What Is Dry Body Brushing?

How to make the skin of our body firm? First of all, be physically active – that is obvious. Squats, dead-lifting, all kinds of lunges will surely make you greet the bikini season with joy. Second of all, maintain a healthy life style. Poor diet leads to the cellulite deepening, which we surely prefer to avoid. Third of all – dry brush your body!

Yes, you read it right. We not only can brush our hair, but also our bodies. We do not need any specialized equipment – only a natural bristle brush, which you can buy in any drugstore. Firming is a desirable and fast visible side effect of regular dry body brushing. Systematic use of peelings during a shower – sugar, sea salt, Dead Sea mud – give revolutionary results. Imagine, how amazingly smooth your skin will become combined with a delicate exfoliation of the epidermis done with a dry brush! The most important part is, that thanks to this method you are able to get rid of accumulated in the fatty tissue toxins. How does it work? By giving our skin a massage, moving the brush gently against the skin, we stimulate our blood circulation and lymphatic system.

It is best to brush the body in the morning, right after waking up (this will put you in a good mood for the upcoming day), however, if you fight for every minute in the first part of the day, then do it when you will have some time just for yourself. You only need to respect this few rules:

• Do not balm or oil your body before the brushing.
• Use upward and downward motions, always towards the heart. Start with the feet and move up to calves, thighs, abdomen. Continue with hands: massage the body starting from the fingers, through the back of the hand, wrists, arms, up to the shoulders. Massage the neckline and breasts very gently or skip these parts completely – skin in these areas is extremely delicate.
• The motions should be long and plane. Do not press the brush too hard to the body, this will cause skin irritation.
• Avoid skin marks, moles, scars, varicose veins.
• The whole procedure should take no more than 10-15 minutes.
• Take a shower after the brushing, to flush out dead skin cells from the body.
• Now your body will drink in every cosmetic which you will apply on the skin. It will absorb nutritional and moisturizing substances much better than after a bath without dry brushing.
• Remember to clean your brush frequently with a shampoo.

The type of brush, which you will choose, depends only on you. Try out a few models, for example, one with a long handle or a brush with a knob handle and compare which of them is the most comfortable to use. Do not forget to check the hardness of the bristles; for starters, it is worth to get a medium hard.

Daily body brushing will quickly become a habit. Your body will remove toxic deposits out of its system, apart from visible to the naked eye skin improvement (which will turn firm, smooth, tighter, the tone will get nicer, while the cellulite will be reduced) you will notice an improvement of mood plus you will feel relaxed. You will be less stressed and feel content. This massage will make you forget, that you were dealing with ingrown hair after depilation. In short – this is worth it.