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13 Best Microbead-Free Exfoliators for Face and Body

Ban plastic microbeads from your beauty routine with these ocean-friendly scrubs
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A Plant-Based, So-Gentle-You'd-Hardly-Know-It's-a-Scrub Scrub
Sephora Collection Metamorphosis Powder, $20
Exfoliates with: microcellulose

If you have sensitive skin that's occasionally flaky or dull, snap up one of the amazing new exfoliating powders on the market. Sephora Collection's powder exfoliant lightly scrubs with microcellulose (plant powder). Salicylic acid and papaya extract act as a gentle chemical peel for soft and radiant skin. Use alone once a week or mix with your daily cleanser.

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A Glamorous Powder Scrub in Superchic Packaging
Diptyque Radiance Boosting Powder, $58
Exfoliates with: white clay and powdered flower petals

We've always loved Diptyque candles and fragrances. (L'Ombre dans L'Eau for the win!) We're equally smitten with its new line of facial care products. Diptyque's Radiance Boosting Powder for the face -- made with white clay and powdered rose, neroli and jasmine petals (swoon) -- builds up to a lightly exfoliating and mildly foamy lather when combined with water.

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The Next Best Thing to Your Fave Microbead Scrub
Garnier Clean + Invigorating Daily Scrub, $7.99
Exfoliates with: jojoba beads

If you just love your microbead scrubs, try a jojoba bead product. Jojoba beads (or esters) are crystallized bits of jojoba oil. Smooth and spherical, jojoba esters are less abrasive than many other natural ingredients, like crushed apricot kernels, which have a jagged shape that's more likely to irritate skin.

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The Scrubby Root Sponge to Replace Your Clarisonic
Boscia Konjac Cleansing Sponge, $15
Exfoliates with: konjac root

So your Clarisonic's $40 brush head refills are breaking the bank? Amen, sister. Consider the much cheaper konjac root sponge for light exfoliation. Konjac sponges feel kind of like wet Styrofoam (in a good way), with a squishy, slippery texture that cleanses skin without feeling scratchy. Boscia infuses its konjac sponges with ingredients like charcoal and green clay to fight acne and red clay to rehydrate.

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A Power Scrub That Won't Turn You Into an Oil Slick
Ole Henriksen Rub N' Buff Salt Scrub, $38
Exfoliates with: sea salt

Lots of salt-based body scrubs are runny, oily messes, but this refreshing, lemongrass-scented cleanser has a thick, paste-like texture so it doesn't drip everywhere -- and it makes skin baby-soft. Just don't use it directly before or after shaving.

BY KATIE MCCARTHY | OCT 21, 2014 | SHARES
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