One of skin care’s longest running debates is whether natural products and ingredients are superior to man-made ones in both treating skin conditions and maintaining overall skin health. While natural products sound like a clear winner, certain natural and unrefined ingredients can be particularly damaging to the skin. It’s also important to remember that just because it’s safe to eat …
What’s a Good Salicylic Acid Exfoliator?
On our ViaBuff blog we frequently recommend pairing our Exfoliating Puffs with a serum that contains potent exfoliating ingredients like salicylic acid and papain. However, it’s often difficult to find products that contain appropriate concentrations of active ingredients but which won’t irritate the skin. Cue the Dermalogica Daily Microfoliant (Dermalogica, $54.00) which is packed with salicylic acid, papain, rice bran, …
Why ViaBuff is a Great Exfoliator for the Face
Exfoliators come in a variety of forms, colors, and levels of utility, but few are as suitable for use on the face as the ViaBuff Exfoliating Puffs. ViaBuff fans know that our puffs come in four strengths in order to meet your skin’s needs and challenges. But our Exfoliating Facial Mini Buffs also sport several other traits that make them …
What to Do After Exfoliating
Exfoliating alone won’t keep your skin looking lovely and healthy. Rather, after each exfoliation you should apply an ultra-hydrating moisturizer and protective sunscreen to ensure that skin is hydrated and protected from environmental damage. Below we’ve outlined a few ways that you can maximize the benefits of your post-exfoliation routine. Dry your puff after each use ViaBuff Exfoliating puffs were …
What Shouldn’t Be in Your Exfoliating Serum
Do a quick search online and you will come up with hundreds of recipes for homemade exfoliating scrubs, or recommendations for the best exfoliating serums. However, just because an exfoliating cream is backed with great active ingredients like salicylic acids and AHA’s doesn’t mean that it can neutralize the bad ingredients that may be lurking in their as well. Plastic …
ViaBuff Skin Care Guide: Dry Skin
Dry skin is a condition of decreased water content in the uppermost layer of the skin, the stratum corneum. This leads to abnormal structural changes in the skin, including increased fatty acid content and decreased ceramide levels. Moreover, these changes can lead to impeded barrier function of the skin, meaning that skin can feel more easily irritated, reddened, extra dry, …
What You Ought to Know about ViaBuff
Those looking to exfoliate the skin are bombarded with an endless variety of exfoliating tools – dry brushes, loofahs, konjac sponges, mesh puffs, nylon puffs, exfoliating creams – the list can go on and on. However, finding a great exfoliating tool is like finding a needle in a haystack, as exfoliators like loofahs and nylon puffs harbor exceptionally high amounts …
Treating waxed skin
From the occasional bikini wax to weekly waxing the upper lip, waxing any part of the body is seldom a pleasant and plainless endeavor. While many of us merely wipe away any waxy residue and go about the rest of our days, this does little to soothe the inflammation or vulnerability and sensitivity characteristic of freshly waxed skin. Treating waxed …
Exfoliating Eczema
To sufferers of eczema, psoriasis, and other dry skin conditions, “exfoliation” brings to mind raw skin, inflammation and a seemingly endless bout with dry skin. However, exfoliating with eczema does not have to be such a difficult endeavor. While eczema sufferers may need to exfoliate less frequently due to their skin sensitivity, they still need to ensure that dried skin …
How Often Should I Exfoliate Oily Skin?
As any reader of the ViaBuff Blog would know, exfoliation is essential to maintaining squeaky clean, glowing skin. But for those with oily skin, exfoliation can be a slippery slope (no pun intended). Common sense tells us that we should exfoliate as frequently as possible, so that we can deplete the skin of excess oils and remove any debris. However, …
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