I am a scrubber… and have been since my days in high school. I’ve always used a facial scrub to exfoliate my face and keep it looking its best. And more recently I have also become a body scrubber, to make my skin feel soft and avoid any ingrown hairs after waxing.
But I must admit, even though I always try to go for the most natural products, I was not aware that many popular scrubs out there are made with small pieces of plastic. And when I rinse them off my skin, I am contaminating the environment and possibly endangering many ocean species.
When I published the article on my friend Robin’s experience using coconut oil as a beauty product, Emily reached out to me to see if I wanted to try out their natural olive oil based scrub, in which the scrubs are made from ground up olives pits from California. How can I turn down such an invitation???
I received a small sample of Oliviate to try…
The first thing that impressed me about Oliviate was it is made almost entirely with organic, whole, California-grown olives that are stone-ground to create a scrub that clears away dead surface skin cells. The scrub is made from the pits of the olives, not artificial plastic beads. Then, using the natural oils in the olives it capitalizes on all the benefits of olive oil, in a topical format for your skin. I love that they also have thought of their packaging to make it more environmentally-friendly.
Oliviate looks like olive tapenade in a jar. I had to stop myself from trying to spread in on a cracker and taste it because the aroma is so completely wonderful. In the description Emily sent on what to expect from the product it said Aroma: Lemongrass, Wine, Earthy. It smells like wine alright… but it doesn’t have an ounce of alcohol. The ingredients are natural as they come – Organic Olea Europaea (Olives), Organic Vegetable Glycerin, Organic Cymbopogon citratus (Lemongrass) Essential Oil and a bit of Potassium Sorbate, a food grade preservative to make it last a while until you finish your jar. This is basically food you’re putting on your skin…
The experience in my shower was magical… the smell of the scrub transports you immediately to the wine orchards of Napa Valley. Or maybe even an olive grove in the Mediterranean. The scrub is mostly fine, but you need to be careful in your face because there are a few larger pieces that could feel a tad more abrasive that you would want in your delicate face skin. The good thing is the olive oil in the scrub counteracts any grittiness and your skin is left feeling soft and supple. It worked great to scrub by elbows, knees and the back of my thighs after I waxed them a few days ago.
Oliviate Exfoliating – Moisturizing Olive Mask & Scrub
And how can you get a hold of your very own bottle of Oliviate? By contributing to their IndieGoGo campaign. Oliviate is not currently available in stores. It is only available via Emily and Rob, the manufacturers directly. They need to raise $25,000 to help them purchase equipment, packaging etc to be able to bring this wonderful product into the market. We only have until June 20, 2014 to raise these funds. Contribute a little and you get a little product… but contribute a lot and you get MORE – even an experience visiting the olive grove where they source their olive pumice. We only have a few weeks left… so I urge you to visit their Indiegogo page, make an investment in this organic natural initiative and let’s be all part of contributing to bring good, natural, organic products to market!!!
I already did my part… help us doing yours too!!! If you like Oliviate and what they represent please select a perk and enjoy the natural beauty benefits of California olives in your own home.
I was only given a small sample of this product to try. I was not compensated in any way for this product review. The views and opinions are entirely my own.
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