non irritating facial exfoliator
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free skin care · Thu Nov 20, 2008 3:49 am

I accidentally seem to have stumbled onto a very effective and yet very gentle way of exfoliating my skin.

I normally give myself a facial massage once a week or so and I also use a mixture of coconut oil and honey to condition my hair. One day I decided to use the coconut oil/honey mixture to massage my face. As I massaged it into my skin it became sticky and pulled up masses of dark coloured debris. Obviously some of this debris was the honey itself, but some of it was definitely dead skin. I used a face cloth to wipe the sticky mess off my fingers and continued to massage until very little residue was coming off. When I finished the massage and washed my face, my skin was as smooth as porcelain and beautifully clean. It was also completely calm and free of irritation.

I have now done this around 10 times (twice a week), including my neck/decollete and my hands and forearms. The results are always the same - really smooth clean happy skin. My skin looks better every week. Obviously the honey is a natural aha, however I've used honey on my skin in the past and it really hasn't made any difference. I haven't tried it with other oils to see if the effect would be the same, but I love the effect with coconut oil so much that I probably won't bother.

I've massaged for as little as 2-3 minutes and for as long as around 20 minutes (including the neck, hands/arms). Either works. I personally love to massage until the skin is no longer throwing up any further residue.

For the record, I have normal/combination skin with large pores that clog easily, so I need an exfoliant, but at the same time I'm in my 40's so I don't want anything that will abrade the skin.

I've had glycolic acid peels at a salon, and frankly, this seems to work as well. Cheap, easily available ingredients, no harsh grains and you can add a couple of drops of essential oil to make it a more sensual and enjoyable experience.

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