Your spring skincare routine in the shower should include more than daily body washes to help you look fresh and healthy. A body scrub is essential to dig deeper into your pores and obliterate any gunk and flakes. These scrubs smell amazing, making your skin feel soft, plump, and cleansed from head to toe. You may even have a few scrubs in your bathroom cabinet, including those made of salt and sugar. Whether or not you’ve tried one before, you may wonder what benefits are associated with body scrubs. Aside from making your skin feel super-smooth, body scrubs have many other benefits.
The first thing to consider when shopping for a body scrub is the size of its granules.
Refined sugar or salt granules are mild; they prevent over-exfoliation and are safe for all skin types. Do not hesitate to use sugar because it is a humectant that pulls water to the skin for additional hydration. Salt scrubs are great for areas of the body where the skin is dryer, such as the feet, hands, elbows, and legs.
If you’re looking for a fantastic spa treatment that eliminates dead skin while restoring and toning your skin, we recommend our Satin Soft Scrub with Kelp & Dead Sea Salt.
Your skin type will also affect how you choose body scrubs.
Sensitive and dry skin types will soak up moisturizing body scrubs infused with shea butter, aloe, safflower, jojoba, or apricot oils. We especially recommend our scrubs made with jojoba oil — which quickly penetrates your skin — and shea butter, a classic moisturizer that sits on top of your skin to help lock in hydration after you rinse off the scrub.
Oily and acne-prone skin will appreciate body scrubs made with exfoliants like Dead Sea salt, green tea, or liquid honey, fantastic ingredients that provide vitamins and minerals to your skin. It will help reduce annoying pimples and unclog blackheads stuck in your pores. After using such an exfoliant, follow up with a light body moisturizer.
You can safely use a body scrub two or three times a week.
But certain skin types, like oily, dry, and sensitive, will want to adjust how often they scrub.
- Oily skin can get away with exfoliating thrice a week because of the sebum buildup in your pores, which can clog and cause acne.
- Dry skin can be exfoliated once a week, and it should always be followed up with a body lotion or body butter to lock in hydration.
- Sensitive skin can start weekly and gradually increase the frequency to twice a week, being cautious of irritations. You can also patch-test your body scrub before fully committing to regular body exfoliation.
Body scrubs are an excellent skincare product for almost any skin type. These natural and earth-friendly exfoliants effectively soften and nourish your skin while eliminating all the dead, dry skin cells that build up on your body.
