Walls needs to be sanded and primed before you paint them. Similarly, you need to slough off dead skin and dirt before putting moisturizer and makeup.

Every day I tell people to exfoliate, and here are some of the reasons why.

EXFOLIATE TO GET RID OF DEAD SKIN CELLS

Moisturizing is a good first defense against signs of aging, but moisturizing is SUPER good at stopping DEAD skin cells from leaving our faces. Your top layer of skin is dead anyway. Think of moisturizer being a bit like glue to those dead ‘n flaky skin cells. The down side is when too many dead skin cells ‘build-up’ it can start to make skin look dull. This is when exfoliation is your friend! Exfoliating gets rid of those old ‘n long gone skin cells.

EXFOLIATE TO PREVENT WRINKLES

Exfoliating gets rid of old skin, which means it reveals younger and more nourished skin. With science eyes on, exfoliating increases ‘skin cell turnover’, that means new skin is encouraged to grow.

EXFOLIATE TO IMPROVE ABSORPTION OF YOUR ACTIVE SKINCARE

Exfoliation is your best friend by saving you money and increasing the activation of these expensive products. By exfoliating away dead skin cells there is less skin to ‘get through’, so your ingredients have their BEST chance of working.

EXFOLIATE TO KEEP BLEMISHES AND SPOTS AT BAY

There is nothing that encourages spots MORE than dead skin! Dead skin is like a playground for bacteria. Dead skin is a key cause of black heads.

EXFOLIATE TO INCREASE BLOOD FLOW AND CIRCULATION

A bit of exfoliation gets the ‘juices’ of your skin flowing. That means things like blood get to come and ‘feed’ your skin with all the foods it needs and anything bad, that has built up in your skin, gets to be ‘drained away’. This is why exercise can make skin crazy radiant.

EXFOLIATE TO STOP PORES FROM GROWING

While you can’t ‘shrink’ your pores, you can stop them from getting any bigger. Pores can seem to get much bigger as we get older, that’s because skin ‘builds-up’ in our pores. Dead skin not only helps pores to grow, but also makes them MUCH more visible.