I have really mixed emotions about göt2b spa's salt craving scrub. You see, I really like the texture of the scrub. Unfortunately, the packaging is a gigantic drawback.

salt craving comes in one of two packaging choices. You can either purchase a 22 ounce tub or the 8.5 fluid ounce tube of this canary yellow scrub. I purchased the tube, thinking it would be better to try salt craving in the less expensive, smaller size. This was a mistake. You see, the directions on the tube say to unscrew the cap and remove the protective seal. Once you've done that, you get to squeeze the product out of the tube. Good luck. I applied as much pressure as I could to the tube to try and squeeze out a dollop of scrub. No go. I even ended up putting the tube on the floor of the shower and stomping on it with my foot to try and get some of the product out. I ended up using a screwdriver to enlarge the itty bitty hole at the top of the tube. This wasn't completely satisfactory but I was able to squeeze out some salt craving scrub.

The second time I used salt craving, I went through the entire squeezing process again and heard a loud POP. The cap is actually on the bottom of the tube so what I heard was the top of the tube splitting open. Great. Now I had a huge slimy yellow oily glop puddle on my shower floor and I'm thinking to myself about the warning on the label which was in bold and all capitals shouting at the consumer: "CAUTION: OIL BASED PRODUCT. SURFACES MAY BECOME SLIPPERY." I usually use a very small amount of an oily scrub so I never before worried about the shower becoming slippery. The warning is appropriate because yes, it becomes quite slippery when you apply a third of a tube of salt craving directly on a tile shower floor. I also had two thirds of a tube left of salt craving that had to be tossed since I don't leave open bottles and tubes lying about. They tend to fill up with water and grow mold so I don't even chance it.

As for the product itself, it smells like Wrigley's Spearmint gum - the brand in the white package. It's a pretty strong scent but it tends to wash away and I followed the scrub with a strongly scented rose petal soap in case the scrub needed to be masked. The scrub itself is a quite lurid canary yellow and is very grainy. It seems to exfoliate well. The packaging warns against using salt craving on freshly shaved legs or underarms, on minor cuts and abrasions or near the face and eyes. I haven't experimented on these areas with the scrub so I cannot say whether or not these particular warnings should be heeded. Based on my experience with the slippery warning, I would follow the rest of the warnings as well. salt craving does not lather so don't expect any suds from it.

I thought salt craving was a little bit too harsh for me to use as a body scrub. While I like a rosy glow, I don't like bright red irritation. Granted, I have sensitive skin. However, this was amazing to use along with a pumice stone on the backs of my heels which are looking unhappy after a full winter confined to boots, Dansko clogs and loafers.

Perhaps if I purchased salt craving in the tub, I would be happier with it. Considering that I'd only use it as part of a pedicure protocol, I'd much rather indulge in a different scrub for that purpose.

Ingredients: sea salt, gossypium herbaceum seed oil (cotton), magnesium sulfate, mentha piperita oil (peppermint), citrus aurantium dulcis oil (orange), mentha viridis leaf oil (spearmint), citrus medica limonum peel oil (lemon), rosmarinus officinalis leaf oil (rosemary), citrus grandis peel oil (ruby grapefruit), dead sea salt, tocopherol, hydrated silica, juglans regia seed oil (walnut), persea gratissima oil (avocado), prunus armeniaca kernel oil (apricot), simmondsia chinensis seed oil (jojoba), vitis vinifera seed oil (grape)

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