The actives and the oils
Sugar (Sucrose)
Sucrose is ordinary sugar, from sugar cane or sugar beet. In a scrub it is used as fine crystals.
- On a list as
- Sucrose
- What it does
- Gentle scrub particles
- Where it comes from
- Plant: sugar cane or sugar beet
- Vegan?
- Yes
Why it’s in a formula
The crystals polish away flaky skin, then dissolve with the warmth and moisture of your lips, so the scrub softens as you go. Sugar also draws in water.
- Some cane sugar is filtered through bone char during refining. Nothing from the char stays in the sugar, and a list can't say how its sugar was refined. We count it as vegan, as the maker of Les Petits does.
Where you’ll find it at Divina
Read from each piece’s published ingredient list. 6 pieces.
Questions
Is a sugar scrub good for your lips?
Used gently once or twice a week, yes: it lifts dry flakes and dissolves as you go. Follow with a balm.
How often should you use a lip scrub?
Once or twice a week is plenty. Scrubbing every day can leave lips sore.
How we know: every ingredient list on this site is the manufacturer’s own, read piece by piece and shade by shade, and the pieces above are worked out from those lists each time the site is built. Ingredient names and functions follow the EU’s CosIng database. This page describes cosmetic ingredients; it isn’t medical advice.
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