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Optimize Topical Serum & Cream Efficacy with SKINovative Exfoliating SKIN Scrub Cleanser

November 25, 2017 · Leave a Comment

Retinol and Vitamin C serums, as well as pricey anti-aging cream and moisturizers, are an investment. But dead skin cells are a barrier to these products living up to their true potential.  Exfoliation removes bacteria-trapping dead skin cells that can result in acne, dull skin, and block topical serums and creams from absorbing well enough to perform optimally. But not just any old exfoliating wash will get the job done right. Most scrubs contain ingredients too harsh for the delicate facial skin. That’s why we love SKINovative Exfoliating SKINScrub Cleanser, it’s gentle and natural yet effective.

SKINovative Exfoliating SKINScrub Cleanser

WHY MOST SCRUBS ARE TOO HARSH TO PROPERLY EXFOLIATE

Some dermatologists say many commonly used exfoliating grain agents are too large, rough and too sharp. Many scrubs, including from some popular brands, use pumice or walnut shell granules that are unsuitable for the face as they can cause irritation, redness, and even tiny abrasions and fissure microtears that can inflame and even infect. Even if you manage to avoid infection, the skin is likely left too raw to tolerate treating serums and creams.

Walnut shell pieces are used in some common drugstore brand scrubs which are too rough and sharp to exfoliate skin properly

WHAT IS SPECIAL ABOUT SKINOVATIVE EXFOLIATING SKINSCRUB CLEANSER

Made with antioxidant-rich Bamboo Stems and Lactic Acid, amongst several other treating and nourishing natural ingredients, it gently but effectively decimates blackheads and comedones, reduces sun damage, scars, cellulite, and wrinkles. There are no harsh abrasive agents. It can be used anywhere on the face or body to achieve youthful, glowing skin. It is gentle enough to exfoliate with and then immediately apply a treating serum or cream without experiencing irritation.

Bamboo stems contain gentle yet skin nourishing Vitamins A, B, and C

ACNE AND EXFOLIATION

Treating adult acne is difficult. The harsh cleansers we used as oily-face teenagers are too drying for adult skin. Dry skin exaggerates the appearance of wrinkles.

Adult acne treatment pairs topical spot treatments, creams and serums with the correct gentle exfoliating cleanser. Exfoliation removes the dead skin cells that trap bacteria and sebum, the fuel of most blemishes. Regular exfoliation optimizes the skin surface for topicals such as Salicylic Acid, Retinol, and Vitamin C serum to remedy adult acne.

We recommend treating adult acne with proper gentle exfoliation with SKINovative Exfoliating SKINScrub Cleanser and using targeted topical treatments with a Retinol and Vitamin C treatment program

For adult acne suffers, using SKINovative Exfoliating SKINScrub Cleanser twice a week gently removes flaking dry skin off blemishes in treatment (making treatment more effective and concealing easier) and reduces these pimple-causing dead skin cell “harbors” for bacteria, oil, and sebum.

SUITABLE FOR EXFOLIATING SENSITIVE SKIN

Your skin may be naturally sensitive or made sensitive by Retinol product usage, or due to environmental issues such as harsh winter weather combined with dry indoor forced heating.  All three factors make skin extra dry and flaky, making the use of a gentle exfoliant all the more important. Some skin care lines designed for sensitive skin have exfoliating scrub cleansers, but I find any of them don’t exfoliate well enough or they leave behind a filmy residue feeling, almost waxy on my skin. SKINovative cleanser washes clean with no residual to irritate sensitive skin.

SKINovative Exfoliating SKINScrub Cleanser is gentle enough for exfoliating sensitive skin even during the winter months

PUTTING SKINovative Exfoliating Face Scrub Cleanser TO THE TEST

I use Retinol and Vitamin C serum daily, with spot application of Salicylic Acid on blemishes. Retinol can leave skin flaky and requires some exfoliation to remove sloughed dead skin cells. But I tend to avoid scrubs because they feel too rough on my sensitive skin.  I found SKINovative SKINFace Scrub Cleanser to be pleasant to use with impressive results.

