St. Ives Gentle Smoothing Oatmeal Scrub & Mask
- Water
- solvent, formula base
- Glycerin
- humectant, skin hydration
- Sodium Methyl 2-Sulfolaurate
- cleansing surfactant
- Hydrated Silica
- physical exfoliant
- Decyl Glucoside
- mild cleansing surfactant
- Acrylates Copolymer
- film former, thickener
- Cocamidopropyl Betaine
- co-surfactant, foam booster
- Acrylates/Palmeth-25 Acrylate Copolymer
- film former, stabilizer
- Disodium 2-Sulfolaurate
- cleansing surfactant
- Juglans Regia (Walnut) Shell Powder
- physical exfoliant
- Phenoxyethanol
- preservative
- Cocamidopropyl PG-Dimonium Chloride Phosphate
- conditioning surfactant
- Parfum
- fragrance
- Disodium EDTA
- chelating agent
- Polyacrylamide
- thickener, film former
- Honey
- humectant, marketing ingredient
- Iodopropynyl Butylcarbamate
- preservative
- Avena Sativa (Oat) Meal Extract
- soothing extract
- CI 77891
- Pigment / opacifier in this formula — not acting as a UV filter.
Water, Glycerin, Sodium Methyl 2-Sulfolaurate, Hydrated Silica, Decyl Glucoside, Acrylates Copolymer, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Acrylates/Palmeth-25 Acrylate Copolymer, Disodium 2-Sulfolaurate, Juglans Regia (Walnut) Shell Powder, Phenoxyethanol, Cocamidopropyl PG-Dimonium Chloride Phosphate, Parfum, Disodium EDTA, Polyacrylamide, Honey, Iodopropynyl Butylcarbamate, Avena Sativa (Oat) Meal Extract, CI 77891
Is St. Ives Gentle Smoothing Oatmeal Scrub & Mask worth it?
St. Ives Gentle Smoothing Oatmeal Scrub & Mask scores 2.9 out of 5.0 for efficacy (Weak) and 3.8 out of 5.0 for safety (Mostly Safe) on DemythSkin's independent ingredient analysis. Decent scrub base, but the exfoliation is old-school and the fragrance lowers the appeal. The efficacy score is held up by a workable mix of mild surfactants plus two physical exfoliants, but it is pulled down by the lac
What are the key active ingredients in St. Ives Gentle Smoothing Oatmeal Scrub & Mask?
St. Ives Gentle Smoothing Oatmeal Scrub & Mask contains no gold-standard actives — its formula is built on supporting and base ingredients rather than clinically transformative actives.
Does St. Ives Gentle Smoothing Oatmeal Scrub & Mask contain fragrance or known irritants?
DemythSkin flags these ingredients in St. Ives Gentle Smoothing Oatmeal Scrub & Mask as potential irritants: Juglans Regia (Walnut) Shell Powder, Parfum. This product does contain fragrance.
How is St. Ives Gentle Smoothing Oatmeal Scrub & Mask scored?
DemythSkin grades every product on two independent axes: efficacy (whether the ingredients have clinical evidence of working) and safety (irritation and sensitisation risk). Ingredients are classified S through D against a database of over 3,000 compounds. No brand pays for a score.
Analysis last updated: 2026-08-17. DemythSkin is an independent ingredient analyzer. Scores are computed by a deterministic rubric from published clinical evidence — no brand pays for a score.