Glow by Lady E

This is another product from the Bench Organics line. I love body scrubs. The body wash counterpart of this scrub didn’t work well for me. Since it dried out my skin, I was thinking that this scrub might be able to get rid of all those dead skin cells caused by it’s cousin. This has the same scent as the body wash. The scrub is a very thick cream. It’s so thick that it doesn’t stick to the jar unlike the Lulur scrub. If you buy this, you’d be sure to use every last drop (or maybe chunk as it’s really thick). What I do is I get a small chunk, flatten it out on my palms then rub a bit then apply to the areas where I want to use it. It’s very economical in that sense because there’s no spillage and you use the right amount of product every time. The beads are gentle. They are larger than Lulur’s but as gentle. This scrub did dry out my skin but it’s nothing that a lotion can’t fix unlike the body wash which required a lot of frequent lotion application. No itchiness or rashes either....

On with the Bench Organics discovery. By the time this post goes live, I would have finished this bar already. I got this for 65 pesos at Bench G5. I am a sucker for honey products and it says firming and moisturizing on the label so I immediately got this. It smells a combination of both. It smells bitter. I love the fact that it lathers up nicely. It bubbles up fast. It “melts” onto my skin. I like soaps that don’t last a loooong time. I’m not tipid with soaps. One major problem with this soap is it doesn’t deliver on the moisturizing part. My skin feels so dry after my bath. Even MB’s skin dries up. You can actually feel a rough film over my arm when you run your hand against it. I touched MB’s arm and it also had that same feel. It feels like soap that wasn’t rinsed and just dried up. So I immediately apply lotion afterwards. I noticed last night that you can see flakes, as in dried skin cells all over my arm. I don’t know if that ‘s good (as in exfoliation) or bad (dryness)....

*This is a scheduled post. By press time, I’ve finished the bottle already. I’ve been using this product for over a week now, almost 2 weeks in 3 days. It has its pros and cons. One thing that I absolutely love about it though, is the scent. It’s so refreshing! The scent is unisex, by the way. This is of course from the Bench Organic line. I like how they fused these ingredients together to create a shower gel. The gel is a bright green, adapting the colors of its main ingredients. It takes a lot to make a good lather. I love using shower gels/body washes because I love the bubbles. I don’t feel clean when there is a scarcity of bubbles.  And because of that, this bottle will probably just last me 2 weeks or a little over that. This costs 80 pesos, the same as my Dove Go Fresh Body Wash (which lasts up to a month) so it’s more practical and economical to go back to Dove. As much as I love the scent, I have to go back to Dove. I can’t go buying this every 2 weeks. Another ...