Exfoliate Your Skin the Right Way

Women around the world who are concerned about their beauty should be definitely following the process 'exfoliation' in their regular skincare routine. Our skin should be well cleansed, nourished and protected in order to maintain the suppleness but more than those, exfoliating skin is the first step to be done in order to remove those dead cells cells from the surface of the skin. Most of the women curse their foundation for not blending onto the skin properly but it's not your foundations mistake, it is actually caused by the lack of exfoliation. Yes! Just imagine, when your skin is filled with ugly dead cells, how could the creams and foundations smoothly blend? Even you can't get the most of your lipstick if your lips are not exfoliated in a right way. On the other hand, exfoliation of the skin shouldn't be done harshly as well as it would affect the delicate protective layer of your skin. Overall, exfoliation is the key to radiant beautiful skin; before you undergo any nourishing treatments or facials, exfoliating your skin is the important thing to do. Let us discuss some minute and useful facts and ideas on skin exfoliation to get the most of it.

Balancing the moisture loss during Exfoliation

Though exfoliation helps you get rid of excess dead skin cells and other impurities, it might strip off the natural oils from your skin as well. Not just the dead cells are getting lost, but the natural moisture of your skin too. What can we do to balance it, especially in already dry skin types? Well, a creamy nourishing exfoliating scrub with good exfoliating granules would do the trick. Go for fruit exfoliating scrubs which are cream based, but still effective in the terms of 'exfoliation'. You can also prepare your own face & body exfoliation scrub at home which balances the moisture loss during exfoliation. 

Homemade Exfoliating Recipe:

Get a cup of creamy yogurt and add two table spoons of ground oats to it. Make sure that the oats isn't ground  too fine, but 'coarsely' to perform the exfoliation part well. Now add few drops of olive or almond oil to this scrub mixture. Blend well and you're ready with your exfoliating scrub for your dry skin. Is your skin type oily? Then skip the oil and add some lime juice, this would help in peeling the dead skin cells with its citrus extracts.

     The yogurt soothes the skin while the oat granules exfoliates it to get rid of dead skin layer and other impurities. Olive or almond oil helps in retaining skin's natural moisture.[Use it only if you have dry skin because it tends to change oily skin even more oilier]

How often to Exfoliate?

Once in a week is better and twice a week is best [But remember, not too harsh] Use a mild, as well as an effective exfoliating scrub on your face and body to scrub away those dead skin cells. Concentrate more on the rough parts of the body such as the knees, ankles, feet, heels and dark inner thighs. Be delicate to your face and other sensitive parts. Have a warm shower before exfoliation and soon after the exfoliation is done, give yourself a splash of cold water. This process helps in closing the opened skin pores due to the process of exfoliation.

Post Exfoliation Skin Care Ideas

• Moisturize your facial skin with a rich moisturizer and body skin with your body lotion soon after you're done with your exfoliation process. This ensures the softness and moisture of your skin. Oily skin types would also need a moisturizer after exfoliation, make it 'light' or 'water based' and you're all done.

• Skin would be delicate and prone to damage by sunlight after exfoliation hence never ever skip your sunscreen after exfoliating your skin. You have just got out your new fresh skin with exfoliation but why should allow the angry sun to damage it? Think!

• If you're a regular user of  cooling facial gels, get some and refrigerate it for 15 minutes. Apply the cold gel on your facial skin after you are done with your exfoliation process as this would help preventing open pores soothing the skin. You can use fresh Aloe Vera get either for this.

Enjoyed reading the post? Hope you find it useful. Do share your views and ideas on exfoliation below in the comment section. We are waiting to hear. In case of doubts, don't hesitate to submit, we are here to answer! Have a great exfoliating weekend! Exfoliate your skin the right way and achieve that clear radiant glow.

Exfoliate at Home For Brighter Complexion

Even toned healthy skin is the key to flawless beautiful face. But even world beauties needs some makeup and touch ups to cover their uneven skin. Uneven skin is caused due to improper maintenance, unhealthy diet and mainly because of the hyper pigmentation. Melanin is a pigment that our skin cells contain as the colouring substance, less counting in some areas and concentrated in some areas of the skin. For example, dark people's skin contain more melanin pigments while comparing to the pale ones. It is not that pale people are beautiful than the dark ones. Dark beauties with a flawless glowing skin beats white dull skins. Whatever your skin type may be, it must be clear to be beautiful. Due to some unhealthy practices and the main enemy sun, the skin color differs which causes uneven skin tone and dullness. As skin is the largest organ of our body, it is much exposed to sun, dirt and other pollution. Harmful UV rays damages your skin and increases the uneven melanin production. In this post, let us discuss about some natural exfoliating scrub recipes that can even out skin and brighten your complexion.

Why to Exfoliate?

The first thing you should go for is exfoliation when it comes to getting clear and beautiful skin. Regular exposure to sun, dirt and pollution, improper skin maintenance causes uneven dull skin. A layer of dead cells covers the surface of your skin and makes it look lifeless and dull. Dark or pale, a uneven skin is not beautiful at all. A perfect skin should be smooth, shiny and glowing, not the one covered up with dead cells, scars and bumps. Hence, exfoliation the first step when it comes to beautiful brighter skin. You can use some natural exfoliating scrubs from the kitchen! Yes. your own kitchen. You may or may not realize, but some natural ingredients from your kitchen can remove all your dead cells. I will list you few recipes as per your skin type. Choose wisely and say goodbye to those dead cells.

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Exfoliating Scrub Recipes from your Kitchen

 

For Oily Skin

1. Rice flour mixed with butter milk can act as an excellent facial exfoliating scrub. This removes all the dead skin cells, as well as the extra oiliness. Mix both to form a cream, apply it over your facial skin and scrub gently with your finger tips. After 3-4 minutes, wash off your face with clean and cold water. Pat dry.
2. You can also replace grounded oats for the rice powder. Add some diluted lime juice and butter milk to the oats. Blend well. A quick 2 minute scrub is ready now!
3. Take 2 teaspoons of orange peel powder, mix rosewater to make a paste. Workout on your face with your finger tips scrubbing gently. Splash fresh water and wash off. This scrub not only removes the dead skin cells but also improves the complexion.

For Dry Skin

Unlike the oily skin types, dry skins should be exfoliated in a very gentle way. Dry skins are easily prone to loose excess moisture and so, no moisture removing exfoliating scrubs should be used on your skin. 

1. Almond should be grounded, not to a thin paste, the mixture should be granulated for the exfoliating effect. With this almond granules mix some milk cream and start scrubbing your cleansed face. After 5 minutes, wash off your face with cold water and moisturize. 
2. Grounded oats mixed with honey and olive oil can also be used as an excellent dry skin exfoliater.
3. Khus Khus is an excellent source of Vitamin E, a skin friendly vitamin. Mix this with honey and rose water to prepare your exfoliating scrub in seconds. This can be used in alternate days to achieve even and brighter skin tone.

Normal to Oily and Normal to Dry skins should make some adjustments in these scrubbing recipes. As you observe, ingredients like milk, honey and oils are for dry skin types and the rice flour, lime juice are for oily skinned beauties. For exfoliating the body skin, get the loofah! So adjust your exfoliating scrub recipes and use it to get that parlour effect! A clean and clear skin is totally yours if you take a resolution to scrub gently twice every week.