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Why exfoliation is important

At this point during the winter, you may find your skin looks a bit dull and feels less than smooth. Or maybe you have noticed your skin is flaking?
 
When your skin looks or feels like this, it suggests a build-up of dead skin cells.  Basically, your regular skin cleansing isn't doing enough to slough your face in its normal exfoliation process.  This can be caused by many factors: excess oil, pollution, hormones, make-up and / or diet.   But don’t despair; you can help your skin with at-home exfoliation.

Easy does it

Last time, I wrote about giving new products a month to deliver results for your skin. Alongside this, I feel it’s important to consider how your skin may react to active ingredients, such as retinol or alpha hydroxy acid. Because of the nature of the ingredients, skin can react quickly which causes us to conclude it’s not for us. However, this may just be our skin showing that it is benefitting from and improving with the ingredients and perseverance is required.