GreenDeals Daily

I used to think of Burt out in the field, tending to his hives, making balms and salves with the help of thousands of tiny workers. Then I read that Burt's Bees had been purchased for nearly a billion dollars by Clorox and I realized this bucolic image had long disappeared. That's not to say Burt's has turned evil, if anything perhaps there's hope the recent deal will help the makers of natural health and beauty products turn even more people on to a greener way of doing things. Regardless, lets put all this boardroom drama out of our minds and take a look at Burt's Peach & Willowbark Deep Pore Scrub.

This lightly fruit scented creamy scrub has finely ground peach pits in it whose grit helps exfoliate-away dead skin cells while the willow bark's salicylic acid helps remove oil and unclog pores. Ginger and seaweed extracts also help improve circulation and restore minerals.

We found the product provided an invigorating face wash but left a bit of a greasy feeling film. I think this must be due to our hard water, which usually makes soaps difficult to rinse off, but the film left by the Deep Pore Scrub was even worse than usual.

I was glad to see Burt's lists the ingredients on the package. It's always mystified me that manufacturers of products such as this aren't required to do this and it was nice to see in this case it was being done voluntarily and that the ingredients were all quite wholesome and natural. Additionally Burt's doesn't test on animals and a portion of the packaging is made from post-consumer recycled plastic. With a 4oz tube selling for $8, this stuff may not be cheap, but at least it's relatively green. Here's my rating:

• Green: 3/4
• Value: 2/3
• Quality: 2.5/3
• Final GreenDeals score: 7.5/10

Do you use an all-natural face wash? Tell us about it in the comments!

Buy Burt's Bees Peach & Willowbark Deep Pore Scrub at Amazon.com