Youth To The People 10% AHA + Yerba Mate Smoothing Energy Body Scrub with Upcycled Olive Seed Powder
by Youth To The People · body_care
Editor's Take
The 10% AHA blend means business, and the perlite and olive seed polish back it up, but fragrance and ethoxylated bits keep it from clean-beauty sainthood.
Four-pillar formula scores
- Efficacy: 8.4 / 10
- Modern Tech: 7.8 / 10
- Clean Beauty: 5.4 / 10
- Sustainability: 6.5 / 10
The Verdict
This is one of the more serious body scrubs on the shelf: a disclosed 10% AHA blend with lactic, mandelic, and glycolic acids, plus perlite and upcycled olive seed for physical smoothing. That double polish should be effective on rough arms, legs, and bumpy texture, though sensitive or freshly shaved skin may find it pushy. The energy angle has backup from yerba mate and caffeine, but the acids are the main event. Clean purists will notice the fragrance, phenoxyethanol, and ethoxylated emulsifiers; still, as a resurfacing body scrub, it earns its spot.
Full INCI list
Aqua/Water/Eau, Perlite, Lactic Acid, Glycerin, Sodium Hydroxide, Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate, Stearyl Alcohol, Simmondsia Chinensis Seed Oil/Jojoba Seed Oil, Propanediol, Glyceryl Stearate, Mandelic Acid, Ceteareth-20, Glycolic Acid, Olea Europaea Seed Powder/Olive Seed Powder, Gluconolactone, Tridecyl Trimellitate, Hylocereus Undatus Fruit Extract, Ilex Guayusa Leaf Extract, Ilex Paraguariensis Leaf Extract, Passiflora Edulis Fruit Extract, Bisabolol, Caffeine, Trisodium Ethylenediamine Disuccinate, Hydrogenated Castor Oil, Hydrogenated Jojoba Oil, Caprylyl Glycol, Citric Acid, Coconut Acid, Isohexadecane, Polysorbate 80, Sodium Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer, Sodium Isethionate, Sorbitan Oleate, Xanthan Gum, Limonene, Linalool, Phenoxyethanol, Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Benzoate, Parfum/Fragrance.