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However, when I picked up C. Booth Charcoal Foaming Dry Body Polish & Cleanser, $8.99, for the first time, it didn't look like it was going to deliver that experience I so treasured. For one, the plastic canister's understated gray and white design didn't exactly scream "luxury." Then there was what's inside. I'd grown accustomed to pastel-colored salt grains or bead-dotted jellies. This dry scrub looked like loose soot-colored sand.
But it turns out that there's some legit wisdom in that old cliché about books and covers -- because once I used it, C. Booth's scrub totally blew away my expectations. When mixed with water, the pumice- and charcoal-based scrub becomes a sudsy paste that has the perfect grain density for sloughing off dead skin. I don't know if my skin has ever felt so smooth. It works as a scrub or can be used as a body wash, and despite its appearances, it has a soft pleasant scent. Maybe most appealing, at less than $10, I could stock up several jars of this stuff for what I'd splurge on a single fancy-pants scrub. The moral of the story? There's more than one way to treat yo' self. --Mary Squillace
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