PRODUCT CONSISTENCY 

Easy to use dispensing top. The product feels creamy and luxe

GRAIN SIZE 
The grains are a fine grain, larger than sugar, but smaller than table salt. You can see and feel them when using the scrub but there are no rough or sharp edges.

exfoliating grains

The exfoliating grains are not sharp or have rough edges, they are smooth-sided but are still effective

SCENT
The scent is pleasant, I primarily detect the Orange Peel Oil, as well as Jasmine Oil and Vanilla.

Orange Peel Oil adds a lovely scent and has great skin properties!

Lightly scented with natural skincare enhancing ingredients including Jasmine Oil, Orange Peel Oil, Vanilla and Sandalwood

DURING USE
It’s a light froth of creamy emulsion upon use. The grains don’t hurt or scrape, and they don’t melt or break apart. Massage in a gentle, circular motion.

Just a small amount of the exfoliating product is enough for both face and throat

CLEANSING
It removed mineral-based makeup and foundation as well as a tough to remove lipstain that I typically remove with an oil.

FEEL
I love how soft my skin feels after use, and there’s no redness, tightness or irritation like I get from most scrubs. There was no film-like residue, it washes away clean. It didn’t sting or burn.

APPEARANCE & IMMEDIATE RESULTS
After use, my skin looks younger and softer. My skin glows!

  • I especially like the immediate improvement of my eleven lines that I saw even before rinsing off the product. I have a bad habit of furrowing my brow while working. After use, the eleven looked less deep and pronounced.
  • My chapped lips and surrounding areas smoothed out well, making it worthwhile for a pre-lipstick application go-to product.
  • Light reflects off of even surfaces free of dead skin, so “highlight” areas such as the upper cheekbone look younger and smoother.
  • Watching stubborn nose blackheads loosen and begin to purge just while lightly massaging the scrub over them was particularly gratifying.

RESULTS AFTER EVERY OTHER DAY USE
LOTS of dead skin came off, I was surprised how much. Exfoliate 2-3 times a week for best results, and always do so gently, the product does the work, no elbow grease needed.

Apply your decadent, pricey moisturizers and treating serums AFTER exfoliating so they can absorb well-enough to do their job

TIP: After exfoliating is the best time to apply your luxe moisturizers to ensure they perform their best and to hydrate your newly exposed skin.

  • After a few days use, the stubborn blackheads along my nose were quickly eliminated.
  • Pores look smaller.
  • Makeup applies more evenly on exfoliated, flake-free skin and topical serums seem to work even better than before now that they can penetrate into my skin as they should. I wish I had this product when I started using Retinol + Vitamin C years ago!

ALSO USEFUL ON BODY
After having such nice results on my face and throat, I tried SKINovative SKINScrub Cleanser elsewhere, including on my chronically peeling, cracked cuticles, on my hands, elbows, and knees. I like that it’s gentle enough for use on the face, nose, throat, and decolletage, while still getting the job done on rough areas, even on my feet.

TIP: It says to use a small amount, and that’s true. I found I only needed about half as much as I thought I did for my throat and face.

INGREDIENTS

SKINovative Exfoliating SKINScrub Cleanser contains, amongst several natural ingredients notable for skin soothing and moisturizing, both Bamboo Stems and Squalene. These are both highly useful for sensitive skins.

Natural ingredients including Bamboo Stem Extract, Squalene, Orange Peel Oil, and Lavender Oil

  • Bamboo Stem Extract is soothing to damaged, itchy or irritated skins. Bamboo also contains nourishing and skin-supportive calcium, magnesium, potassium, vitamins A, B, and C. Bamboo stems also treat uneven skin tone without irritation.
  • Squalene is a unique oil that occurs naturally in the human body and some animals, and it’s high in Vitamins A and D. It supports natural lubrication of skin, oxygen delivery, and toxin removal. Squalene is typically found in mid-level to high-end expensive creams and moisturizers, it’s notable to find a scrub using a treating ingredient like Squalene.
  • Other skin-nourishing and hydrating ingredients include Lavender Oil (soothing) and Sandalwood (makes skin glow and fades scars) as well as Orange Peel Oil, an excellent anti-aging ingredient which contains Vitamin C to fade age spots, build collagen and reduce wrinkles. Orange Peel Oil is also antiseptic and anti-inflammatory.

