Dry skin brushing has been used throughout the world for centuries. This gentle and effective process stimulates lymph canals and nerve endings, boosts blood circulation, sheds dead skin cells, improves skin texture, increases skin cell renewal, eliminates clogged pores and more! Dry skin brushing is a powerful way to cleanse the lymphatic system. Skin brushing stimulates the release of waste material from cells near the surface of the body. Eventually, most of the toxins, with their carrier cells, find their way to the colon for elimination. Dry skin brushing cleanses the skin without removing the protective acid mantle. Skin can tighten, show a reduction in cellulite and have an overall radiant, youthful, appearance. Many beauty salons use dry skin brushing as part of their program.

Use a non-synthetic, all-natural, vegetable fiber brush. The synthetic fiber brushes can irritate skin. Brushes come in short or long handle types. Long handle brushes are more convenient for can hard to reach places, like your back. Dry brushes are meant to be used, dry, even though there are some brushes you can use wet.

Before your bath or shower, brush skin in continuous, upsweeping, strokes from your outer extremities to the center of your body. Start at the soles of the feet. CAUTION! Avoid brushing rashes, wounds, cuts, infections, poison oak, poison ivy or broken areas of skin. Do not dry brush the face, breast nipples, or any sensitive area of the body. Use delicate, light, strokes around the area of the breasts.

Take a warm shower or bath and a cool rinse to invigorate blood circulation, then dry off well. Afterwards, you may want to massage your skin with natural plant oils including: coconut, almond, avocado, sesame, sunflower or apricot oil. It all depends on your preference.

Clean your brush, at least, once a week with soap and water. If your brush is made of part wood, try not to get it too wet, when cleaning it. Wet wood may lead to warping. Store your brush in a dry, open, sunny, spot to avoid the formation of mold and mildew.

DETOX BATH

Detox with a steam bath, sauna, spa, or in a tub of hot water at home! Extended immersion time, in hot water, eliminates toxins through perspiration and through lymphatic drainage. It stimulates blood circulation and promotes skin cell renewal.

Homemade bath salts cleanses, exfoliates, detoxifies, and softens skin. This natural bath product contains regular sea salts, Dead Sea salts, goats milk and MSM, (methylsulfonymethane). MSM is a natural, organic, non-toxic, odorless white crystal. It looks just like table sugar. MSM benefits for skin include: reduces inflammation, alleviates muscle or joint pain, reduces scar tissue, allows tissue repair, detoxifies body, increases blood circulation, reduces appearance of wrinkles and assists in minor wound healing. Soaking in a tub with these homemade bath salts allows a process of osmosis to facilitate the exchange of toxins from inside the body for needed minerals dissolved in the water. Homemade bath salts come as unscented or in natural fragrances with aromatherapy benefits!