Neutrogena Visibly Clear Pink Grapefruit Daily Scrub

I bought this candy colored tube on a whim, you know, when you want to buy something but you don't actually care and lay your faith in the good fairy godmother of the drugstore beauty aisle. I was eye-balling the Garnier face scrub with charcoal I believe and it seemed to harsh so I went for the likeable and totally girly pink Neutrogena tube. Quite an obvious choice, right? I used to have really nice experience with Neutrogena in the past. I've used their all in 1 product, I think it was a face cleanser, a mask and a scrub. I think I would be better off if I had purchased it instead because I remember that it was really good for my skin. I also loved their oil-free moisturizer. This facial scrub also seemed promising although it was heavily marketed last year and that's always suspicious to me. When a brand puts so much money and effort into advertising, I wonder how much money was spent on the actual product?

Zaista sam kupila ovu tubu boje slatkisa iz nekog hira u trenutcima (vjerujem da ce vam biti poznati) kada imate zelju nesto da kupite ali ne znate tacno sta pa idete sa eci-peci-pec metodom, nadajuci se da cete biti u milosti dobre vile svih drogerija. Premisljala sam se izmedju ovog Neutrogeninog pilinga i Garnierovog sa aktivnim ugljenom ali mi je taj djelovao bas agresivno pa sam se odlucila za Neutrogenu u simpa ruzicastom pakovanju. Prilicno ocigledan izbor, jel’? Prije sam imala jako pozitivna iskustva sa Neutrogenom. Koristila sam njihov prozivod 3u1 koji je istovremeno maska, gel i piling za lice. Mislim da bi bas on bio bolji odabir od ovog sa ruzicastim grejpom jer se sjecam da sam bila jako zadovoljna njim. Mislim da sam bila takodjer super zadovoljna njihovom oil-free kremicom. Ovaj piling mi je djelovao bas obecavajuce iako je prosle godine bio agresivno reklamiran a to mi uvijek probudi sumnju. Kada brend ulozi velike pare u marketing, ne mogu a da se ne zapitam, koliko je novca ostalo za usavrsavanje samog proizvoda?

The packaging is obviously very appealing, soft pink and girly. This daily facial scrub is a part of their Pink Grapefruit range and while I did jump at it mainly due to its fresh and addictive scent, this is a purely artificial take of the pink grapefruit. I actually really like to eat white and pink grapefruit and I enjoy their scents (which do differ). This smells nothing like the true pink grapefruit. It doesn't smell bad, it smells very fresh and “fruity” and uplifting, some might even use the word “invirogating”. It smells pretty synthetic to me. It would be a major, major injustice to compare it to a detergent but it isn't too far of. After analyzing the scent, I honestly could predict what to expect from the product. 

Pakovanje ce ocito biti privlacno vecini zbog meke ruzicaste boje. Ovaj dnevni piling je dio njihove linije Ruzicasti Grejp i dok sam se na njega zaletila vecinom zbog svjezeg mirisa, moram reci da je ovo jedna sinteticka, vjestacka izvedba mirisa grejpa. Slucajno volim jesti i bijeli i ruzicasti grejp te su mi njihovi mirisi itekako poznati i uzivam u njima (zaista medju njima ima razlike). Ovaj proizvod uopste ne mirise na ruzicasti grejp, to je sigurno. Ne mirise lose ni na koji nacin. Cak je dosta svjez, osvjezavajuci pa neki ce reci i razbudjujuci. Meni mirise prilicno sinteticno. Bila bi velika nepravda usporediti ga sa omeksivacem ili deterdzentom za rublje ali nije bome ni toliko daleko od tog opisa. Nakon ove male analize mirisa, znala sam sto ocekivati i od samog proizvoda.

It's of a clear consistency, with just a light pinkish hue and packed with spherical exfoliating beads. These are really small and there are lots and lots of them packed inside of the wash jelly, as I like to call it. I have no problem with the way it feels while using it. I wet my face and then take a small blob (you do need only a small amount) and distribute it between fingers of both hands than gently massage it in. It makes not a lather in the real sense of the word… more like a thin layer of white foam. Oh, and this is on the thin side so it falls into the category of those “transition” products. Not a regular face wash, not yet a scrub (Britney Spears moment, anyone?). It's a bit runny to be a decent face scrub. Although you need only a little, so it's not wasteful or anything. But it also is not a standard face wash due to those hundreds of beads inside. You can feel those small but numerous white beads really scrubbing the skin. The smell is really nice and refreshing at this phase because it's toned down with water if that makes any sense. I wash it off with plently of lukewarm water and voila! I do notice nice, smooth and radiant skin. If I'm lucky. When luck turns its back on me than I experience some redness and a light sensation of tingling aka burning.

