Exfoliating your skin is, in a way, accelerating its moult … Certainly, unlike animals, our epidermis is constantly renewed throughout the year. But, during the winter, hidden under tights, socks and other warm clothes, the small dead skin piles up instead of being eliminated as and when. Which gives this dry, rough and grayish appearance. But, under these white films, hides a new epidermis, which asks only to show itself! Because, once rid of its winter clothes, it boosts its production of new cells and stimulates its hydration system. Better still, it becomes more receptive to the active ingredients present in moisturizing, slimming or firming creams.
First, we scratch
Exfoliating or exfoliating (it’s the same thing) means rubbing the surface of the skin with a sort of cosmetic sand with more or less large grains.
With which products? Synthetic, or better, natural such as crushed apricot kernels, sea salt or sugar. How to make a success of your scrub? Moisten the skin in the shower, take a nice knob of product that you distribute over the body. Start with the feet, make circular massages, centimeter by centimeter to loosen dead skin. Insist on the heels, knees, elbows and the outside of the arms, where the skin is thicker. Do not rub elsewhere to avoid irritation. Then rinse thoroughly.
Then we hydrate
When you rub with an exfoliating product, you rid the skin of its dead cells, but you also deprive it, for four to five hours, of its natural protection, the hydrolipidic film made up, among other things, of sebum. If you dress after drying yourself off, your skin will feel tight and itchy.
While waiting for this film to reform, apply a moisturizing and creamy milk, to regain a feeling of comfort and well-being. You can use a body oil, provided that it is of vegetable origin (shea, argan, sweet almond …). Avoid dry oil, because it has no moisturizing and softening properties.
