1 Polish your skin with Earth Science Apricot Gentle Facial Scrub.

This soap-free, moisturizing cleanser lightly exfoliates with walnut

shell powder, oat flour, and sugar cane. Apricot kernel oil and
orange, lemon, and bilberry extracts leave skin soft and smooth.
Use daily to prevent blemishes caused by clogged pores.
2 Gently eliminate dirt, oil, and makeup with Home Health Everclen
Facial Cleanser. Formulated with plant-based ingredients that leave
skin feeling clean and soft, it won’t clog pores, and it’s also
hypoallergenic, nonirritating, non-GMO, and vegan-friendly.
3 Buff and brighten your skin with Andalou Naturals Chia Omega +
C Radiant Skin Polish. Apple and grape stem cells provide
energized antioxidant defense, an eight-berry complex supplies
vitamin C, omega-rich borage seed and flax seed oils moisturize,
and micro-polishing chia seed and walnut powders slough away
surface cells for even tone and smooth skin.
4 Get your glow on with Derma E Microdermabrasion Scrub.
Detoxifying Dead Sea salt buffs away dullness and smooths
wrinkles, roughness, and acne scars, while refreshing lime, lemon,
and sweet orange essential oils soften and invigorate skin.
5 Illuminate and firm a dull complexion with NOW Solutions Clarify
& Illuminate Age Transformation Cleanser. The gel contains
Mitostime, a brown algae extract that has been shown to help
reduce signs of aging, as well as hydrating marine collagen,
moisture retaining allantoin and Manuka honey, and extra virgin
olive oil.
6 Remove dirt, oil, and makeup in one step with MyChelle
Dermaceuticals Quick Clean Micellar Water. This gentle cleanser
has strawberry and kiwi extracts and botanicals to nourish and
revitalize skin.
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A gentle cleanse rids your skin of dirt, oil, debris, makeup, and
pollution. Use a cleanser fit for your skin type—gel to clarify oily and
acne-prone skin, milky lotion for normal and sensitive skin, and
creamier lotions and oils for dry and mature skin.
If you want to refine the appearance of dull, dry, lusterless skin, you
need a second step—exfoliation. When you exfoliate, you scrub
away the dead surface layer of cells, which not only improves skin
texture, but also stimulates circulation and encourages toxins to
escape through the unclogged pores. When skin is clean and
exfoliated, it can absorb the beneficial ingredients in treatment and
moisturizing products much more effectively.
It takes young skin 25 days to renew itself naturally by shedding
dead cells and generating new ones. As skin matures, this process
slows down. This causes a buildup of dry, dull flakes that give skin a
rough, uneven texture and aged appearance. All you need to do to
bring back a healthy glow is scrub gently. Exfoliating your skin once
or twice a week will reveal the smoother, softer new skin beneath
the dead cells.
If exfoliating leaves your complexion looking raw and irritated,
chances are you’re using a scrub with large, abrasive particles.
Instead, choose a scrub that obtains its exfoliating action from such
natural ingredients as almond or walnut powder, chia seed powder,
ground apricot kernels, sugar cane, dead sea salt, or fruit enzymes
that dissolve surface cells with natural alpha hydroxy acids.
The ideal product should remove dead cells and prevent water loss
(look for honey, borage oil, jojoba, glycerin, or hyaluronic acid).
Exfoliation can leave the skin sensitive, so be sure to use a lotion or
cream afterward to moisturize and rehydrate. Adding just one small
step to your skin care routine can make your skin glow.
TIPS TO GET THE BEST RESULTS FROM FACIAL
EXFOLIATORS
* Choose an exfoliator that is specifically designed for the face.
Body scrubs are too coarse.
* Wet your face before exfoliating.
* Use circular motions when applying the exfoliator.
* Avoid the eye area.
* After using the exfoliator, apply a moisturizer.
* Do not use an abrasive exfoliating product if your skin is sensitive
or if you have blemishes or cuts.
Sherrie Strausfogel is the author of Hawaii’s Spa Experience:
Rejuvenating Secrets of the Islands (the first book to feature
aromatherapy in its pages). Based in Honolulu, she writes about
beauty, spas, health, cuisine, and travel. Her work has appeared in
more than 100 magazines, newspapers, guidebooks, and websites