Best Exfoliators For Your Skin
Exfoliating isn’t just good for your body but it’s also good for your face. However, don’t go to your local drugstore and reach for the nearest St. Ives exfoliating scrub. That is basically the equivalent to taking small glass shards to your visage, and we certainly don’t want to do that. Opting for a gentle, keyword gentle exfoliator for your face is a great way to care for your skin. By scrubbing away dead skin cells you make way for newly generating skin cells that will reveal youthful, bright and moisturized looking skin. During the cold winter months, reaching for a gentle exfoliant for your face could be the best investment you make so check out our list of our favorite facial exfoliators you should be using this winter.
La Mer is infamous for their products that harness the powerful benefits of sea kelp extract. Their Replenishing Oil Exfoliator refines, detoxifies and replenishes the skin using the seaweed extract ingredient they’re so well known for. La Mer recommends using this exfoliator as a dry applicator for maximum benefits or to apply to damp skin for a silkier experience. If your main concern is dry skin, wrinkles and overall dullness of the skin then this product is for you. Some other power player key ingredients in this exfoliant are sea salt, sugar crystals and La Mer’s “Miracle Broth.”
Our next exfoliator is from La Prairie. La Prairie has been a pioneer in the skincare industry for over half of a century and specializes in cellular skin therapy. This Cellular Mineral Face Exfoliator contains La Prairie’s Cellular Complex for “immediate and long term results.” Ingredients such as mineral rich gem powders and rose centifolia make for a luxurious exfoliating gel great for combination and/or oily skin. Use two to three times weekly and apply to damp skin and use your finger tips to massage into your visage in small circular motions.
Exfoliators for your face don’t always mean tiny beads of product that you have to massage into your face to scrub away impurities and dead skin. Sometimes they come in convenient little packages like these Correct and Brighten Beta Hydroxy Pads from Trish McEvoy. The key powerful ingredient in these pads is salicylic acid which gently dissolves dead cells that make our skin appear dull and tired. These vegan, gluten-free, paraben-free and fragrance free pads are great to keep in your bathroom or in your purse for on-the-go use and can be applied to not only your face but your neck and decolletage as well.
For a rich and powerful lather exfoliator try this Amorepacific Treatment Enzyme Peel Exfoliator. This bottle conveniently dispenses the perfect amount of powder infused with green tea and hyaluronic acid each use. Combine with a little bit of water and voila, you
have a rich lather of an exfoliant in the palm of your hands. This is a great exfoliator that doubles as a cleaner and a moisturizer and uses probiotic derived enzymes to gently cleanse your skin and leave it fresh, hydrated and illuminated. Use this as a replacement for your cleanser each morning and night or treat yourself two to three times a week with a double cleansing on top of your usual cleansing product. Happy exfoliating!