Vanity Fare: Scrubs, oils and creams to add to your bodycare beauty routine

Spend some time to pamper your body too. Bodycare is an important part of a wholesome beauty routine. Photo: Rituals Cosmetics

Your beauty routine should not just be restricted from the neck up. While moisturising, scrubbing and nourishing the skin of your face is essential, your body deserves some tender loving care too.

Here's a look at a range of beauty products that can help give your body a healthy glow.

Ancient indulgence

According to traditional Ayurvedic science, scrubbing is a highly effective way of purifying your body and stimulating energy flow.

Rituals Cosmetics’ The Ritual of Ayurveda Body Scrub is a rejuvenating product that contains a carefully formulated base of blends of rich oil and Punjabi pink salt.

These ingredients are not just good for your skin, but are believed to have a purifying and rejuvenating effect on inner balance and vitality.

This scrub leaves an ultra-nourishing thin layer of nourishing Ayurvedic oils behind after application, enriched with sweet almond and coconut oil to protect the skin and moringa oil to promote a natural healthy glow.

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Soft and smooth

Fenty Skin’s Cherry Dub Triple Action AHA Body Scrub is a luscious body exfoliator that retexturises and conditions skin for a totally renewed glow.

Buff away rough, bumpy skin with this cherry-powered body scrub which combines physical exfoliants like sugar, bitter cherry, pumice and lychee with chemical exfoliants like AHAs (alpha hydroxy acids) and fruit enzymes.

It also includes Barbados cherry to brighten and shea butter to nourish.

Created for all skin types, including sensitive skin, this clean, vegan, cruelty-free and gluten-free formula also features a crisp, juicy scent inspired by Barbados cherry for an enjoyable shower experience.

Easy exfoliation

Made with 93% natural-origin ingredients, the Sephora Collection Sugar Body Scrub contains a combination of AHAs and brown sugar to gently remove dead cells.

This product’s melting texture gently exfoliate your skin and is very easy to rinse off without leaving an oily film.

It contains a combination of AHAs, natural-origin fruit acids with exfoliating properties, and natural-origin brown sugar known to exfoliate the skin.

Use it twice a week in the shower by applying it to damp skin on your entire body and massaging using circular motions.

Improving circulation

If the appearance of your cellulite bothers you, give R+B’s Anti-Cellulite Body Cream a try, a product which uses repurposed coffee grounds as its key component, along with other natural ingredients.

It also contains orange, coconut and cinnamon oil, which aids collagen production, stimulates the lymphatic system, improves circulation, and revives one’s skin tone.

The product also has a feel-good factor attached to it as you can return the empty jars and bottles using the packaging received during the initial purchase and have RM20 credited to your account. This is all in line with the goal of reducing waste to ultimately save the planet.

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Deep moisturisation

Aromatica’s Embrace Neroli & Patchouli Body Oil, a fast-absorbing product formulated with neroli and patchouli essential oils are meant to deeply sink into the skin for instant moisturisation.

Formulated with a lingering scent that relaxes and calms the body, it is weightless and non-greasy, aiming at helping soothe dry areas while providing moisture for softer skin.

Apply all over the body and massage into the skin.