Cover We've rounded up the best face scrubs for glowing skin
We've rounded up the best face scrubs for glowing skin
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Just as we take our daily vitamins, why don't we try implementing these nutritious facial scrubs into our routine?
With the summer season just around the corner, the talk of clear sunny skies and flawless skin are on the table. We’re all striving for sun-kissed, smooth skin and one of the easiest ways to go around this is to exfoliate and jam-pack our skins with vitamins.
Using an exfoliator can unclog pores, boost circulation and lymphatic drainage and also helps other skincare products penetrate deeper—such as your daily serum. While you’ll notice velvety-smooth skin after some time, exfoliators made with vitamins in mind (such as C & E) are more likely to assist you on those dry, heat-wavy days, thanks to their brightening and moisturising properties.
A regular exfoliation habit of up to thrice a week essentially increases radiance, clarity and youthfulness—and all of this is just the start. From beady, fruity mixes to sensitive scrubs, we’ve listed out some of the best exfoliators to help you achieve the perfect summer skin.
1. The Body Shop Vitamin C Microdermabrasion
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Photo: Courtesy of The Body Shop
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The Body Shop’s vegan vitamin C facial scrub is practically a luxury spa treatment from the comfort of your own home. Aimed to brighten up tired-looking skin, the label's vitamin C exfoliator is calming on the skin and can gently buff away any dead skin cells. Enriched with camu camu berries, this fine blend also includes crushed garnet stones, making sure you get rid of anything you’ve left behind such as make-up. Use up to twice a week and gradually notice your skins’ natural glow.
2. Dermalogica Multivitamin Thermafoliant
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This heat-activated scrub combines physical and chemical exfoliants to refine the skin texture. As the microgranules gently polish the dead skin cells away, you’ll be left with bouncier skin almost immediately. This unique thermal technology can help even out the skin tone, increase cell turnover and combat collagen-degrading cells. All restoring your skin to its prime, the scrubs’ power ingredients, lactic (AHA) and salicylic (BHA) acid are what make this scrub so incredible.
3. Origins GinZing™ Refreshing Scrub Cleanser
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Photo: Courtesy of Sephora Hong Kong
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This two-in-one cleansing scrub is filled with radiance-boosting ginseng, caffeine, jojoba and carnauba wax—all fusing together to assist with clogged pores and a dull complexion. The energising, all-natural blend of citrus fruits such as lemon and grapefruit provides natural vitamin C, leaving your skin feeling perfectly refreshed and squeaky clean. Comforting on all skin types, gently massage this dual scrub-cleanser into the skin in circular motions twice a day for the best result.
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4. Lumene Nordic-C Clear Glow Cleansing Gel Scrub
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For those looking for an ultra-sensitive facial scrub, Lumene is the ideal label to look at. Doubling as a cleansing gel, this formula washes away any surface build-ups and dirt while delivering a deep exfoliating action to relieve clogged pores. Made with biodegradable beads to illuminate and clarify the skin, its key ingredient here is arctic cloudberry that’s rich in vitamin C. Blended with pure arctic spring water as well, the cool, lightweight texture suits almost any skin type and can be easily washed off with lukewarm water.
5. Florence By Mills - Get That Grime Face Scrub
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Say goodbye to your dry, dull-looking skin with this nourishing, vitamin E facial scrub. The formula helps to purify your complexion and lift away any build-ups that can clog pores. Made with cooling ingredients such as cucumber extract and ivory palm seed power, this sustainably sourced scrub essentially fortifies the skins’ natural barriers, while protecting it from any harsh dirt, such as pollution.
6. GlamGlow Brightmud Dual-Action Exfoliating Treatment
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Give yourself an at-home facial in twenty minutes with GlamGlow’s dual-action mask. With a blend of lactic acid, salicylic acid and microfine pumice, the product works to eliminate dead skin cells and brighten up the skin. It's also packed with vitamin C and niacinamide complex to even out the skin tone, making it a stellar treatment to reveal an instantly smoother, brighter-looking complexion. For prime results, use three days in a row and glow away.
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7. Kiehl's Pineapple Papaya Facial Scrub
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This fruit-filled, natural facial scrub from Kiehl's is a safeguard for almost all skin types, as the natural vitamin oils assist in leaving the skin refreshed, soft and pristine. Using actual small pieces of pineapple (that break down the surface of dead skin cells) and papaya (which acts as a protein dissolving dead skin cells), the product promises to moisturise the skin to its full potential, which can be used twice a week to enhance the skin gently and naturally.
8. Tatcha The Rice Polish
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Depending on your skin type, Tatcha has a formula that suits everyone. Varying from one that calms or is gentle on the skin, you’ll even find one that exceedingly deep cleans the skin. With the label having already wooed us over with its impressive use of ancient Japanese ingredients, this water-activated exfoliant is no different. Made out of Japanese rice bran (which is rich in vitamins), wild rose and papaya enzymes, this hydrating mixture also improves blood circulation, giving you the perfect, smooth polished skin.
9. Frank Body Original Face Scrub
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Photo: Courtesy of Sephora Hong Kong
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A hearty blend of coffee, bamboo and walnut, Frank Body’s Original Face Scrub is designed to detoxify your pores, fight breakouts and fade scars. Suitable for combination and sensitive skin, this creamy, multivitamin facial scrub is the ideal product to use up to three times a week. Also packed with nutritious oils such as grape seed oil, sweet almond oil and rosehip oil—your skin will definitely say its thanks after a few uses.
10. Fresh Sugar Face Polish
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Sweetly scented with a mouthwatering resemblance to sticky toffee pudding, Fresh’s bestselling Sugar Face Polish Exfoliator has gained a cult following since its launch—and for good reason. The alluring sweet scrub works its wonders all by using brown sugar crystals—natural humectant—blended with plum seed and grape seed oils. Loaded with vitamin C, this gentle exfoliant gets rid of dry and dull skin, revealing a velvety-smooth surface. Delivering only the best natural ingredients, you’ll be transformed with renewed radiance with the added effect of the strawberry seeds.
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