L’oreal Sublime Bronze Exfoliator
Right, this is both good and bad. It’s easily one of the best exfoliators I’ve ever used (thanks to AHAs which really do leave skin feeling outrageously smooth and soft) but I really don’t like the message ‘Tan Optimiser’. There isn’t anything tan optimising about it other than exfoliated skin tans a bit better. I feel that by labelling it ‘Tan Optimizer’ it rather suggests that there might be more to it such as melanin enhancer or even some kind of self tan involved and there isn’t. It’s just an exfoliator, but oh my goodness, such a good one!
I totally recommend it although I’m finding it hard to identify the slight scent – I sort of recognise it but can’t quite put my finger on it. It’s both warm in a skin-scent way and rather fresh. The consistency is a gel-like formula with quite firm granules (so if you don’t like a brisk exfoliator then avoid – and also if you are sensitive to AHAs then you might also want to give it a miss).
It’s going into Superdrug and Tesco next week for £7.99. It’s stuff like this – that does a brilliant job for a decent price – that makes me raise my brows at the ‘luxury’ exfolitors knocking around for £25 and more. There’s definitely a ‘because they’re not worth it’ joke in there but …
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This just sounds like it’s the old L’Oreal Exfotonic exfoliator in new packaging. I still have one of the old ones to use & it was always a fab exfoliator.
It probably is.. I haven’t ever used that range so it’s new to me. x
Thanks Jane,
I don’t think it’s even gone up that much in price. I might use my old one now I know I can buy it again 🙂
I love the “old” Exfotonic Scrub,but it´s no longer available in Germany. This one I´ve never seen,too (yet),and donot think it would come ……
Where to buy?
ebay?
A little curious about a product that exfoliates and tans at the same time. Sounds interesting. Perhaps I will try it.
it doesn’t tan.. that’s the point of the post!
Ever since you pulished a guest post about wildlife being harmed by eating the plastic bits in exfoliators I need to know if an exfoliator has plastic bits in it.
That is a very good point.
This looks lovely. I had to try this stuff, because I am always looking for a good exfoliater 🙂
xoxo Nika
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Oh I hope this is the ‘old’ exfotonic! I absolutely loved it and it has such an unusual but lovely fresh smell. Now to see how long it takes to make it to Australia…and what it will cost!
I got this stuff at their tan day and I tried it and I find it horrific. I have hidden it from my sight truthfully. I’ve never experienced a more cruel exfoliator! I want to know why L’Oreal hate me and put such coarse/jagged pieces in their scrubs, I felt like I was rubbing my skin with broken glass. Did it really exfoliate my skin? You betcha….but holy crap I felt like crying!!!
Um…just to voice an opinion. Haha. I much prefer the sugar essential oil based scrubs that are rounded/coated beads and are kinder to my skin and don’t make me feel like I’m being punished.
xo
Sara
I think it’s down to what each individual skin can tolerate in terms of exfoliation – I like a really ‘scrubby’ one as I don’t find the gentler ones very effective, and given that my exfoliating routine is pretty much non-existant, when I do it I need a power packed one!