Many times it doesn’t matter how much lotion you are slapping on your skin, if you are not exfoliating your skin on a regular basis, your skin cannot absorb all the benefits your moisturizer has to offer. This is due to your pores being clogged by the dead skin cells your skin has shed. Clogged pores makes your skin look dry and dehydrated…you know that flaky skin look? That look is never “in.”

Exfoliate In All The Right Spots!

Besides the normal places to exfoliate like your face, legs and arms – have you remembered to exfoliate your neck? Exfoliating your neck is often ignored. If you exfoliate your neck, it will give you a fresher look.

What about your elbows and knees? I remember all too well what it felt like to have cracked, flaky elbows. It hurt to have dry skin in this area. Knees need to look polished too. You could be wearing that killer red dress, but when your dry knees peak out, it completely takes away from how gorgeous you look.

What about your feet? Have you looked at your heels lately? This is something that needs to be taken care of daily, as dry cracked heels look pretty on no one. Also, exfoliating your feet before applying sunless tanning lotion helps prevent streaking.

What about your lips? You can’t have a great pucker if they are scaly and peeling.

Some of the benefits of exfoliating are:

• It’s ability to improve texture of your dull skin, making it more vibrant.
• Reduces the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles.
• Sloughs off the dead skin cells your body has shed.
• Unclogs pores.
• Keeps skin healthy, thus helping to prevent break-outs.
• Helps retain your tan when you exfoliate before slapping on the sunscreen.

Some products to consider:

Borghese Salt Scrub-Smells like the spa and is chock full of fabulous ingredients.
Bath and Body Bliss’ Brown Sugar Scrub-This product was heaven when I was pregnant with my 4th son. It reminded me of sweet potatoes smothered in brown sugar. It was that realistic!
Be Fine Lip Exfoliator-A food-based exfoliant, Be Fine’s Lip Exfliator is gentle. So no matter if you have very dry lips or want to use it to be proactive, it’ll get the job done.
KLEAN Bath & Body Sugar Body Polish-You do not know the meaning to the word divine until you have smelled KLEAN’s Blue Hawaii Sugar Body Polish.

Shannon is stocking up on products and telling you about the hits and misses at A Girl’s Gotta Spa!