If you have dead skin, it will stop the products or cosmetics from working effectively on your face and other body parts. It can have disastrous effects on your health as well. Bacteria can gather around the dead skin which can cause numerous infections and skin diseases like psoriasis. It can also increase the risk of skin cancer. Dead skin can also cause skin irritation, and close your pores. Hence, it is important that you exfoliate and remove the dead skin. Here are some natural ways to remove the dead skin.
1. Brown Sugar Exfoliating Scrub
Sugar makes for a great lip and face scrub. It can be used on lips as it is gentle and harmless if ingested. Sugar acts as a natural exfoliator. This scrub also contains coconut oil and lavender essential oil. Coconut oil hydrates the skin while the lavender essential oil soothes it. Thus, this scrub removes and exfoliates your skin and gets rid of dead skin.
What You Will Need
- A bowl of sugar
- 1 tsp of coconut oil
- 2 drops of lavender essential oil
What To Do
- Take the sugar in a bowl and add the oils to it and mix well.
- Apply gently on the face and lips.
- Using the tips of your fingers, scrub for a few minutes on the lips.
- Then scrub in a clockwise and counter-clockwise motion on the face.
- Leave for 5 minutes then wash your face.
2. Coffee Face Scrub
Coffee grounds work well for exfoliating the skin. This scrub can help remove the dead skin from your acne-prone face. This scrub uses the leftover coffee grounds from your morning cup of coffee to make an exfoliating scrub. It can also be used as a face mask to remove dead skin cells. The intense hydrating and mineral revitalising properties of the coffee grounds helps remove the dead skin.
What You Will Need
- Coffee grounds
- Citrus essential oils
- Yoghurt
What To Do
- Take the yoghurt in a bowl and add the coffee grounds to it. Mix well.
- Then add two drops of citrus essential oils to the yoghurt and coffee grounds mixture.
- Apply this mix on your face, and using the tips of your fingers massage in a clockwise and anti-clockwise direction.
- Let it rest for 25 minutes if using as a mask and 3 minutes if using it as a scrub.
- Later wash your face.
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