The importance of a body care routine
It’s tempting to focus all of your skin care efforts on your face—it is the part of your body that people see first and most often. But if your body care regime is limited to a quick lather and rinse in the shower, you’re missing out on the big benefits of true TLC from the neck down. Your skin is your body’s largest organ, so it deserves all the love you can give it. Trust us: adding a few extra steps into your routine is well worth it.
Treat Your Body Like Your Face
You would never wash your face and then just walk out the door. That’s because your skin requires hydration, protection, and even some active ingredients to repair, smooth, and balance it. Well, so does your body. While the skin below your neck is typically less delicate than your face, it still deserves some attention. And who wants flakey, itchy, or sun-damaged skin?
Your Body Care Lineup
It’s best to mimic your face’s skin care routine—but you don’t need to use the exact same products all over. The skin on your body is thicker and has a lot more surface area. Here’s what you’ll need:
Step 1: Cleanse: Sudsing up in the shower is still the best way to ensure your skin is fresh and clean. But using just any body wash won’t leave you feeling nourished. Look for a body wash with hydrating ingredients like hyaluronic acid, shea butter, coconut oil, and argan oil. These will add moisture into your skin as you cleanse. Choosing products with safe, natural fragrances is also important, as some fragrance ingredients can lead to irritation. Try: Lavish Ultra Rich Hydrating Body Wash
Step 2: Exfoliate Just like your face can end up with a build up of dead skin cells and grime that can dull your glow and clog your pores, so can your body. It’s helpful to give your skin a solid scrub once a week. After rinsing your body wash away, buff your skin in circular motions. Look for a cocktail of sugar, magnesium salt, and natural alpha hydroxy acids. This combination of physical and chemical exfoliants will really help to renew your skin. Try: Polish Lemon Sugar Body Scrub
Step 3: Treat No matter the time of year—whether it’s hot and humid or dry and cold—the skin on your body needs plenty of extra nourishment. Think of this as the Serum step in your facial care routine, adding one to your body care routine can lock in important active ingredients to improve the quality of your skin. We love a blend of grapeseed, almond, and avocado oils. And added antioxidants protect the skin while amino acids firm and reduce wrinkles. Massage the oil onto your body after showering and relax. Try: Lavish Nourishing & Firming Body Oil
Step 4: Moisturize: The final step in a well-rounded body care lineup is a luxurious body cream—it’s like the icing on top of a delicious dessert. Antioxidants from cocoa butter, apple, blackberry, cranberry, pomegranate, sweet cherry and kiwi seed oils help to boost your skin’s glow and protect it from damage. Jojoba esters hydrate and boost skin’s elasticity while the essential fatty acids in sea buckthorn seed oil help to smooth and moisturize skin. Apply it all over and enjoy softer, happier skin from head to toe. Try: Lavish Ultra Rich Body Butter
