Do You Exfoliate Your Body?

[Chococatluva]

I exfoliate my face and neck twice a week, I never exfoliate my body... It's way too sensitive to any exfoliant.

 

[cinderella]

I exfoliate once weekly my body and the face once every 10 days.

 

[bronze_chiqz]

Originally Posted by honeykim /img/forum/go_quote.gif

i didnt know morroco had the same thing!

you do black soap? i guess i'll have to try that. i do sandalwood, i love the smell, kinda spicey haha.

also i have a bit dry skin, and it works great with my skin. but once a week i do the glove thing. and on regular days i use sandalwood soap. and it also has this bits in it that are a bit rough so when you scrub with the soap, they also fall on your body. 
 

Quote: Originally Posted by bronze_chiqz /img/forum/go_quote.gif



This sounds very much similar to Moroccon gloves. U can practically find these scrubbing mits or gloves at all the Hamam or Moroccon Spas. I went to Morocco last year, and stock up on these gloves, it was darn cheap!These gloves are part of the daily routine among the  Moroccon ppl.No wonder their skin is like so soft and fresh all the time! The method is pretty much similar xplained by Honeykim, but I use with black soap.I'll wash,then slather the black soap all over my body, leave it for 5 mins, and rinse it away. And then while dripping wet, I'll scrub.Yes I'll see tons of rubbery junks just rolls up down my skin and falls!U have to put lil pressure while scrubbing,  so far my eczematic skin is able to tolerate. This is far better than any grainy scrubs for the body.

thus I dont advise this for face
 

It would be more effective I suppose, but you can also use without the black soap,JUt that black soap has this minty tingling feeling, it will be really refreshing once uv've scrubbed

 

[magosienne]

I tried black soap this weekend on my body. I definitely recommend it, my skin was so soft ! I was impressed by my elbows, usually so dry they stay dry no matter how much product i apply, but all the dry skin was gone. Yeepee !

 

[divadoll]

What kind of black soap, Aude?

 

[magosienne]

Oriental black soap. Olive oil, black olives, salt and potassium hydroxide.

I also tried it last night on my face. My t zone appreciated it, my cheeks not so much. I'll do it again on my nose, it cleaned everything out of the pores.

 

[divadoll]

Black olives?  Thats a new one.  There are so many variations of black soap.  I like the african black soap with the plantain ash instead of the potassium hydroxide.  sure its potassium?  Is it a liquid soap?  I've made some with activated charcoal before and you can buy it with activated charcoal.  Is the black olives just for colour?

 

[magosienne]

No, i don't think so, they macerated with the olive oil, and the result is a paste. Yep, it does says potassium hydroxide on the packaging, so i trust that's what's inside. It's true there are so many variations, my usual supplier sells one with eucalyptus essential oil inside.

That said the black soap we use to wash the house is liquid, i think it contains flaxseed oil as well as olive, i didn't feel comfortable using that one though.