Get Whipped v Isle of Eden - Round Two

I am pitting Isle of Eden's Banana Split Cake scrub against Get Whipped's Lolita Lempicka dupe scrub.





This round of comparisons are all about the scrubs. And let's face it; scrubs are the king of the bath and body realm. There were significant differences between the two scrubs and just by looking at the ingredients list, you can gauge what the end results are going to be. The three main ingredients in the Get Whipped scrub are cocoa butter, shea butter and aloe vera while the three main ingredients in the Isle of Eden scrub are Sucrose [sugar], sucrose [raw cane sugar]and evaporated sugar cane juice. This does not mean that the Get Whipped scrub is not as scrubby as the Isle of Eden scrub; the sugar however does melt faster and leaves your skin softer.

I think that the picture comparisons give a good idea of the differences between the two products. Look at the two scrubs side by side and they have very similar textures but the Get Whipped scrub has a noticeable sheen to it and is more moist.

For the scoop test, they both did really well and had great textures. The Isle of Eden scrub held its texture and stayed firm while the Get Whipped scoop started to melt a little; I assume this is owed to the high cocoa and shea butter content.

They both spread nicely without any scrub fall out. The Isle of Eden scrub was drier while the Get Whipped scrub started to melt upon contact.

This is where the scrubs similarities end. Upon scrubbing, there was no foaming action from the Get Whipped scrub. There is no soap base in the Get Whipped product so yeah, how can it foam? I did a Google search on the last ingredient "Liquipar Optima" and learned that it is a preservative for oil based products and keeps bacteria away. Even though the main ingredients are cocoa and shea butter, this is not a greasy scrub at all. It did leave my skin very moisturized.

The Isle of Eden scrub was very scrubby and it foamed once the scrub was worked into the skin. This is a soap based scrub so although it rinsed easily and cleanly and despite the sunflower, macadamia and soybean oil that were added, the final result was clean skin with no sense of softened skin.

The final part of the test can't be photographed and that is how the scents hold up on cold sniff and how the scent lingers on the skin. On cold sniff, they both smell good. There is something about the Get Whipped product though because the scent really blooms and intensifies as it is being used. The Isle of Eden scrub did not intensify as it was being used and after toweling the area, there was no distinct lingering of the scent. The Get Whipped scrub scent stayed on skin for about thirty minutes after my skin was dry.

I greatly preferred the Get Whipped scrub over the Isle of Eden scrub. My skin felt like silk after using the Get Whipped Scrub and the lingering scent was lovely.