Enliven Face & Body Scrub, with the uplifting scent of lemon myrtle, is best used for face, every 2-3 days and at least once a week. This is a luscious cream scrub that gently exfoliates while moisturising your skin at the same time. For this reason Enliven Scrub is also good for exfoliating your decolletage, which requires a lot of deep moisturisation and removal of skin cells to show off the new more youthful layers.
Luphas usually have softer and harder parts to them so you can use the soft parts of the lupha on delicate areas such as face, and harder parts of the lupha on body parts like legs that may require a stronger exfoliation to remove those little lumps around hair follicles.
If you have acne, pimples, wounds etc. avoid using a harsh exfoliate on those areas. You don’t want to scratch scabs and skin off areas you want to heal. If your skin is wounded, and skin is dry and flaky around those wounds, use a gentle moisturising scrub.
Exfoliating gloves are great if you don’t have any exfoliating scrub. They are gentle on the skin and can be pressed lightly or more firmly for a softer or harder scrub. It’s lovely to put the glove (or gloves) on and gently move the glove around your face concentrating on areas of tension and dry, flaky or bumpy skin.
Gloves can also be used alongside Enliven Scrub and is a delightful way to massage the gentle exfoliating granules over your skin.
Pumice stones are best used to exfoliate the skin on your feet (heels, toes). Pumice stones are hard and strong enough to aid in the removal of thick cracked skin on the heels of your feet. Make sure you soak your feet first in warm/moderately hot water, adding some bath milk or salts for maximum benefits, for at least 10mins before attempting to scrub. If you try to scrub dry feet the skin won’t be soft enough to scrub away.
You can use a ped-egg or other type instrument, however, you need to keep in mind that man-made devices like this are usually used on dry skin and act more like a grater than an exfoliate. This can actually damage skin and leave skin with small skin-tags that you can feel with your fingers, and they also scratch and catch on your bed sheets.
You can use pumice stone of your legs however avoid using on face and other delicate areas.
Coffee scrub is GREAT for use on cellulite! They are just rough enough to exfoliate well, while still being gentle enough not to rip at skin. Coffee scrub is a great way to get the blood flowing to the areas you’re using the scrub on which promotes the reduction of cellulite. If using left over ground coffee beans use immediately while still damp, or leave to dry out and store dry granules in an air tight container ready for use.
You can add a few drops of essential oil such as rose geranium or lemongrass, which also aid in cellulite reduction.
Another option is to add the coffee granules to a moisturister base and make a cream scrub. Though personally, I like to use the coffee granules in the shower as is, on each of my thighs and buttocks.
Body brushes are perfect for all over body use, perfect for gently exfoliating/brushing skin. You can use broad strokes, move around in circles, zig zag across limbs. Due to the brushes having handles they’re easy to hold and go over all of your body. Can be used on dry skin (body brushing), or on wet skin while in bath or shower to exfoliate skin lightly, while also promoting blood flow all over your body.
As with a glove, body brushes can be used alongside a scrub, though they also pair well with bath salts. Have you ever had someone massage bath salts onto your back? It is really relaxing and enjoyable experience.
You might not think of salts when you think of exfoliating, yet, salts are a wonderful natural exfoliate. Rubbed over skin they can aid in reduction of dead skin cells and blocked hair follicles, promote blood flow to the area and also feel nice and scratchy – like an enjoyable back scratch.
Aside from adding to bath or foot spa, salts can be rubbed up and down legs and arms, rubbed into your back (by a partner or friend), or rubbed over the heels of your feet. They don’t give a deep or strong exfoliate, instead giving a more gentle scrub while also being good for your skin, drawing out toxins and aid in healing of skin.
Which of the above have you tried or use on a regular basis and which of the above are you keen to now try?
