10 effective face exfoliators
Text: Moore Sobolev
Skin exfoliation is an eternal theme.like love cats and quantum mechanics. Moore Sobolev, the editor-in-chief of the Fierce & Cute blog, has gathered for us ten exfoliating products with completely different textures and compositions, but equally well coping with their main task.
Clarins One-Step Gentle Exfoliating Cleanser
Clarins has several exfoliants - for example, the genius tonic with Gentle Exfoliator acids, which is well used during the cold season and at the same time daily observe how the gray complexion becomes human. One-Step Gentle Exfoliating Cleanser is a different type of product, but no less interesting: it is a soft foam with granules, which in one stage washes away makeup, cleanses the skin and peels it off. Due to the tenderness of the impact, the brand suggests using foam every day, although it is unlikely that you will like this skin - still frequent mechanical exfoliation, no matter how gentle it is, irritates the face. But for the days when full-fledged peeling is still too early, and I want to wash properly, One-Step Gentle Exfoliating Cleanser is a great option.
KenzoKi Amazing Exfoliating Water
The KenzoKi brand is known for its luxurious fragrances and the somewhat naive use of superlatives in the names of its products - either “day beauty” or “angel skin”, now here is “delicious water”. Because of this positioning, KenzoKi is often considered a frivolous brand, producing products solely for pleasure, but in these nice jars under beautiful names there is really decent care hiding. One of the latest innovations of the brand is the so-called “delightful duet”, which has replenished the ginger series: tonic for daily use and peeling water, which is recommended to be applied a couple of times a week. The latter contains lemon extract, and it is responsible for the soft exfoliation.
Dr. Jart + Pore Medic Pore Minish Peeling Gel
The restless Korean brand has withdrawn its two-stage peeling from the Pore Medic series, replacing it with this tool. If the previous one worked fine, but it required some mental and physical efforts — apply scrub, wait, apply activator, wait, massage and so on - then everything is simple: apply on dry skin, gently massage, rinse. The gel is non-abrasive and transparent, and after the massage, dead skin cells roll off - to see those grayish sticks that you just had on your face is at the same time slightly disgusting (whoo) and cool (wow, the tool works). In addition to the pulp that underlies most of the peels, the rolls, there are fruit enzymes in the composition, so the purification is multi-stage, but very gentle and does not desiccate the skin.
Erborian Double DT-Mask
Excellent Korean-French brand renamed its Double Peeling Cream mask to Double DT-Mask, but the essence and composition remained the same. Double DT-Mask is similar in texture to a delicate cream with tiny particles (this, by the way, chestnut powder - sounds like a song). Apply it with a generous layer, hold for 10 minutes, and then wash off. The brand promises to work simultaneously with peeling and a nourishing mask that sounds like an oxymoron, but it fulfills its promise: the skin after the Double DT-Mask is not just clean and refreshed, but also noticeably more moisturized. Double in the name of the mask is associated with its multitasking, but the exfoliation here is also double - mechanical, which the mask owes to the same chestnut powder, and chemical, which provide the ubiquitous fruit acid.
Kiehl's Iris Extract Activating Treatment Essence
The most curious example is “pre-care”, an essence made according to the principle of Asian lotions. This product is applied after cleansing and before the main care (serum and cream), completing one, sorry for the expression, ritual and starting the other. It is believed that with the help of products from this category, the skin recovers faster after aggressive washing, and care is absorbed, and, accordingly, works better. Kiehl's essence is not inferior to its elder eastern brothers - it contains hyaluronic acid, which is obligatory for such a remedy, as well as an antioxidant extract of iris and is responsible for superhighly exfoliating lipohydroacid (LHA), due to which subsequent care is absorbed not into dead skin cells, but into living skin.
Sisley Gentle Facial Buffing Cream
Hybrid cleansing mask, scrub and peeling-roll in the most luxurious version of the possible. A proud French brand is known for developing each of its products for a long time, with the utmost care, and does not have a foolish habit of taking it out of production in a couple of years, as competitors with less piece production. Gentle Facial Buffing Cream was released a long time ago and became one of the first products of this kind in the luxury segment, which is still not spoiled by sliding peels. You need to put a mask on a thin layer of dry skin, wait a couple of minutes and gently roll up with dry hands, and then wash with water. As part of kaolin, but flavored with pharmaceutical chamomile and other emollient ingredients, so the peeling does not dry even sensitive skin. Consumed very economically - that at this price can not but rejoice.
iS Clinical Tri-Active Exfoliant
The cosmeceutical brand iS Clinical is the recognized kings of acids, so not to take their ex-volume in the selection would be a crime against the beauty world. Tri-Active Exfoliant is built on the principle of "all the best at once": here both potent enzymes and exfoliating particles (friendly to the environment, as the brand specifically notes - as opposed to inexpensive means and representatives of the previous generation that contain plastic balls). The exfoliant is recommended to be used with the frequency of an actual salon procedure - every two to four weeks, not more often. The scrub is similar in texture to a thick paste that, when applied to the skin, heats up to a pleasantly warm state. The tool is powerful, so that after the procedure, the skin may turn red, the brand’s creators warn - you shouldn’t use it immediately before an important event.
Diptyque Radiance Boosting Powder
An outstanding perfume brand a couple of years ago launched the L'Art du Soin series of skin care products. It is presented as a collection of transformers: a balm on the skin turns into oil, a cream into an emulsion, and so on. This concept is a little deceiving reality (after all, any thick cream in contact with the skin melts), but the idea is beautiful. One of the stars in the line is exfoliating powder, which when mixed with water or tonic turns into a light, fragrant foam that practically polishes the skin. Due to the fact that the tool is very soft, and the concentration and texture can be varied by decreasing or increasing the amount of liquid, you can use the Radiance Boosting Powder at least every day.
L'Occitane Peony 2-in-1 Perfecting Scrub
The novelty of the tenderest pionic line came out at the very beginning of summer. This scrub in a short time of interaction with the owner has time to change the texture several times, which can not but amuse: at first it is a transparent gel with small particles, then when it starts to be distributed on the skin, it turns into oil, and when you add water, it becomes an emulsion. And it smells, it smells like peony! Perfecting Scrub copes with its responsibilities quite adequately, but you need to keep in mind that it is very soft - great for frequent use, but not as a shock tool.
Philab Cleanse Ultra Gentle Exfoliating Cream
A quiet Greek brand is somehow not very well known in Russia, and it’s a pity, their means are really effective and pleasant, and the whole line is clear and reasonable. Philab know-how is special jars of dark-violet glass: the creators of the brand claim that the product is better stored in such a container and as much as possible saves useful ingredients. Ultranezhny exfoliant is a brand hit: Philab has two tougher scrubs, but even this is more than enough for a thorough and thoughtful cleansing. As part of the enzymes and peptides (the last Philab loves and uses everywhere), so you need to keep the tool for a long time, from 10 to 20 minutes. But then the skin is just peach, especially if supplemented with a tonic or moisturizing mask.
Photo: Sephora (1, 2), Ботle de Bothe, Erborian, Kiehl's, iS Clinical, Sisley Paris, Diptyque, L'Occitane, Philab