Perhaps you’ve heard of detoxifying your body with a sugar detox or a juice cleanse. A well-implemented detox can help to purify your whole body and leave you feeling renewed and rejuvenated. But what about your skin? Do you really need to do a skin detox? Every day, pollution, makeup, debris and bacteria sit on your skin and clog your pores, causing signs of skin aging. So YES, you absolutely should consider implementing a skin detox regime. Here are a few ways you can get started:

Should I focus on my face?

The skin on your face is fair game to pore clogging agents like environmental pollutants and free radicals that want to do nothing more than attack your complexion. The key to detoxifying your face is to exfoliate the surface of the skin and purify pores with ingredients like activated charcoal, and protect it daily with a product loaded in beneficial antioxidants. Here are a few that can help detox your face:

Try: Dermalogica Daily Superfoliant – This highly active exfoliator contains lactic and malic acid that works to resurface the skin, while helping to detox the skin by fighting everyday environmental pollutants. This potent powder formula is activated with water and harnesses the detox power of activated charcoal to cleanse pores and fight the negative side effects of pollution. It is loaded with antioxidants, including red algae extract, tara fruit extract and niacinamide to protect your skin from future exposure to pollution.

Try: PCA Skin Detoxifying Mask – This purifying and balancing mask uses Japanese white charcoal to rid clogged skin of dirt, debris and impurities. It provides light hydration and reduces the likelihood of enlarged pores, leaving skin vibrant and healthy.

Do I need to detox the skin on my whole body?

When it comes to detoxifying your skin, your face is certainly important, but don’t neglect the rest of your body. A full body skin detox can leave you feeling refreshed and relaxed. Here are a few products to use for a full body skin detox:

Try: ELEMIS Cellutox Active Body Oil – Use this nourishing body oil to fight daily toxins than can build up from poor diet, stress or lack of exercise. It combines two rejuvenating sea extracts; sea fennel to prevent future build-up of toxins, and sea buckthorn, to eliminate existing toxins. Lemon and juniper essential oils work to hydrate and refresh the skin. This body oil is fast-absorbing, resulting in skin that is soft, smooth and cleansed from head to toe.

Try: Elemental Herbology Metal Detox Bath & Body Oil – Sometimes, nothing soothes quite like a long soak in the tub. By adding this refreshing bath and body oil to your bath water or applying directly to your skin after a shower or bath, your skin will reap the benefits of toxin elimination, stimulation of lymphatic drainage and increased circulation. Juniper berry essential oils help to remove toxins and improve circulation, grapefruit essential oils will aid in general detox and rosemary can help to stimulate the mind.

Can I take a holistic approach to a skin detox?

Daily environmental toxins can infiltrate your body’s cells as well as your gut, so taking a holistic approach to a skin detox can also help you achieve glowing, healthy skin. By addressing the problem inward, you can achieve balance for your skin as well as your body. Here are a few products to use:

Try: Osmosis Environmental Detox Dietary Supplement – This holistic detoxifying supplement addresses toxins both inside and outside the body, utilizing ingredients like diindolymethane (DIM) and charcoal to remove environmental toxins from the cells and gut. Powerful ingredients like raw cacao work to help protect the skin from free-radical damage.

Try: Caudalie Draining Herbal Teas – If you’d rather cozy up with a cup of hot tea to supplement your detox, then this aromatic and delicious herbal tea infused with red vine, black currant, blueberry, cinnamon and sweet orange peel can do the trick. Sipping this hot tea can help to quicken the elimination of toxins and excess water, leaving behind a slimming feeling.

Anything that will help with pollution?

Daily pollution wreaks havoc on our bodies and the earth, but what about our skin? Smog, grit and grime also does battle with our skin daily and can cause inflammation, which may lead to wrinkles, spots and similar signs of aging. Here are a few products to combat the effects of pollution:

Try: SkinCeuticals Phloretin CF – This potent anti-aging treatment harnesses the power of plant-based antioxidants to combat daily skin damage caused by environmental toxins and the sun. It contains 2% phloretin, derived from apple tree bark, 10% pure Vitamin C and 0.5% ferulic acid to stimulate collagen synthesis, neutralize harmful free radicals and with regular use, can help give you a more radiant, firmer complexion.

Try: Glytone Triple Defense Brightening Complex SPF 30 – This protective, broad spectrum sunscreen is a complete formula to aid in combating and protecting against environmental toxins that can attack your skin. A detoxifying mineral complex and vitamin E work to visibly reduce the premature signs of aging and red algae extract helps prevent pollutants from penetrating the skin barrier.

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