Ever wanted to ask a beauty editor your burning beauty questions? Now you can with our new monthly series Ask Amy!
Every month, Adore's Senior Editor Amy Clark will be answering a customer beauty question. From skincare myths and hair concerns to the best beauty tools and makeup buys, there's no such thing as a dumb beauty question.
This month's question? Is there a product I can use to wake up with glowier skin?
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Fact: Unlike a lot of skincare steps, exfoliating genuinely delivers next-day results.
Personally, it's my favourite step in my skincare routine because it gives my skin a 'my body is a temple' radiance and glow like nothing else.
But what is exfoliation? Are there different types of exfoliation? And what's better - physical vs chemical exfoliation?
Keep scrolling for the answers to all your exfoliation for glowy skin questions, plus my beauty editor tips and product recommendations.
What Is Exfoliation?
Exfoliation is the process of removing dead skin cells using skincare products.
Our skin naturally turns over skin cells - generally, we shed one layer of dead skin a day - but this rate declines with age (fun!). Hence, exfoliating speeds up this process.
You can dive deeper into exfoliation in this episode of Skincare School the podcast below.