Now scrub is all about removing dead cells from your skin. It generally exfoliates the upper layer of your skin helps in growing new cells, replenish them also rejuvenate your skin at the same time.
Choosing a scrub is a little time taking but not so difficult. You need to choose a scrub which has small granules and not so harsh on your skin at the same time. Avoid chemical based scrub as long as possible. You can make your own scrub using your kitchen ingredients, which works like a magic. Here are two tips for hone made scrub.
1. Take one spoon of dry oats along with one and a half spoon of milk with half spoon of honey, make smooth paste, wet your face with water and take this paste in your fingers and gently massage it against your face in upward motions for one minute and rinse your face with lukewarm water to feel that smoothness and see that youthful glow. If you have dry to normal skin this face scrub is surely for you, as it contains honey it will moisturize your face and oats also exfoliates the skin mildly with milk. Now, milk itself acts as a deep pore cleanser, as it contains lactic acid which don’t strip natural oil of your skin and also removes dirt and oilyness of your skin.
2. For oily skin, using honey on your face is not a good option always. So for oily skin people tomato is one of the option to scrub you face. Take one table spoon tomato pulp add a half spoon of sugar not too powdery ( avoid the regular sugar at the kitchen as it has big chunky granules it may hurt your skin badly). You can use any in between of them, mix them well and rub it on your skin leave it for ten minutes and rinse it with lukewarm water and experience soft and supple skin.
If you are too busy to make a DIY scrub then you can you use a drugstore scrub, but always make sure that it contains minimum amount of chemicals not too harsh on your skin. Always use a patch test for 24 hours at your neck area or the area behind your ears before applying it on your face.
Now when to use it and how often to use it. Well, the best moment to use a scrub in your skin care routine is just after you wash your face with a face wash. Washing your face with a mild cleanser or face wash removes the dirt and oil from your face and scrub ensures that it removes all the things with better efficiency, it strips out all the excess oil, removes the dead skin, giving it a nice natural glow.
And here comes the most important part how many times you need to use a scrub. The best answer is you might use two to three times a week not more than that. Its enough to maintain a natural glow by scrubbing only two times in a week.
Don’t use a scrub if you are too young, scrub your face at the beginning of your 20’s. As it’s remove dead skin cells from your skin, you don’t need to use it from your early age. Once you growing up, the ability to generate new skin cells and rejuvenating property of your skin decreases time by time then you need to do your job otherwise you don’t need to use this.
After scrubbing your face you may feel a little bit of dryness or not. But you need to apply a moisturizer after pat drying your face. Its very important to hold that moisture. No matter what your skin type is you need to moisturize your skin right after scrubbing your face.
What will happen if you scrub your face daily… It will strip natural oil from your skin, damage your pores and makes them produce more and more oil, eventually it will damage your skin.
SURVIVAL TIPS: Do not use lemon juice on your face directly or active ingredient of a face mask or anything as it contains citric acid, which is sensitive to your skin. It may burn your skin if you have active acne or reddish spot on your face.
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