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I had one and REALLY disliked it. I'm a fan of scrubby things, not "Hey, is this actually getting me clean?" things. They are pretty, though.

Thanks, AT, for continuing to fuel my Target addiction. :P

Watch your it's and its :-)

I agree with Tiamant_the_Red.

2000 parts??... as in it cleans your entire body, every part?... or are the "2000 parts" a euphemism for particular body parts?

Tiamant_the_Red and mooie_ziel: I've had nothing but great results, but to save people from running out and having unsatisfactory ones, what didn't you like about it?

I was sold when it scrubbed Sharpie marker off my hand, but maybe others have had other results!

Thanks,
-Sarahrae

hmmm i wanna try this...

and btw your dish with the soaps and sponge is so pretty!

I've tried this kind of pouf too and didn't like it. Or at least it looks the same--I didn't get mine at Target. My biggest complaint was that it didn't suds up like the traditional mesh poufs. And the texture felt kind of slippery. It just seemed like I was pushing un-sudsy, slippery water across my skin. There was no scrubbing feeling, so I didn't feel clean. However, Dermalogica also has a facial cloth made out of this material, and I do like it for that. I usually use it to remove my face mask rather than for daily cleansing...again because I like a scrubbing feeling for cleansing, but the soft and smooth texture is nice for rinsing off--the material can hold a lot of water like a chamois.

I got one from Target, and then when our Rite Aid went out of business, I stocked up on them for 60 cents. But I really enjoy it, I agree with Sarahrae when she said that it got Sharpie off, I wore brand new stained blue jeans one day, and my legs turned blue. The only thing that got the blue stains off were this sponge.

I bought the EXACT same thing at Target and hated it.

"My biggest complaint was that it didn't suds up like the traditional mesh poufs. And the texture felt kind of slippery. It just seemed like I was pushing un-sudsy, slippery water across my skin. There was no scrubbing feeling, so I didn't feel clean."

That sums up my experiences completely.

Oh--it also grows mildew FAST if you don't wring it out hard each time you use it.

I got one of these in pink from bath and body works back in 2006 and I haaaaaaaated it. I used too much soap to make it worth it!

I might buy one because it looks nice in the dish, but I wouldn't actually use the thing. I include the net scrubby ones as well. Not sanitary .

how much suds a cleanser creates is not a measure of the product's effectiveness. it is a measure of how much phosphate is in the formula. the phosphate is used to create suds so that people will believe the product works better than competitors.

suds = marketing tool

Oh no. They got Sarahrae - she uses the royal 'we' now.

aw... and she was such a great writer too.

Eureka! I've figured it out: these luxe sponges? They're pods. Alien pods. They suck the soul right out and replace it with the royal "We." Now --

Wait, the doorbell.

Who could... why, it's Sarahrae from AT!

What's that? For me? Gosh. Yeah, of course I love Target products! I'll just start the shower, and... so soft... sudsy...

We feel better now.

It's pretty, but if it's not really scrubby I don't think I would like it. Exfoliation is key.

I'm a fan of the scrubby gloves made out of the nylon mesh...

They have truckloads of these at my local 99 Cent Only Store and they come in a bunch of different colors. Wasn't really "scrubby" enough for me, but they look nice.

Yeah, that fabric is a bacteria breeding ground. At the very least, make sure you allow it to dry and store it near a source of light. Otherwise that flower will turn into a nasty moldy, smelly scrubby.

Why not go back to a traditional sea sponge? They look just a pretty as that plastic fake flower and they are resistant to bacteria due to the natural enzymes they contain.

This is the kind of thing I've come to realize that we (as a community, a society, a planet - truly the plural we) don't need, but get sucked into because it looks "pretty" and is super cheap. I don't know when we got dissatisfied with the traditional washcloth. And yes, I've bought scrubbers and loofahs etc in the past too, but am hoping to get over my guilty ways.

Interesting. I got one at Target that was like a washcloth in pouf form, and it was like trying to wash myself with a balled up sock.

I recently switched to bar soap to avoid this all together.

The "we" righteous police are at full force.

I bought one of these due based on the cuteness factor. Sadly, it was sudsless.

I thought the chunks were chocolate I see they are soap.

i bought this at target because it was pretty, and expecting it to be softer and work better than the regular ol' pouf...

what a waste of 1.99

i used it twice. you have to use waaaay too much soap to even get it to lather up good enough to say that you're clean...

...and it starts to stink after awhile...

the grass was not greener, im back with my fantastically lathering pouf :)

Lady J, alas, you are howling into the void. People will continue to believe that giant clouds of suds are equivalent to extra cleaning power. It's unfortunate, isn't it?

I'm with space/lift. The whole sudsless factor grossed me out. I didn't feel any cleaner after rubbing myself with the sudsless flower than I would've if I hadn't showered at all.

Very pretty but pretty useless.

how many "we"s are simultaneously using this thing, i wonder? i really could do without the we in posts like this. that hasn't got anything to do with being "The "we" righteous police", it just reads very silly when people discuss their hygiene choices using plural.

i've got a question over my head... do you share the pouf?