The best body scrubs and exfoliators for silky smooth skin
Refresh, hydrate and polish in one simple step
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You may have your skincare routine sussed when it comes to your face – cleanse, tone, moisturise and everything in between – but the skin below your chin requires equal attention too. Unfortunately a quick rinse with body wash simply won’t cut it. For an all-over, revitalising skin detox, add a body exfoliator to your in-shower routine for nourishing, radiant results.
A good body exfoliator will buff away dead skin cells, unclogging pores, removing impurities and dirt, and enhancing skin to reveal a renewed glow. It will also provide a nourishing treatment, deeply hydrating and moisturising the skin to leave it with a velvety smooth, polished finish. Simply massage into damp skin, targeting areas prone to dryness such as elbows and knees, rinse off and hop out of the shower refreshed and with a freshly prepared canvas for the next steps in your body care routine.
Typically gritty in texture, most body exfoliators are formulated with sea salts, sugar crystals and natural oils and butters to give your skin a well-rounded cleansing and hydrating experience. Below, we’ve put together an edit of the best body scrubs and exfoliators for a gleaming complexion, top to toe.
Ouai Melrose Place scalp and body scrub
Transform dull and dry into deeply nourished, buttery soft and radiant with Ouai’s Melrose Place scrub. The formula combines moisturising cupuaçu butter and coconut oil with hydrating antioxidant-rich squalane to leave your body rejuvenated, refreshed and silky smooth. It also boasts a gorgeous signature scent of champagne, lychee, cedarwood and amber. Translating to ‘yes’, we say ‘ouai’.
Elemis lime and ginger salt glow
If your skin needs a pick-me-up, turn to Elemis’ salt glow. Enriched with cleansing sea salt and lime peel, plus bergamot, coconut and sweet almond oils to lock in moisture, simply rub the mineral-rich formula all over your body to exfoliate, soften and smooth in one go. Skin will be left refreshed, toned and fragrant with a refreshing zesty lime and ginger scent.
Sol de Janeiro Bum Bum scrub
Treat your body to the TLC it needs after a dreary, cold winter with Sol de Janeiro’s famous Bum Bum scrub. Translating from Portuguese as ‘Sun of January’ and beautifully scented with pistachio and almond, it will transport your skin and senses to the tropics of Copacabana. The combination of crushed cupuaçu seeds and coconut and açai butters works to shed dead skin cells, boost circulation and deeply condition for refreshed and velvet-smooth results.
Sisley Paris energising foaming exfoliant
A wonderful blend of natural ingredients, including lavender and rosemary essential oils, ginseng and centella asiatica plus horsetail extract, Sisley Paris’ body exfoliator will redefine your skin. From washing away impurities and dead skin cells, to nourishing, moisturising and toning, add to your body care routine and re-energise your skin, enhancing its freshness and softness in one simple step.
Fresh brown sugar body polish
A powerful formula that is gentle on the skin, Fresh’s body polish is the perfect exfoliator for smooth and softened skin with a natural radiant glow. A punchy trio of brown sugar crystals, apricot kernel oil and camelina sativa seed oil, massage into skin to deeply cleanse and remove impurities while nourishing and hydrating. What’s more – the citrus-laced scent smells beautifully fresh for a spa-like experience.
Caudalie Vinosculpt crushed cabernet scrub
For soft, supple, reenergised skin, Caudalie has the perfect solution. Apply its new Vinosculpt formula across your whole body and scrub away dead skin cells to exfoliate and rejuvenate. Packed with natural ingredients including brown sugar, honey and cold-pressed grape seed oil, skin will be conditioned and hydrated at the same time, resulting in a smooth, radiant surface.
Drunk Elephant Sugared Koffie almond milk scrub
A dry skin saviour must-have, Drunk Elephant’s antioxidant-rich body scrub will turn a dull and dried-out epidermis into soft, glowing skin. Infused with nourishing almond milk, coffee seed, passion fruit and marula oils, it will exfoliate and hydrate simultaneously to give a renewed texture that is smoother and brighter. Massage generously and gently into the skin and watch for miracle-working results.
Jo Malone wood sage & sea salt exfoliating shower gel
If you’re a fan of Jo Malone’s iconic wood sage and sea salt fragrance, wash away impurities and hydrate your skin with this beautifully fragranced exfoliating shower gel. A cleanser that features jojoba oil (which soothes and hydrates) and bamboo stem (with skin protecting properties), use to refresh the skin and naturally polish it for a radiant finish.
Clarins exfoliating body scrub
Lather Clarins’ body scrub all over to diminish impurities, soothe rough, flaky surfaces and reinvigorate the skin. Packed with smoothing bamboo powders and a hint of ginger, it will encourage skin cell renewal for softer, firmer, more youthful-looking skin, with a glowy polished finish. Use in the shower to prepare skin for moisturising.
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