XOXO Sugar Scrub with Aloe Vera and Jojoba Oil

Compare the labels across this range and one formula keeps appearing: sugar, four butters, jojoba oil, aloe vera gel and vitamin E. XOXO Sugar Scrub is that formula with nothing added on top. No gold, no salt, no extract, no lanolin, which makes it the reference the other jars are variations of.

• The base formula, unmodified. Every other scrub here is this plus one distinguishing ingredient.
• Strawberry and kiwi. A fruit profile the initials give no hint of.
• Four butters plus aloe. The fullest published base in the scrub line.

The Formula Everything Else Starts From

Sugar, shea, mango, coco butter, coconut oil, jojoba oil, aloe vera gel and vitamin E. Set that beside the rest of the range and the pattern is obvious: one adds gold, one swaps in salt, one puts an extract at the top of the list. If you want to know what an AMINNAH scrub actually does before you pay for an addition, this is the jar that answers it.

The Initials Hide A Fruit Scent

Hugs and kisses is a greeting, and the fragrance behind it is juicy strawberry with kiwi giving a green tartness underneath. It is the same profile as the body butter under the same name, so the two can be used in one routine without two smells arguing in a small bathroom.

Let It Sit Before You Rinse

AMINNAH asks for the scrub to be massaged in and then left on for a minute or two. That minute is when the butters transfer to skin instead of leaving with the water. Skipping it costs you most of what you paid for, because a scrub without that pause is abrasion and very little else.

Reasons To Pay For A Different Jar

An unmodified base is exactly that: it does the job and adds nothing. If your skin needs a harder grain, a softer one, or an occlusive that plant butters cannot supply, one of the variations serves you better. Fruit fragrances also fade quickly in a rinse-off, so this is not the way to buy a scent you want lingering.

Questions About XOXO Sugar Scrub

What does XOXO smell of? Juicy strawberry with a green kiwi tartness under it, named by the maker across every XOXO product.

Is a plain formula worse than one with additions? No, it is narrower. Additions solve specific problems, and if you do not have that problem you are paying for decoration.

How coarse is the grain? White sugar, which is the middle of the range: harder than brown and far softer than salt.