Please Ditch Exfoliants with Microbeads in Them

Beauty / September 16, 2016

Don’t we all just want to feel clean?

And by we, I mean not just us polluting humans of Manila, New York, or wherever you are. Even the Earth wants that deep-clean action and yet, we’ve been depriving it after years of clogging its oceanic pores with our bad ol’ microbeads.

Yes, people, those small guys that work extra hard to dig up the day’s facial dirt are actually the tiny terrorists polluting our waterways. Being plastics, microbeads in our products don’t just end up down the drain—it settles in our oceans. Forever. Now imagine all the poor fishes that feed on them thinking they’re food, but are actually tasteless, dirty balls of nothing.

Even POTUS Barack Obama actively took a stand and signed a law that bans these bad beads. Now what’s left is a slew of obedient companies churning out organic scrubs much to my glee.

Fresh’s Soy Face Exfoliant is a fan favorite. With its cucumber, rosehip, and jojoba seeds, this product makes it hard not to harbor guilt after feeling too great post-cleansing. Thank goodness Sephora brought it here!

I also recommend the Murad AHA/BHA Exfoliating Cleanser. It has an active formulation of exfoliating acids and jojoba skin-polishing beads that can effectively clean and reveal more youthful-looking skin.

Don’t forget your body, though! Treat it with the same microbead-free love with Lush’s Ocean Salt Face and Body Scrub. You’ll get minerals and benefits from avocado, coconut, and lime in this small tub. And oh, did I mention it has vodka?

Now for the true-blue exfoliators, try the Philosophy Resurface Microdelivery Dual-Phase Peel. You have Vitamin C/Peptide crystals and Lactic/Salicylic Activating Gels working together to slough off those dead skin cells.

So if you care for both your body and the world we live in, jump on this non-microbead ship with me.  

 


Beauty, Exfoliants, Fresh, Lush, Murad, Philosophy, Scrubs

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