Summer is gone. The leaves have fallen. You’re bundling up in your coat and scarf. Cranking up the heat in your house, but have you noticed what this is doing to your skin? Does your skin feel tight, itchy, flaky? That’s because the cold weather can dry out your skin. When your skin is dry it will age faster. You need hydration, but you can’t just put moisturizer on top of dry skin. The dead skin cells will block the moisturizer from getting into your pores. So what’s the plan? Exfoliate! This means taking something abrasive and scrubbing it against your skin. The most common scrubs are sugar and salt. Sugar scrub is pretty abrasive and spreads well over the skin. Salt scrub is not as harsh, but if you just shaved will burn. It will also go down the drain better. Then there is the clairsonic body brush that will really leave your skin smooth and clean up to 10 times more than manually scrubbing. You can make your own scrub by mixing coarse brown sugar (organic is my fav) then pouring olive oil until you have a paste. What these scrubs will do is take off the dead skin cells to leave your skin “Oh So Soft.” Then, when you put on your moisturizer, you will actually get the hydration you’re looking for. I think the easiest way to exfoliate is in the shower. Wet your body just a little bit then take the scrub and have at it moving in circular motion. The harder you rub, the deeper you go. Have sensitive skin? Rub lightly until you know how your skin will react. Rinse off and lather on the moisturizer (your significant other will not be able to keep their hands off your body). Here are a few of my favorite scrubs.
Boots Amazon Forest Brazil Nut and Vanilla Body scrub
Antioxidant Body scrub
Mineral Polish
Carol’s Daughter Almond Cookie Sea Salt scrub
Clairsonic Plus
Toni Danielson, ad agency working mom of a big brown-eyed little man, wife to an amazing husband, Digital Media Lover. Blogger. Infographic-obsessed. Expat. Happy Hour Mom. BBall Wife. Not all in that order. Join me in my journey to become the ultimate Happy Hour Mom!
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