Exfoliating

Exfoliation

Exfoliation is a good step within anyones skincare regime to really give your skin a brightening boost to help clarify your complexion and aid any other products that you use in your skincare regime to be even more beneficial.
Exfoliation has 3 main benefits to the skin

1. It helps to encourage cell turnover, as you skin naturally renews itself you can encourage this process by exfoliation
2. Encourages circulation by boosting the blood flow towards your face to give you a nice 'rosey glow'
3. It removes dead skin cells revealing fresh bright skin which is smooth to touch

Its important to find the right exfoliator for you and there are so many different ones on the market both high end and pharmacy brands it can be quite confusing!! One good piece of advice from skincare and beauty guru with her own mega successful brand, Liz Earle gives some good advice in one of her books. She believes that when it comes to exfoliating you should choose a formulation that uses spherical (round) beads such as jojoba beads that gently 'buff' rather than angular particals like salt, pumice or crushed shells which give a much harsher scrub which should only be used on occasion when skin really needs it or on the body. ( Her book 'Skin Secret's is brilliant and super detailed about how skin works and various ways to improve your skin naturally)

Here are some exfoliators that I reccomend and have tried baring in mind that my skin is not really sensitive and is oily/combination

Liz Earle Gentle Face exfoliator

This is a gorgeous product because of all the natural 'goodies' that give it a gorgeous smell,you instantly smell the eucalyptus which is really fresh and uplifting. It contains cocoa butter which is a great natural
skin smoother and jojoba beads whoch act together to gently 'buff' the skin without feeling too 'scratchy'. A good product for those who need to exfliate a couple of times a week.
This retail at £13.50 from Liz Earle Naturally active skincare.
www.lizearle.com




Benefits Refined Finish facial polish

With seaweed extracts and micro beads this product is a brilliant exfoliator and can be used maximum twice a week. You can also use this product as a mask which makes it a good purchase as its multi purpose to giv your face a nice deep clean and get rid of excess oil. You can go and see the difference right away at your local Benefit counter, they can demonstrate on the back of your hand and you will notice how much brighter your skin looks with one application. It smells fresh like cucumbers too!
http://www.benefitcosmetics.co.uk/product/main/skincare 

It retails at £17.50 from Benefit Cosmetics which you can find in most department stores and selcted Boots stores and online.

St Ives apricot facial scrub

This is a really popular facial scrub that you can get from most pharmacies and is a good price. You can also get this in a cute minature holiday size which is great if you just want to try it from Superdrug. I think this is a nice scrub but for me Its quite strong so i can only use this maximum one a week or when my skin really needs it. It contians apricot extracts and crushed walnut shell and smells lovely.


http://www.boots.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/EndecaSearchListerView?storeId=10052&searchTerm=10108846.P&ta=1&typeAhead=true&langId=-1&catalogId=11051#Shop products It retails at £3.99 for 150ml at Boots


 For someone who wants a really strong effective exfoliator Boots do a number 7 Micro-dermabrasion polish which is really quite strong so I would not advise you use it weekley or too often and you must always use an spf cream after you use it.

Total Renewal Micro-dermabraision exfoliator by No7

This retails for £11.00 but make sure you go and have chat with the people at your local boots no7 counter how to use this product properly as I think its quite a strong exfoliator and dont reccomend it to those with sensitive skin.




http://www.boots.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/EndecaSearchListerView?storeId=10052&searchTerm=10050140.P&ta=1&typeAhead=true&langId=-1&catalogId=11051#container

Get scrubbing!
Chloe x