How to Dry Brush Your Skin—
and Why It’s So Potent

The advantages of dry brushing—it wakes your senses up like no different observe, feels completely unbelievable, and leaves you with silky-smooth pores and skin and an allover physique glow—are noticeable each immediately and in the long run. Gwyneth makes use of hers proper earlier than her morning bathe. “The bristles feel so good on my skin,” she says. “There’s nothing like it.”

The Organic Pharmacy founder Margo Marrone says dry brushing is crucial in her routine, too: “It’s invaluable in helping with so many issues, but especially detox.”

And whereas the observe of dry brushing the pores and skin a few times every day with a gentle however agency brush is extra frequent throughout a detox, common customers and followers report extra advantages when it turns into a everlasting behavior.

A lengthy dry brush (just like the one from goop or the one from The Organic Pharmacy) lets you get at hard-to-reach spots like the center of your again; the shorter, marble-based one from Gilded Body suits in your hand completely.

Dry brushing is a type of uncommon issues that feels simply pretty much as good once you do it your self as when another person does it to you, and it’s extremely straightforward to include into your routine. Most specialists suggest dry brushing within the morning moderately than earlier than mattress as a result of they imagine it has energizing qualities. Some individuals use the comb by itself; others put a little bit of physique oil on the comb earlier than they use it. “Shower before skin brushing if you’re using an oil on the brush,” says Marrone. “If not, shower after skin brushing, then apply oil or lotion.” It’s unbelievable to do at the side of a sauna or steam, too.

Dry Brushing Steps

Illustrations by Louisa Cannell

To do it your self, begin at your ft and brush upward towards the guts. Similarly, once you begin in your arms, start by the hands and work upward. Use agency, small strokes upward or work in a round movement. For the abdomen, work in a clockwise route. Harsh exfoliation is rarely the purpose; ensure to not press too laborious or use a brush that’s too stiff. “Any kind of brushing or exfoliation should be gentle and should never break the skin,” Marrone provides. “I’ve tried skin brushes that are so hard, they cannot be used due to the damage they do. I chose medium-soft cactus bristles for our skin brush for gentleness; the skin should never be scratched or damaged.”

Dedicate a minimum of three to 5 minutes to dry brushing.

Dry Brushing Essentials

All you could make dry brushing a every day ritual.

1. 
   
   goop Beauty
   G.Tox Ultimate Dry Brush
   goop, $25

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2. 
   
   goop Beauty
   GOOPGENES
   Nourishing Repair
   Body Butter
   goop, $58/$50 with
   subscription

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3. 
   
   Seed to Skin
   The Serenity
   Time Defying Dry Body Oil
   goop, $162

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4. 
   
   Gilded Body
   Body Brush
   goop, $88

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5. 
   
   The Organic Pharmacy
   Skin Brush
   goop, $25

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