For Your Body
Look For
+ Larger exfoliating granules, such as coarse sea salt and raw sugar, crushed nuts, coffee grounds, bamboo powder, and corncob powder
Avoid
+ Using scrubs on sensitive, irritated, or freshly shaven skin
Tips
Jacknin recommends scooping up about two tablespoons of scrub and rubbing in circles, working your way up from feet to heart. "Cleanse your body as usual before scrubbing," she says, "but hold off on shaving until another time, as some scrubs aggravate just-shaved skin." Heavily perfumed products can also irritate (and leave you gagging in the shower). Look for exfoliants with essential oils of lavender, mint, citrus, or basil, which refresh without overwhelming.
Try
+ Naturopathica Bamboo Lemongrass Body Scrub, $42, naturopathica.com
+ Caudalie Merlot Friction Scrub, $35, caudalie-usa.com
+ Origins Modern Friction for the Body, $38, origins.com