Giovanni Hot Chocolate Sugar Scrub Review

I've been a New York resident my whole life and I'm pretty used to the harsh winters, but that doesn't mean I'm a fan of the frigid weather that Mother Nature whips through my city. My skin gets all dry and flaky, I end up have to double up on my shea butter mix then my skin ends up being overly moisturized it's just not a good look. I had to find a product that could help aid in the moisturizing process without becoming another problem, in walked Giovanni's Hot Chocolate Sugar Scrub. If you can't already tell I love Giovanni products and the results that I get with them, they're just all around bomb products! I picked this up on a whim at Duane Reade for $14.99 and I'm glad I did.

Giovanni has two body scrubs that I know of this one I'll be reviewing today and the Cool Mint Lemonade Salt Scrub. Both are great, but I prefer the sugar scrub for the fall/winter and the salt scrub for the spring/summer because brown sugar contains alpha hydroxy acid, a glycolic acid that helps remove dead skin cells. If you've been purchasing facial exfoliants for more than a day you know that glycolic acid is great at breaking down substances that may bond to the top layer of your skin (which is a major contributor to clogged pores and dull skin) can then be washed away. Glycolic acid is a natural exfoliant and when used correctly can leave your skin smoother, softer and more radiant. 

Much like Giovanni's other products this product is/has:

• USDA Certified Organic
• Not tested on animals
• No dyes
• No lauryl or laureth sulfate
• 100% vegetarian ingredients

• Safflower Seed oil, acts as a protective barrier to prevent water from leaving your skin.
• Cocoa Beans, helps relieves the stress hormones in turn soothes the collagen in the skin preventing wrinkles and premature aging of the skin.
• Kukui Nut, contains vitamins A, C, and E, antioxidants known to protect the skin and prevent free-radical damage to the skin cells.
• Honey, is an amazing humectant and has the abilities to absorb and retain moisture and this helps in keeping the skin well hydrated, fresh and supple.  
• Vitamin E, a superior treatment option for the removal of scars caused due to burns or acne. 

When I get out the shower my whole bathroom smells like the Hershey factory and I bask in it. The smell of this is off the charts, if you don't like chocolate or anything chocolate for any reason don't buy this, everything will smell like chocolate. I seal in the moisture this product give me with shea butter which has a nutty smell on it's own so I just smell like chocolate and I can't say my Babe minds it at all :-). What I like about this is that the sugar melts into your skin almost instantly almost like butter would in a hot skillet and you don't get that grainy, sticky feeling that other sugar scrubs give and I'm assuming that's where the walnut shell comes in. Walnut shells make for a great natural exfoliant, it may be too harsh for your face, but it's great for other parts of your body. Walnut shells are extremely hard and do not break down in the products. The hardness they possess makes them an ideally effective natural body scrub coping very efficiently with even thick deposits of dead surface skin.

You can find this product at/on:

• Duane Reade
• Whole Foods
• Some Riteaid stores
• Walgreens.com
• Drugstore.com
• giovannicosmetics.com
• swansonvitamins.com
• Amazon.com
• Vitacost.com
• iherb.com

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