Lush Ocean Salt Facial Scrub

Exfoliation is a treatment that can be easily done at home. My skin is more on the rougher side, so using scrubs with smaller beads don't work well. If you have "thinner" skin then it should be okay. Many girls like to do facial scrubs once in while because it makes your skin feel softer. Of course I enjoy this feeling, but you have to be cautious not to over exfoliate! I'm sure in high school we have learnt about the structure of the skin - the epidermis, dermis, and hypo dermis. Due to biological and environmental factors, our skin will slowly build up cells that it cannot get rid of. Facial scrub is basically a method to get rid of these dead cells. (Of course there are chemical exfoliation as well) If you over exfoliate, your skin can turn sensitive. Remember to always hydrate your skin after you scrub! One of my personal favourite scrubs is the UK brand Lush 's Ocean Salt Facial Scrub. It uses sea salt which is coarser. In Jan 2013, Lush closed all its franchises in Hong Kong and opened a flagship store. The store can be found on Granville Road.

As I mentioned earlier, you cannot exfoliate too often. I tend to do it once or twice per week. Because of Lush's natural ingredients, the scrub has a use by date of 3 months. I always purchase the small version (120g) to minimize waste. (Once I bought the big jar and had to use it as a whole body scrub before the best before date)

 Once you open the jar, the facial scrub is a light blue colour. The scent is fresh and smells like the ocean (but not salty!)

 The scrub is basically like normal cooking sea salt - Lush added lime and coconut to it to make it more hydrating. To use the scrub you take a small amount (I use around the size of one sugar cube) and massage it on to your face. After you can just rinse with cold water. Because it is sea salt, make sure the lid is on tight after you have used it or it will all turn into salt water. If you find the scrub too coarse, you can add one or two drops of water to the product in your hand to dissolve some of the salt. Don't add too much though because it will dissolve all the salt and defeat the purpose of the scrub. After using it, your skin feels much softer and smoother. If I wasn't worried about over exfoliation I would use it every day. Lastly, Lush prints the date the product was made and the staff who made it. Mine was made by Mohammed! ↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓

By Wendy