Most women exfoliate their faces at least once to twice a week, but often neglect their bodies. Now, if you want a Victoria’s Secret Angel worthy body, then scrubbing is a must. It not only helps to get rid of surface dead skin cells to leave your skin silky smooth and soft, the massaging movements also boost circulation and stimulates lymphatic drainage to prevent toxins and excess water from building up.
Overall, exfoliating your body will leave you with brighter, more even-textured and youthful-looking skin. Another plus: it also helps your skin better absorb the benefits of the rest of your skincare. Try to scrub at least once to twice a week. If you have sensitive skin, cut it down to once every two weeks. We’ve picked out 10 of our favourites that will smooth and soften, while nourishing skin.
Enriched with almond oil and crushed shells, this foaming shower scrub melts into skin to gently cleanse and exfoliate to remove impurities and dead cells. It not only helps skin better absorb the benefits of the rest of your skincare, it also leaves behind he fresh and delicate fragrance of almond tree flowers.
This gently buffs away dead skin cells to refine, nourish and condition skin. An unlike some salt-based scrubs, which can dry our skin, this leaves skin moisturised for up to 14 hours. It contains real brown sugar crystals, which are natural humectants that help to prevent moisture loss while gently, a cocktail of oils to nourish and hydrate, ginseng root extract and peppermint to invigorate the senses and revitalise skin cells, as well as citrus oils help to brighten and tone while leaving behind a subtly sweet, zesty scent.
This foaming body polish deep cleanses, exfoliates and moisturises to leave skin smooth and radiant. It has soothing aloe vera blended with grapefruit peel powder and avocado stone granules to exfoliate dead skin cells, while glycerine and soybean oil moisturises skin.
Made with pure honey and soy milk, this hydrates and moisturises while strengthening skin’s protective barrier. This ultra creamy formula has sweet almond oil, shea butter, jojoba oil and grounded luffa fruit to gently exfoliate while nourishing even the driest skin, leaving skin silky and with a healthy, beautiful sheen.
Infused with microbeads, this pinky-beige cream helps to refine skin’s texture, detoxify and neutralise pollution particles. Rich in natural plant extracts, it calms, nourishes and protects skin during the exfoliation process, leaving skin soft and supple. It can be used on both dry and wet skin.
This multi-tasking treatment that cleanses, exfoliates and smoothes to banish bumps and reduce flakey skin. The clay-based paste turns into a lightly foaming scrub when blended with water to thoroughly cleanse and detoxify. Made with a duo of chemical and physical exfoliators, it has lactic and salicylic Acid to buff skin’s surface and stimulate cell renewal and turnover. Montan wax beads remove dead cells on skin’s surface to reveal brighter skin, while active charcoal draws toxins out.
This has Anjou rose extract to gently remove dead skin cells. Its gel texture transforms into a milky emulsion with water and melts instantly on the skin. The formula is infused with a sugar crystal complex and 100 per cent natural glycerin and coconut oil to leave skin moisturised, protected and velvety soft.
This sensorial creamy, exfoliating treatment is crafted with antioxidant-rich green tea and naturally exfoliating sugars. This revitalising blend helps renew, relax and restore skin texture while soothing and nurturing the senses with a herbaceous green tea scent. It contains amino acid that to relieve stress, improve focus and foster a state of wakeful relaxation.
This sugar scrub glides onto the skin and helps to eliminate surface dead skin cells gently. It has a yummy gourmand fragrance and formula concentrated in skin nourishing raw sugar and apricot oil.
This luxe scrub is formulated with pure diamond powder, fermented sea mud and polished sea quartz to remove dull surface cells to refine, detoxify and retexturise skin. It also has tourmaline to help stimulate circulation and give skin a healthy, smooth glow.
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