Dermatologists, aestheticians and beauty editors can often be found waxing lyrical about the benefits of chemical exfoliation, aka liquid products that leave skin glowing. However, when it comes to the skin on our body, a spot of manual scrubbing can work wonders.
In a nutshell, exfoliation sloughs off dead skin cells on the surface of the skin, but its benefits go beyond just leaving your limbs silky soft. It also plays an important prep step for applying self-tan on top without patchiness and can reduce pesky ingrown hairs.
