After being whisked in to sakare shop in seven dials, covent garden, and after trying out the body scrub, butter, and mineral peeling gel, we ended up buying the peeling gel, and both my sister the same but with the scrub as well, we were all ecstatic with our purchases and couldn't wait to go home and try them for real.Pricing could have been clearer with this product as they decided as opening day that I would get the peeling gel and mud soap ,RRP £15, for £25 ,RRP £65, and my two sisters would pay £100 for their goodies, £111, trying the scrub in the shop almost made me spend that amount of money, but I ended up with the better deal ,OVER 50%,
The first time I tried the product I instantly fell in love, you do end up feeling residue of dead skin, but it washes off easily, and the dead skin ended up peeling off, a very strange feeling. After moisturising, your skin is so so soft. The softest I have ever felt it. I will have to see if this product has any more benefits, but so far I love it.
If I was able to get a good deal, I would happily repurchase it again, but if is is stuck at the £65 price, I may have to put off buying, or look online for cheaper deals.
I an almost certain that you are not able to buy this product online, so if near a soap and co shop or any other stockists I would defiantly check out some more stuff from the range.
This product is sold by some mysterious huge parent company who has many differently named stores and rebrandings of the exact same products. For example, "Soap and Co" and "Deja Vu" are other versions of "Deep Sea Cosmetics." I think this is done on purpose so that it will harder to research their scams. Anyways, this "peeling gel" DOES NOT exfoliate at all. The glycerin and aloe vera gel are what leave your skin feeling soft and looking good- two very cheap ingredients. The "dead skin" you see is actually plastic. That's why the gel will produce "dead skin" over and over and over without ever leaving your skin feeling raw or scrubbed off. Also why it will produce "dead skin" on literally any surface. I did some cursory research on the ingredients, and here is what I found:
ReplyDeleteIngredients: aqua (water), sd alcohol 40, glycerin, propylene glycol, carbomer, aloe barbadensis leaf juice, phenoxyethanol, anthemis nobilis (chamomile) flower extract, camellia oleifera extract, cucumber (cucumis sativus) extract, maris aqua (dead sea water), sodium hydroxide, fragrance (parfum), polyvinylalcohol crosspolymer, triethylene glycol, tocopheryl acetate (vit.E), Mentha piperita (peppermint) oil, triethanolamine, ginseng (panax ginseng) extract.
SD alcohol 40: Rubbing alcohol. Evaporates faster than water. Dissolves surface oils on skin. (Can dry out sensitive skin.)
Glycerin: Humectant. Readily absorbs water. Attracts water from lower layer of skin and increases moisture on surface of skin.
Carbomer: Helps distribute or suspend an insoluble solid in liquid. Used to keep emulsions from separating into their oil and liquid components. Absorbs and retains water.
Aloe barbadensis leaf juice: Aloe vera gel. Cheap and moisturising.
Phenoxyethanol: An aromatic alcohol. Has a floral odor. Soluble in water. Used as a preservative. Evaporates quickly.
Sodium hydroxide: Lye. Highly alkaline. In small amounts, regulates pH of a product. In higher concentrations in a significant skin irritant.
Polyvinylalcohol crosspolymer: This one is a creepy ingredient because I couldn't find out much about it. From what I gathered on Google, I think it's a solid dry powder that is insoluble but dispensable in water. Used as a bulking agent.
Triethylene glycol: Colorless, odorless viscous liquid. Used as a plasticizer for vinyl. Widely used as a dehumidifying agent. Attracts and absorbs water.
Triethanolamine: Strong base. Used as an emulsifier and a surfactant. pH balancer. (I found something that says it may cause liver tumors in mice.)
As for the "extracts" and "minerals," those are just thrown in to make this product sound fancy. They're in such small amounts that they might as well not be there.
I'm not a chemist, so I don't 100% understand how these chemicals are interacting, but I'm pretty sure that most of the ingredients evaporate as you rub it on your face, leaving behind the no-longer emulsified vinyls and polymers. This is a grossly overpriced gimmick product made with cheap ingredients and its only real function is a moisturizer (because of the glycerin and aloe vera gel.)
Thank you so much for this! I will be returning mine tomorrow :)
DeleteThis is literally the only useful comment online! Thank you for the detailed information!!
DeleteHi were you ever able to return it? :)
ReplyDeleteThis product is really a scam very poor quality and irritating my skin and do nothing.
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