SKIN YOGA Coffee Scrub
Hi Everyone,
It`s a Eureka Moment again !
A New Discovery in Skincare hailing from India.
It`s called SKINYOGA, a brand
of 100% natural plant-based skincare products.
Skinyoga is a very
apt name for this brand because the products claim to have a purifying and
healing effect on the skin just like yoga has for the body.
WHO ARE THE OWNERS ?
SKINYOGA is owned by three sisters Radhika Choudhary,
Jagriti Choudhary and Deepika Choudhary who have gained education and
experience in the Beauty Industry in Europe. They say that Skinyoga had to
happen. It was ingrained in them to always go the natural way.
WHY SKINYOGA ?
This is what the brand says about itself :
“Skin is the largest organ in our body. Just like heart and kidney, skin plays an important role in our day-to-day life of protecting, absorbing, regulating and storing. Our skin needs appropriate maintenance for it to perform its functions and for us to look attractive. The best way to do that is with the help of Mother Nature that has been around since much before our skin and much before the invention of chemicals. Our body and our skin react positively to natural lifestyle for a simple reason that human body is connected with nature in the minutest ways.
Yoga is a discipline from ancient India, practiced to attain physical, mental and spiritual balance. The followers of Yoga experience a unique sense of calmness and completeness. It is for this feeling of Yoga that makes billions of people worldwide vouch for a routine so natural and self-contained.
We formed Skinyoga to create solutions for people who want to adopt to a natural lifestyle, which we believe will lead to peace and purity of mind, body and soul. We direct our efforts towards launching products inspired from ancient times to be adopted in our modern day lifestyle.”
That was a little brief about the brand. Now coming onto the Coffee Scrub.
I received the 70 g pack of the scrub in my EnvyBox for April 2014 and I recently discovered it in my skincare stash and decided to start using it just 3 days ago. Its full size (Net Wt. 7.05 oz - 200 g for Rs. 850 INR) is available online on the SKINYOGA WEBSITE. They also ship worldwide.
The packaging is a golden pillow pack which can easily support itself standing on the shelf. Packaging is neither bulky nor space consuming and very travel friendly. Infact it can fit into any corner of your bathroom cabinet/ dresser drawer/ bag easily.
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The scrub smells exactly like
regular coffee found in one`s kitchen. The color however is muck darker, almost
black. The texture is granular and consistency is like a dry granular powder.
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SKIN YOGA Coffee Scrub |
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This scrub aims to reduce
cellulite and stretch marks. We all have a little cellulite and jiggly skin
here and there so I figured that using this scrub in the shower two or three
times a week would definitely assist in keeping the cellulite and stretch marks
at bay.
INGREDIENTS (As mentioned on
the pack) :
·
Ground Coffee Beans
·
Pure Coconut Oil
·
Pure Sesame Oil
Caffeine in the Coffee Beans
enhances fat metabolism and removes liquid and fat from the skin ultimately
reducing the appearance of cellulite and stretch marks.
The natural oils (coconut and
sesame oils) moisturize and nourish the skin.
The scrub also claims to
treat inflammation and to protect the skin from sun damage. (How can scrubbing
the skin treat inflamed skin or protect it from sun damage, I wonder !!! Is it
the Caffeine in the Coffee Beans, the Coconut oil or the Sesame oil? Because
the scrubbing action itself definitely cannot treat inflammation but only
exacerbate it.) So I feel the description on the pack should be rephrased such
as to make the anti-inflammatory and damage preventive claims a bit believable.
DIRECTIONS FOR USE (As
written on the pack) :
·
Take small handfuls of the coffee srub and apply onto wet skin in
shower.
·
Scrub your entire body for 5-7 minutes.
·
Follow with your routine shower.
WHAT I DID :
First showered using a mild
body wash without a loofah. Completey avoided harsh soap since I was anyways
going to scrub-a-dub-dub.
Next I used the scrub.
Rinsed off the scrub with
plain water (No soap now) and patted dry.
I felt that using a bodywash
first helped me get rid of the sweat,
sebum and dirt on the skin. Using the scrub afterwards not only helped me get
rid of dead skin cells but also let the ingredients in the scrub do what they
are meant to do without me having to wash off the oils in it. I feel the
moisturizing and therapeutic effect of the Coconut and Sesame oils would not be
proper if soap was used afterwards.
THE EFFECT :
My skin felt softer, smoother
and definitely tighter. After three consecutive days of using the scrub I did
notice more toned skin especially on the areas of the body where the skin is
slightly flabby like the arms, lower tummy, hips and inner thighs. Also the
upper back felt firmer and toned. I did not notice too much of a difference in
the appearance of existing stretch marks
but probably three days is too less of a time to tell the difference. However I
do feel if this product is routinely used, it can help in preventing the
occurrence of new stretch marks.
So all in all I would highly
recommend using the SKINYOGA Coffee Scrub on a regular basis to keep the skin cellulite-free and
maintaining a smooth and firm skin. The product does an extremely good job.
Final Score : 9.5 / 10
(0.5 deducted because I
didn’t quite understand how a scrub can be anti-inflammatory but maybe it is !
I just didn’t get how !)
IndianBeautyReviewer
'By IndianBeautyReviewer'
Could you use this on face too? Ik its a body Scrub but still?
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