Gel je proziran uz blagu ruzicastu bojicu i pun je sfericnih perlica koje eksfoliraju. One su jako sicusnih dimenzija i stvarno ih je kolicinski mnogo u tom gelu koji je poput nesto gusceg zelea. Uopste nije neprijatne teksture u dodiru sa kozom. Prvo se umijem vodom i istisnem malu kuglicu (zaista je potrebno jako malo ovog pilinga) i rsporedim prstima obje ruke te njezno umasiram u kozu. Ne zapjeni se u klasicnom smislu rijeci… prije bih opisala da stvori tanak, bijeli sloj pjene. I da, posto je nesto rijedji spada mi u kategoriju “prijelaznih” proizvoda. Nije niti obican gel za umivanje zbog prisustva granulica ali je i mozda nedovoljno gust da bi bio piling pristojne gustine. To ne utice na rastrosnost i necete ga previse trositi. Lijepo mozete osjetiti sve te male granulice kako pilingiraju kozu dok ih utrljavate prstima. Miris je u ovoj fazi jako prijatan i osvjezavajuci jer je gel razrijedjen vodom, ako to uopste ima smisla. Isperem ga sa dosta mlake vode i to je to. Primjetno je koza osvijetljena i zagladjena. Ako sam taj put sretna. Kada mi sreca okrene ledja onda mi se pojavi crvenilo i blagi osjecaj vreline i kozu kao da prolaze trnci.

That's what I don't like about it. It's completely unpredictible. One time I use it, it is all fine and it scrubs my skin nicely and at those times I am extremely happy with how smooth my skin feels like. At other times my skin gets mildly irritated. That redness I was mentioning before disappears soon but why would I put up with it in the first place? I didn't have to with my previous face scrubs, why should I have to compromise? I also feel a mild tightening feeling. My skin is combo, I couldn not even start to imagine what rukkus this would cause to dry or God forbid sensitive skin. If your skin falls into those categories, please, stay away! This would only make more damage. And I'm not kidding the slightest. I don't have sensitive skin and yet my face reacted to it, not every time but occasionally. It's like the lottery with this one. You never know how your skin is going to feel about it. It also claims to improve the situation with blemishes and blackheads. Now, I have my go-to products that I use for blemishes and those babies work like a charm. I haven't noticed that this scrub brought anything new. Things are pretty much the same on that front but I can surely tell you that it did nothing for me regarding blackheads. Zero. Zilch. I would honestly recommend Lush Angels on Bare Skin for all skin types, (especially dry and sensitive) and Lush Coalface for oily or combination skin while Lush Dark Angels are very nice for extremely greasy and clogged skin (but not if sensitive since this is a bit stronger). So, all in all, this is not a terrible scrub, it didn't break me out or anything but I think that we all can find something better and more effective for the price. Have you tried it? I am very much interested in your experiences, especially if they differ from mine.

To je ono sto mi se ne dopada kod njega. Potpuno je nepredvidiv. Pri jednom koristenju ce mi lijepo ispilingovati kozu i tada sam zadovoljna efektom. Medjutim nerijetko mi se desi i da blago iziritira kozu. Crvenilo koje sam prethodno spomenula ubrzo nestane ali zasto bih morala pristati na takav kompromis? Takodjer osjetim i blago zatezanje koze. Moja koza je mjesovita i ne mogu ni zamisliti kakav bi nered izazvao suhoj ili, ne daj Boze, osjetljivoj kozi. Ako je vasa koza takva, molim vas da ga izbjegavate! Mislim da bi vam samo mogao naskoditi i sa ovim se ne salim. Moja koza uopste nije osjetljiva pa je odreagovala na njega, doduse ne svakim koristenjem ali povremeno. Koristiti ovaj piling je kao lutrija. Ovaj piling tvrdi da ce pomoci kod bubuljica i mitesera. Posto ja imam svoje HG proizvode koje koristim za bubuljice i koji mi bez greske daju rezultate, mogu vam reci da ovaj piling nije ucinio nista novo na tom polju. Nekako je situacija sto se bubuljica ista sa i bez njega dok sa sigurnoscu mogu reci da uopste ne pomaze kod mitesera. Niti malo. Nula bodova. Sto se pilinga tice, radije bih preporucila Lush Angels on Bare Skin za sve tipove koze (posebno za suhu i osjetljivu), Lush Coalface za masnu i mjesovitu dok je Lush Dark Angels odlican za izrazito masnu i necistu kozu (ali ne ako je ujedno i osjetljiva jer je dosta jak). Sve u svemu, ovdje se ne radi o promasaju od pilinga jer ipak mi nije izazvao nove bubuljice ali sam misljenja da za cijenu od cca 11KM svi mozemo naci kvalitetniju i uopsteno bolju opciju. Da li ste ga vi isprobale? Jako me zanimaju vasi dojmovi, posebno ako se razlikuju od mojih.