Best Ways to Effectively Use Body Polishes

Body polish is a great way to keep your skin healthy and feeling smooth and silky. Body polishes basically exfoliate the skin by sloughing away dead dull skin cells. Most body polishes also contain nutrient rich moisturizers that give your skin a baby soft feel.

Polishing the Body

1. Take a warm bath or shower. This helps your pores to open up and softens the dead skin. Turn off the shower or step out of the shower spray.

2. Apply a small amount of skin polish starting at your ankles. Work the skin polish in a circular motion. Do not use too much pressure or you can irritate your skin. Move upwards until you have polished your whole body. Pay more attention to rough spots on elbows and knees.

3. Use a handled bath brush or pad to reach the middle of your back.

4. Rinse the body polish off with warm water. You do not need to wash the body polish oils off; however if you don't like the oily feeling you can wash with soap and use a moisturizer after you towel dry.

Polishing the Feet

1. Soak your feet in warm water. This will soften the skin making it easier to slough off.

2. Use a skin polisher that is recommended for feet. A foot polish will be coarser than a body polish.

3. Start at your heels and work forward using a circular motion. Extra pressure can be applied on the heel area.

4. If you have especially dry heels, you can use a pumice stone to remove the dead skin. Wet the pumice stone before use and rub. Be careful not to rub too hard or you can remove too much skin.

5. Dry your feet and apply a rich foot moisturizer.