microbeads!
I thought they were using natural materials like ground coffee. Did some of them actually use plastic beads?
I didn’t realize America has banned them. Good. I just figured they were a fad.
I remember my sister telling me to use facial wash for acne with stuff like that in it. Thank fuck I’ve ADHD and never got a routine going with using it.
Some used pumice (I think Lava Soap or something along those lines) but it’s more harsh than the plastic microbeads OP is referring to.
I know St Ives uses crushed up walnut shells and apricot pits for theirs.
I’ve been buying face scrubs that have ground apricot pits in them. They are great. Just the right amount of abrasiveness and totally biodegradeable. These have been around for decades. The microbead shit was cheaper, I suppose. And maybe some squeamish people don’t like the brown grainy appearance of apricot pit scrub.
That’s really a shower thought…
As opposed to metaphorical microplastics?
Exfoliating plastics!