SKINovative contains natural ingredients including Orange Peel Oil, which promotes collagen, reduces wrinkles and is a natural anti-inflammatory and antiseptic.

CONCLUSION

Exfoliation is vital for reducing acne and optimizing the efficacy of skin treatment serums and pricey moisturizers. But for those with sensitive skins, exfoliating scrubs seem a risky proposition. SKINovative Exfoliating SKINScrub Cleanser is not only tolerable for sensitive skin, but it makes an excellent addition to a cell turnover skin care routine such as a Retinol and Vitamin C serum programs, as SKINovative Exfoliating SKINScrub Cleanser provides gentle yet effective exfoliation even for aging, sensitive, acne prone, or sun damaged skin by removing dead skin cells. It uses top-notch ingredients including highly nourishing Bamboo Stem Extract, Lactic Acid, Squalene and Orange Peel Oil. It improves the appearance of wrinkles and maximizes the efficacy of any skin care program. No other exfoliating scrub has left my skin with such a lovely glow!

WHERE TO BUY IT

Find SKINovative Exfoliating SKINScrub Cleanser at http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0714JQJRG

 

Style Chicks received SKINovative Exfoliating SKINScrub Cleanser in exchange for our unbiased review and received compensation for our time and effort. However, our experience with the product and the opinions expressed in this review are 100% ours.

Posted by Style Chicks / Filed In: Beauty, Skincare
Tagged: adult acne treatment, Exfoliation, How to get the most out of your expensive creams, SKINovative Exfoliating Face Scrub Cleanser, SKINovative Exfoliating SKINScrub Cleanser, SKINSCRUB

Skincare: Era Organics Manuka Honey Walnut Facial Scrub

December 8, 2016 · Leave a Comment

Are you at that age that you are fighting aging AND acne? I think it should just be called “The Unfair Age.”

But Era Organics Manuka Honey Walnut Facial Scrub fights both at the same time and leaves skin bright and radiant.

Era Organics Manuka Honey Walnut Facial Scrub

Era Organics Manuka Honey Walnut Facial Scrub

 

WHAT IT DOES

Do you like the results of professional microdermabrasion, but hate the pulling on your delicate skin? Do you worry that the grit is clogging your pores, not cleansing them?

HOW IT DOES IT

Professional Microdermabrasion is pretty rough on the skin. The suction on most of the machines used in doctor’s offices seriously pulls at the skin. If you have this treatment on any regular basis, this can result in premature sagging of the skin. What’s the point of getting an expensive treatment if it is going to make you look older in the long run?

This isn’t a problem with Era Organics Manuka Honey Walnut Facial Scrub. It gently loosens dirt and blackheads the pores and sweeps them away, without any tugging or roughness. The gentle exfoliation makes it ideal for promoting collagen production as well, so facial skin looks brighter, less wrinkled, and more youthful, scars are diminished, and stretch marks get a boost towards healing.

Thanks to several ingredients in the organic formulation, skin is also deeply hydrated. That’s quite a lot from one scrub!

 

Era Organics Manuka Honey Walnut Facial Scrub

Era Organics Manuka Honey Walnut Facial Scrub

 

WHAT ARE THE INGREDIENTS

Aloe Vera is familiar to many as a plant that can soothe minor burns, scrapes, and heal the skin can also serve to nourish the skin. It contains Vitamins A, C, B, and E as well as minerals and enzymes. This food for skin can heal and hydrate, accelerate skin cell growth, provide anti-inflammatory and anti-bacterial properties. This is important in any scrub that is powerful enough to remove dead skin cells, as the skin underneath is exposed and can easily become irritated. Aloe heals naturally and quickly.

