Exfoliating your skin is, in a way, accelerating its moulting… Of course, unlike animals, our epidermis is constantly renewed throughout the year. But, during the winter, hidden under tights, socks and other warm clothing, small dead skin piles up instead of being eliminated as it goes. Which gives this dry, rough and grayish appearance. But, under these white films, hides a new epidermis, just waiting to show itself! Because, once rid of his winter clothes, he boosts his production of new cells and stimulates his hydration system. Better, it becomes more receptive to active ingredients present in moisturizing, slimming or firming creams.
First, we scratch
Scrub or exfoliate (it’s the same thing) is to rub the surface of the skin with a kind of cosmetic sand with more or less important grains.
With what products? Synthetic, or better, natural like crushed apricot kernels, sea salt or sugar. How to successfully exfoliate? Moisten the skin in the shower, take a nice dollop of product that you spread over the body. Start with the feet, do circular massages, centimeter by centimeter to loosen dead skin. Insist on the heels, knees, elbows and the outside of the arms, where the epidermis 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 off, your skin will feel tight and irritable.
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 it is of vegetable origin (shea, argan, sweet almond…). Avoid dry oil, as it has no moisturizing and softening properties.
