I remember those days when I use to shower with a bar of soap. Those square (or oval depending on your finances) slippery things with the brand name engraved into the body.
Those things that they tell you not to drop if you’re heading to prison.
When I was growing up, I used these bars of soap to create lather and blow bubbles with my fingers, hoping to get them as big as possible and (gasp!) airborne. I also remember peering down into the toilet bowl feeling sorry for the poor soul that had to fish out that bar of soap that had somehow slipped my grasp and was currently down there (well, *I* wasn’t going to stick my hand in there!)
Anyway, I was about 18 when I first purchase one fuzzy little ball of mesh cloth. I had earlier purchased a bottle of body shampoo and realized that half the money spent on that sweet smelling stuff was washed down the drain because it kept slipping off my skin, not giving me a chance to nicely lather it up for more bubble creation (what? you guys thought I’d stop making soap bubbles by that age?)
My first shower with that body scrub was an epiphany. *This*is what showering is all about. The lather, the scrubbing, the clean shiny feeling afterwards. I was hooked. I even got my whole family to change to using body scrubs.
However, I soon realized not all body scrubs are not created equal. The ones that are given as a free gift pretty much should be used for decoration purposes (like car air fresheners). They are so tiny and are so rough, your skin could bleed, just by standing next to it.
The generic ones at the grocery store or pharmacy are not better. They disentangle themselves, unravelling, mutating from a neat little ball to what appears to be long strands of really bad bandages. This usually happens after the third use. Good luck getting those long mesh sleeves back to resembling a decent scrub. They’d either be unbalanced in shape or come apart again as soon as I used them.
But then, I finally found the perfect body scrub (update 2019 - or so I thought*). One that stood the test of time and felt luxurious on my skin. One that didn’t burst my (already limited) budget.
Bodyshop. These body scrubs were full in volume and did not unravel unless they’ve been ripped on purpose (I can attest to that, after using them until they were in tatters). They were soft on the skin yet sturdy enough for a good scrubbing. They came in pretty colors and they are currently top 10 on my if-i-win-the-lottery list. (I’d buy 2 lifetime supplies of these)
Sadly, there seems to be a decline in quality with these scrubs. I recently purchased a couple of these during one of their super sale. I have to admit, they are not what they were use to be.
Firstly pricing has changed and varied. I’ve held a RM9.90 in my hand and a RM19.90 in the other. Sure, the more expensive one was a tiny bit larger but they felt the same in the shower - tiny.
These were also very rough! What happened to the soft velvety texture?
Turns out my record for being wrong is still unbeatable.
These scrubs were lush and softer than the ones from Bodyshop. They were even fuller and larger.
So now I’ve resorted to getting my scrub fix at Bath and Body Works. To think they are almost the same price as what I had been splurging at Body Shop (RM18).
TLDR version;
If there’s ever a time when someone is stumped on what to get me for a gift, just hand me one of these.
No wrapping needed.
Disclaimer - I have no affiliation with Bodyshop or Bath and Bodyworks and I am not paid to provide my feedback. This is just an honest review about a product that I’ve used. The contents of this post are my opinions and experience alone.
*I wrote this back in 2017 and only published this in 2019
