MAC Volcanic Ash Exfoliator

If you are a dirty girl at heart, this is your exfoliant. Using MAC's Volcanic Ash Exfoliator is a bit like dying your own hair, in that the stuff gets everywhere you don't want it to be, and it's black as squid ink. I'm not sure the washcloth I used to remove it in the shower will ever recover, and I was glad we had a handheld shower head to hose the splatters quickly from the grout, lest they stain.

I personally love the idea of slathering my thighs with something the texture of liquid concrete. I'm not being ironic. I really do. If you're going to exfoliate, why not make it a gritty, flagrant event of it? On my hips, belly, elbows and thighs this stuff was rough and brilliant, a really hard textural workout reminiscent of the $90 Korean body scrub I could rarely afford to get when I lived in LA, where the practitioners treat you about the way you'd expect a side of kobe beef to be treated in a tony slaughterhouse--i.e., you are precious, but in need of butchering.

I won't use it on my face again--though the instructions say you can--and really did so just so I could take a picture for the blog. My skin felt velvety afterwards. I have to wonder if volcanic ash is this black, or if they've added something to make it so, and I don't know if this is a stunt product from MAC, or a permanent addition to their line, but I kind of love it.

Comments

[Crystal - Beauty or Bust]

You look fabulous covered in volcanic ash! haha I've heard a lot about this product but have yet to try it. You may have convinced me though! Sometimes its fun getting a little messy for beauty's sake!

[Alice Bachini-Smith]

I'm going to use this post as an incentive to build that slate-lined walk-in shower I've always wanted. Am waay too lazy to try it in this porous old bathroom, everything would be black permanently.

love the new look too ;-)

[SugarBee]

I'm surprised how affordable it is. Now I'll have to try it out:)