This is my go to exfoliator. It's gentle, yet hard working — and it smells like lemons. What more could you want? These pads are the perfect combination of physical and chemical exfoliation. The single-use exfoliating pads are double sided with gauze on one side to gently scrub the top layer of skin, and then there's the soft cotton side to wipe away the debris.
For added benefit, the pads are soaked in chemical exfoliants that clear clogged pores. The extra extra bonus? It gives your skin a boost of vitamin C to brighten the skin and help fade acne scars.
(Have sensitive skin? Try the Neogen Bio-Peel Gauze in Green Tea, $27, for more soothing benefits.)
Do you like it rough? Then this one is for you. This exfoliating face mask has a similar sensation of a walnut scrub, but it's far more gentle, since the all-natural black sugar grains dissolve as you massage them into your face. This scrub also pulls double duty with ingredients like shea butter and lanolin that leave your face hydrated after you wash it off. If you've got that thirsty skin, give this one a try.
Let me introduce to you my can't-live-without exfoliator: While physical exfoliators clean out the junk on the top layer of your skin, BHAs work on a deeper level to clean out your pores to help reduce blackheads and excess sebum. This option contains 5% natural BHA and hydrating ingredients in a potent formula perfect for oily and acne-prone skin.
The Dr. Oracle A-Thera Tea Tree Peeling Sticks mix together chemical exfoliators AHA and BHA into one powerful acne spot treatment. The AHA works on the top layer of skin to remove dead skin cells, and the BHA dives deep underneath to help blemishes disappear faster — which means it's also great for targeting tough cystic acne. Use this with Cosrx Acne Pimple Master Patch, $6, and you've yourself got a pimple-killing machine.
I love BHA so much that I even sneak it into my daily face moisturizer! This lightweight moisturizer goes on thin and keeps my oily skin hydrated without extra shine by removing excess sebum. Use this in your a.m. routine and your t-zone will thank you!
