this is not about my exfoliating facial scrub
It's about my astringent. Since entering my teenage years, I've used one product for cleaning my face. That product now comes in a friendly, inviting, rounded modern looking bottle. I don't think Sea Breeze Original Astringent has ever failed me. And "the tingling sensation tells you it is deep cleaning and leaves the skin feeling cool and refreshed." After a long day in the sun followed by a too crowded subway ride, I look forward to that tingling sensation.
When I started using Sea Breeze astringent it came packaged in a very boxy looking bottle. It's got that faint yellow tint and has always had an image of a blue sailboat printed on the label. But the curve in that packaging I first became familiar with was a concave curve along the front and back. The packaging definitely had a very indsutrial look. That look has changed over the years (and the product now sells as just a bottle). I remember it used to be packaged as a bottle covered by a box. A lot of products seem to have smartly shed that outside box.
I've never used any other facial cleaner. No oxyTEN. No PhisoDerm. No Noxema. I don't have any idea what those products are like.
Of course, there is a downside to using my trusty Sea Breeze astringent. I can go for a week or two without using it when I run out of facial tissues. Unable to just splash a bit on my face, I feel compelled to fold a tissue into a little square and dab the open bottle onto it. I then use one or two of these tissues to clean my face. I'm not sure if there's a better tingling sensation in the world!