Homemade vs storebought exfoliants?

[katiecakes99]

I drink a lot of green tea so when i finish a cup i keep the bag and use the leaves to mix with sugar and sometimes honey to use as a weekly exfoliant or a lip scrub. Has anyone tried both homemade and a storebought and found major differences? If so - what products have worked for you? If not - what do you make your exfoliants out of?

[existincolor]

In my experience homemade scrubs have really inconsistent granuales which​ can cause uneven exfoliation. I really like Skinfood Black sugar mask

[Jessielynn87]

Dermalogica exfoliant is a chemical exfoliant verses like a sugar or salt scrub. I like it, does the trick. Adult acne, so like a lush scrub will break me out terribly(I was bummed) and not exfoliating causes me acne too. I'd recommend it.

[katiecakes99]

have you tried any of their other products? I've heard great things from their line

[Jessielynn87]

Yes, the ultracalming cleanser is awesome too. 

[txcatx]

I have a lip scrub from Lush, and I really like the fun, candy flavored scrub. But, before I bought it, I always used brown sugar and honey as a lip scrub. Honestly, when it comes to lip scrubs, I see no difference between store bought and DIY. 

[katiecakes99]

So far the only difference I've noticed is the taste too. They do more or less the same thing in my opinion but i wanted to see where everyone else stood on the matter lol