I have been struggling with red KP bumps on my arms my entire life. Although a benign condition, it has been something that has been pointed out to me by people and has made me slightly insecure to the point that I don’t like wearing tank tops. Nothing up to this point had worked to get rid of it, exfoliation, body washes or scrubs. So, when I heard someone talk about the Peach & Lily KP Bump Boss Microderm Body Scrub, I knew that I had to try it. It’s a product specifically formulated to get rid of those bumps on my arms. Keep reading to find out if the product worked for me and what’s in it.
Things to know about Peach & Lily KP Bump Boss Microderm Body Scrub :
Founded by Alicia Yoon, Peach & Lily is a brand that prides itself on using clean active ingredients so that everyone can use actives and improve their skin. The founder spent most of her life dealing with eczema and saw that there was no market for her to improve her skin. All of their packaging is 100% recyclable and they plant a tree for every order. They are also partners with Restore NYC which is a nonprofit that helps stop sex trafficking and help victims get back to a normal life. The company curates their formulas by scouting Korea and Japan for products that are incredibly successful and looking through consumer reviews. from there, they go through their formulas, and “clean up” as many ingredients as possible so it is safe for the most sensitive of skin. They also enlist testers as well as employees from various skin tones to ensure that everyone is represented in their products.
This product is formulated with the following ingredients that are good for your skin:
- Glycolic Acid (7%) is an AHA that comes from sugar cane. It is the smallest out of all of the AHA molecules so it can really absorb into the skin and help with exfoliation from within the pores
- Lactic Acid (3%) is another AHA, although it is much more gentle. It is a much larger molecule than Glycolic Acid (see right – it has an extra OH chain). As such, it isn’t nearly as aggressive as glycolic acid, but it is still excellent at speeding up cell turnover and cleaning out your pores.
- Artemisia Vulgaris Extract (Mugwort), although seen as a weed in many cultures, in Korea, it is known for its antibacterial and fungal properties. It is packed with antioxidants and can help heal dry skin.
- Centella Asiatica Extract (Cica) is an incredibly well-known ingredient in K-Beauty for its hydrating and anti-inflammatory properties. It’s an ingredient that is excellent for acne-prone and damaged skin. Plus, since it is combined with hyaluronic acid in this formula, it boosts its hydrating properties.
- Hyaluronic Acid (in 4 different forms) is a moisturizing superstar, that holds 1000 times its weight in water. This has 4 types of it: Hyaluronic Acid, Sodium Hyaluronate and their Hydrolyzed versions.
- Squalane
This product is formulated with the following ingredients that are “bad”* for your skin:
- There is nothing in this formula that is “bad” for youe skin
Who is this product good for?
- Those with Keratosis Pilaris on the body
- Those with incredibly dry skin
K-Points: 10/10
So, for beauty reviews, unlike my album unboxings, I will be much harsher because this can directly impact your health, whereas buying K-Pop albums does not. It just impacts your wallet. As such, all of my beauty reviews will be out of 10 points. I will not be going over that number.
I honestly absolutely love this product. I have Keratosis Pilaris (KP), which is a benign condition that causes red bumps and dry patches, on the skin caused by a build-up of Keratin in the skin, and this really helps to minimize how many bumps I have. It also helps to prevent all of the dry patches that I normally get as well. The one downside I have to this product is that it is very thick, so it takes some elbow grease to get it out of the container. I think if they made the hole on it a little bit larger so that it can come out better, that would be helpful.
This is the only thing that has helped those bumps, which is definitely going to turn me into a repeat purchaser of this product.
What are the Koreans saying?
I was digging through 화해**, a Korean skincare app that lists out the ingredients of products from many brands for people to look through as well as post reviews. This product is not currently in the app, nor is Peach & Lily the brand. My guess is that this is because even though it is made by a Korean American, they haven’t fully expanded into Korea yet.
Where Can I Buy It?
Whenever I buy K-Beauty, I do shop at a couple of different places. If you want to see all of the places that I shop at, you can check them all out here. I pick Peach & Lily up from Ulta most of the time. With Ulta, you can also use Rakuten for cash back off of your purchases on their site.
What is Rakuten?
Rakuten is a cashback site that gives you money for purchases you may have already made. They even have an extension for multiple browsers so when you go to a website that uses Rakuten, it will automatically pop up the cashback button to make sure you are saving money. I use this all the time, and I got over $80 back from them for purchases I was going to make anyway. That’s about 3 more albums I can buy!
If you’ve never used Rakuten before, you can use this link to get $10 when making a qualified purchase of $25 when using Rakuten. You will also get whatever percent cashback is being offered from the site you are purchasing from. Sephora, typically has 4% cashback, through here. Ulta typically has 3%. These are just some of the companies on the website, but there are other major retailers on there as well!
Rakuten also has a Google Chrome extension that will tell you as soon as you log onto a site that has cashback with a little pop-up in the corner so that you can ensure you are saving money!
Which products do you swear by, K-Nuggets? Let me know in the comments down below!
사랑합니다!
–Rachel
*I put bad in quotes here because everything is subjective. Just because an ingredient that may have some amount of research on it that it can cause issues in the skin exists in a product says nothing about how it is processed and refined when making the product. It also says nothing about where that particular ingredient came from and the quality of that ingredient. It’s just like with cooking you can have all the same ingredients to start, but depending on what you do with those ingredients, you can get two completely different end products. Liah Yoo, a YouTuber and now the owner of the brand Krave Beauty, made an excellent video talking about this.
**Note: 화해 still only exists in Korean, but some of the products can be searched for in English.
