Yes To Coconut Coffee 2-In-1 Scrub & Cleanser Stick, Exfoliating & Cleansing Formula To Wash Away Dirt & Grime While Packing A Hydration Punch With Coconut Oil, Natural Vegan & Cruelty Free, 2.5 Fl Oz

Product is used to wash my face

I saw this on a Buzzfeed listicle and purchased it while I was still anxiously waiting for Tatcha's "the Deep Cleanse" to arrive. I'm in my mid-30s with sensitive combination skin, prone to cystic acne, and I was desperate to find a cleanser containing a physical exfoliant that wouldn't anger my temperamental skin.And although I love The Deep Cleanse ($38!!!), I think this stuff is pretty comparable. My inflamed skin was flaking from dehydration (and perioral dermatitis!), and this helped it get back to its old self again. (I used some other products, too -- a calming toner, a Manuka honey moisturizer, marula oil -- but I think that extra exfoliating/hydrating step helped to clear the way and let the magic happen.)I took the cleansing stick with me on a weekend to wine country, along with a silicone face-scrubbie, and another couple commented on my "glow." I did read the Amazon reviews before I purchased this stuff, and I heeded the warning to not recap it right away in the shower, lest the cleansing stick stay wet, disintegrate, and slough apart. I've been letting it air-dry instead. So far, so good.The one thing I will say is... this stuff reeks. It's incredibly unpleasant. I was not expecting that, since so many reviews raved about its scent! But the coffee has a distinct acridity that, up against the sickly-sweet coconut scent, strikes a really harsh discordant note. I think I might be a supertaster, though.But it's eight bucks and, like I said, it works just as well as a $38 cleanser. I definitely recommend it to anyone who is trying to repair a broken moisture barrier and has a flaky chin -- you'll love it.

One of my top priorities when purchasing toiletries and cosmetics is that they not be tested on animals. Many cruelty-free brands are too far out of my budget range to be viable options, but I've found the Yes To product line to be comparatively reasonably priced and quite adequate for my needs.I found this face cleanser to be terrific, but for the "rub-on-stick" application method. I love the way it smells, and it seems to do an excellent job of cleaning my skin (both face and body). However, I do not care for the stick; when the product is rubbed down too far, the edges of the container scrape on my skin. Also, the soap becomes soft (good) and ends up coating the outside of the application container, particularly in the area where the cap screws on (not so good). I end up spending a lot of time rinsing the container, trying to get all the soap off of it, which wastes time and soap.Yes, I realize the soap isn't hurting anything when it's on the container. But my desire for tidiness is at odds with practicality in this instance.I do highly recommend the soap itself. I would just recommend that if you are like me, and you want your containers to be clean and tidy on the outside, you pass on this one. I haven't tried the other Yes To facial cleansers that come in alternate formats; I'm hoping I will find one that is as good as this one but comes with a pump or tube dispenser.

This scrub contains coconut oil which moisturizes the skin while exfoliating.

I appreciate exfoliating scrubs and expect them to be gritty. This felt like using large-grit sandpaper. Even if I could get past that part, the coconut coffee combo is just a horrid smell.

I really like the stick formula for cleaners and the ingredients in this one were the selling point for me. It rolls on smooth, there's a TON of product, easy twist for getting more product out and it doesn't slip down and need retwisting every use. It's been an asset product to keeping my pores clean and it totally washes off all your oils. You can feel the gentle exfoliating particles which I appreciate on days I'm not doing a deep scrub with a scrubber.

Pros: Does clean my skin as a first, (face) makeup-removing step before I go in with cleanser. gently exfoliates, the smell is nice but not overwhelming.Cons:Cleansing(?)-burning-stuck properties.This is so conflicting. This doesn't clean entirely, yet it's also difficult to remove from my skin. It cannot get rid of eye makeup smudges, which I suppose is just as well because it also seems to burn a little on my undereye area. It seems sufficient at starting to remove base makeup. I suppose for all of this, because I need a second cleanser after this, it's not that big of a deal that it's difficult to remove from my skin. But holy entropy what a confused set of properties to have as a cleanser.Packaging. Oh my goodness where to begin.While it seems like the packaging would make this pretty compact and therefore travel-friendly, it also makes this product really awkward and inconvenient in pretty much every way. And, because I feel weird about closing up a product with moisture on its surface, it's really not travel-friendly for me afterall. Its compactness is completely lost on me because again, I don't feel comfortable about capping this while it's still wet, so I leave it uncapped to dry. Ideally I'd cap it after it dries, but frankly I'm not going back and capping this sad little thing. Ain't no one got time for another step to take care of the skincare that's supposed to take care of them. So it basically lives uncapped. And for that, here are the shower options: live in the shower uncapped, as practically far from water as is possible within a shower; or bring into the shower to use, then take out of the shower when finished.Size. The awkward giant size makes for awkward application. It's difficult to get on the smaller places of my face (between my eyebrows, the sides of my nose, for example). So I used my fingers to rub it around, nbd. But If I needed more, then my hands were also slippery, and I had to have an odd gorilla-like dexterity to hang onto this stick.I recently gave up on the stick format entirely, and just mashed it into a tin. (The tin for far superior The Body Shop's Chamomile cleaning balm to be exact.) It's still awkward because the consistency isn't conducive to using it like a balm that you'd find in a tin, but I can manage to use the rest of it this way. There is absolutely no way I would ever use this as a one-step or last-cleanser product. And if you couldn't tell, I would never purchase this entropy stick ever again. Not even for the $3.24 I paid the first/last time.Edit: I gave up on this product, and went on to just make my own, simple balm cleanser. I thought I'd try to use my mashed-up version of this cleanser, by melting it and blending it with some of my cleanser ingredients. I tried to heat it up on low-power in short intervals in the microwave, just like I make my balm cleanser, but this cleanser violently exploded, and smelled like an fume-ridden chemical fire. My microwaved smelled worse than a first year university chemistry lab. :) Now chemicals aren't inherently bad. Yes To's use of chemical-fear marketing and trending ingredients is a hilarious joke in the face of better-researched skincare. Just say no.