Not too bad

This smells so good! And it's a little bit like aromatherapy whenever I use it to scrub my body. Afterwards my skin soul is very nice and soft and exfoliate. Reasonably priced especially when they have their 40% off sales I always buy a couple! But if you buy it at regular price, I would say its a bit expensive

Effective and Fantastic smelling but ohhh the burn

I purchased this product on a whim and immediate need to exfoliate (a story of a brazilian words but my esthetician assures me this will be important).
I used to love The Body Shop products and just happened to be by one at the time so in I went.
Amongst the many scrub I picked up this coconut exfoliating body scrub tester. It smelt devine and looked like it would perform it's duty to erradicate dead cells from my precious skin. Not to mention the price was right at $22 CAD for an 8.5oz tub.
Excitedly I take my product home eager to test it's magic. The beautiful smell wafted into the shower with me, making me feel exotic and warm,
but when I applied it to my flesh OMG the burn. I was it off quickly and think, maybe it's zone sensitive. Nope the burn is part of my specially selected products charm it would seem.
So i'm providing this review with the following qualifying factors

I would recommend this product to a friend (probably my most sadistic friends first then the nicer ones) because I am not sure if the burning serves a purpose. That is, is it to be expected? Do I have some sort of skin sensitivity that made it feel more intense than the average person would experience? (The fact that I am still using said product because I am that sadistic friend) I Just don't know and therefore feel it's worth a try to anyone interested.
4 start for value, $22 is a reasonable price for the amount you get (i'm just not sure how I feel about paying for my own discomfort)
Quality was a 3 (based on my burning experience, which as discussed maybe be the actual point??!??)
Effectiveness is a 5, it does exfoliate very well. It leaves me with smooth, fresh, coconut smelling skin with a side of intense burn :)

Overall, I continue to use the product, it hasn't caused my skin any long term damage and honestly I love the smell, the results, and over time I believe I have built a tolerance to the burn.