Exfoliation … Is your skin looking dull, dry and ashy? No matter how much I talk about exfoliation in black skin care, there’s always something new for your to learn. That reflection you see in the mirror is giving you an honest look at your skin, like it or not. Despite what you might see, it didn’t happen overnight.

Your skin takes at least 28-40 days as a woman to rejuvenate. Your skin is one way to eliminate toxins from your body. If its clogged with dirt and oil, it could be trapping impurities on a daily basis. The process of exfoliation will help in removing the dead skin cells from its surface and expose your beautiful bronze glow.

How To Give Black Skin a Beautiful Bronze Glow With Exfoliation

There are two main ways to exfoliate your skin: mechanical and chemical.

Mechanical exfoliation involves the use of loofahs and scrubs. While you’ll often see products that contain walnut, ground almonds and oatmeal. You’ll want to be careful of nuts, hulls and shells. They can actually damage your skin.

On the other hand if you’re using a gentle exfoliating ingredient like jojoba wax beads, you’ve put your skin into pretty good hands. That’s providing you don’t over do it by adding too much pressure. Yes,  you can over do it with natural product.

The addition of essential oils that tighten and firm your skin, such as black currant or passion flower, will enhance your exfoliation treatment.

Your face deserves a nice gentle exfoliation treatment and something as simple as your washcloth and warm water will do the trick.

Chemical exfoliation takes advantage of topical ingredients and helps remove dead skin cells. You typically know this method of exfoliation as a Chemical Peel. Ingredient to look for in topical products are Vitamin C, which promotes cell regeneration and Vitamin B3 which helps to speed up skin turnover.

Alpha hydroxy acids can often fall into the category of chemical exfoliation, although they are found in fruits, vegetables and milk. They work to normalize the renewal of your cells and encourage the formation of healthy skin by peeling away the dead skin cells. As a woman of color, you should never use chemical peels or get treatments that will harmfully take the layers of your skin. These treatments can often be very dangerous for skin of color.

Important NOTE:

You should never combine the use of mechanical and chemical exfoliation treatments when caring for black skin, especially during your home care regimen. You can really damage your skin by doing so. Exfoliate once a week, no more than twice. This applies to at-home-beauty regimens. There’s magic in exfoliation and a simple treatment can really bring radiance to your beautiful black skin.

That’s it for this week, until next time,

Dedicated To Your Beauty,

Juliette Samuel

Esthetician/Author/Publisher

Nyraju Skin Care