And this is not just any Aloe Vera, but a Hospital Grade Organic Aloe Vera. I didn’t know what that meant: it is the quality of Aloe Vera that heals skin well enough that it is suitable for use in Hospital level Burn Care Units.

Another ingredient is Manuka Honey, which has amazing healing and hydrating properties. An anti-aging powerhouse that boosts collagen production and cellular regeneration. It also has natural anti-fungal, anti-bacterial and anti-viral properties to heal skin conditions including acne.

Rapeseed Oil is an anti-oxidant that preserves moisture in the skin, making it smooth and elastic. It also cleanses pores, clean the skin and gives skin a natural glow. With anti-inflammatory properties, it heals skin and reduces redness.

Walnut Shell is a finely ground powder that is hard enough to exfoliate dead skin cells but is still gentle on the skin. It is important to note the finer mill of this walnut, as the smaller the size of the powder, the gentler it is to the skin. There are some products with larger pieces of walnut and that can tear the skin. This product contains a finer mill that does not scratch. As a natural product, Walnut Shell Powder does not irritate the skin the way plastic beads or some oil based beads can cause an allergic reaction.

Orange Oil is an anti-oxidant that reduces inflammation. It also can kill bacteria and improves the complexion by increase the production of collagen resulting in the reduction of dark spots and wrinkles. The bacteria fighting and inflammation reduction properties also make it suitable for gently reducing acne without excess drying to the skin.

WHY WE RECOMMEND IT

Finding a natural active ingredient exfoliation product that gently but effectively treats both acne-prone skin and the signs of aging without causing irritation is an impressive feat.

Era Organics Manuka Honey Walnut Facial Scrub reduces enlarged pores, blackheads, and dry skin. Unlike many scrubs, it reduces the signs of aging including dark spots.

I especially like the combination of healing and hydrating ingredients in this scrub that exfoliate away dead skin without irritating fresh skin underneath. I also like the anti-bacterial properties in the hydrating ingredients as they protect newly exposed skin and freshly cleaned pores from potential infections and breakouts. Some scrubs can actually cause acne breakouts because they remove too much skin, subjecting the skin to infection, and they contain acne-inducing ingredients. But Era Organics has a nice balance of anti-inflammatory and anti-bacterial ingredients that heal, hydrate and protect freshly exfoliated skin, all while pre-emptively treating skin for acne.

TIP: Use it as an anti-aging mask by applying it to dry skin and leave it on for 5-10 minutes.

GIVEAWAY

The good folks at Era Organics are giving a Style Chicks reader a free jar of this awesome scrub! To enter, send us an email at [email protected] and tell us something you think you will like about this scrub. You can find out more information about the product from their website and social media, which is listed below. For extra entries, share something from the Era Organics website (http://www.eraorganics.com/exfoliating-facial-scrub/) on social media using their social media share buttons and let us know in your email! This contest will run through Friday, December 16th, 2016.

Even if you don’t win, everyone can get 25% off with coupon STYLEC25.

Find it at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B018H32LHQ and learn more about this great product at https:// www.facebook.com/eraorganics, https:// www.pinterest.com/eraorganics, and their website, http://www.eraorganics.com/exfoliating-facial-scrub/

 

Era Organics Manuka Honey Walnut Facial Scrub

Era Organics Manuka Honey Walnut Facial Scrub

I received this product in exchange for my unbiased review and received compensation for my time and effort. However, my experience with the product and the opinions expressed in this review are 100% mine.

Posted by Style Chicks / Filed In: Anti-Aging, Beauty, Body, Skincare, Spa Economy
Tagged: Acne, Age Spots, Anti-Aging, At Home Microdermabrasion, Era Organics Manuka Honey Walnut Facial Scrub, Exfoliation, Skin, Skincare, Stretch Marks

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