes your smell and senses as soon as you squeezed out a decent amount to cleanse your face. I am generally a sucker for fruit scented facial products as I love how these fruit scent wake up my senses in the morning. And let's face it, it's either take a cold shower or use a fruit-based facial cleanser to do the waking up part, and I am definitely not the self-torture-by-cold-shower type of person. Hence, out with that cold shower and in with the this citrus scented facial cleanser instead.

And I particularly love the fact that despite it having micro exfoliating beads in it, it is actually gentle enough to use on a daily basis. I'm sure most of us are aware that over-exfoliating our skin doesn't help it, instead it might make our already thin and fragile skin look worse. But not with this Garnier Pure Active Fruit Energy Daily Energising Gel Scrub. I've been using it for a week or so, and so far, my new pimples are generally more well-behaved already and there are definitely signs of the pimple taking it's natural course of action.

And along the way, I also noticed my skin color looks slightly much more better than before. Previously, I used to have this unsightly yellowish tint to my skintone, almost as if I am ill or sick. But now, I love the fact that the yellowish-sallow looking skintone is gone, instead replaced by my skin's natural fiarness. And to top it off, there's a natural blush on my cheeks too. This ultimately means less powder blush to be applied on my skin, as compared to my previous skintone, where I have to slap on a decent layer of BB Cream, followed by more blush color so as not to spook any innocent humans at night.

My only grouse is that, it takes quite an effort to wash off the facial cleanser after I am done with the "oohing" and "aahing" at the scent and the exfoliating beads that exfoliates my skin gently. Let's just say, I can safely ignore this setback since this cleanser contains anti-inflammatory agents that helpfully reduce skin irritation and at the same time contains Salicylic Acid which my skin is urgently in need of to show newer skin underneath xD

VERDICT: ✓✓✓

WHAT I THINK: Fresh citrus fruity scent is a godsend on mornings when I am still a sleepwalking zombie.

WHERE TO REDEEM SAMPLE: None at the moment :(

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