What Is Dry Brushing: 5 Body Benefits (& How to Brush Your Skin)
If you're looking for the best way to naturally achieve more youthful, plump skin, dry brushing may be just what you need! But, it's not as simple as just grabbing a brush and scrubbing your skin. It's important that you master the art, otherwise you may do more harm than good.
Here, we'll tell you what dry brushing is, its benefits, and provide you with a step-by-step guide to dry brushing.
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What Is Dry Brushing?
As the name suggests, dry brushing involves brushing your dry skin. With a firm body brush, you gently massage the skin from your extremities towards your heart in a particular pattern. Dry brushing removes dead skin cells, aids with lymphatic drainage, can increase circulation, and has energizing qualities. Plus, it gives your skin a better chance of absorbing all of the goodness from your moisturizer.
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Top 5 Benefits of Dry Brushing Skin
Here are 5 dry brushing benefits that you may not know about:
1. Dry Brushing Supports Blood Circulation
If you've tried dry brushing before, you've probably noticed your skin turn slightly red. This is because the act of dry brushing pushes more blood to the surface of the skin. One of the biggest benefits of dry brushing is increased circulation. By boosting your circulation, blood and oxygen will flow freely through your body, allowing wounds and scars to heal faster.
2. Dry Brushing Helps With Detoxification
Our lymphatic system is essential to body detoxification. It works by transporting lymph fluids to the lymph nodes. This helps eliminate toxins from the body. When we're exposed to too many toxins, our lymph nodes become swollen and our lymphatic system can't work optimally. Dry brushing stimulates the lymphatic system and opens up the pores, helping the body rid itself of toxins through sweat.
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3. Dry Brushing Supports Exfoliation
Similar to scrubbing your skin in the shower or using a textured cream, dry brushing helps with exfoliation. The process allows you to remove dead skin cells, making your skin softer and smoother.
4. Dry Brushing Helps You Relax
Dry body brushing benefits the parasympathetic nervous system by promoting a sense of overall relaxation. You're doing something just for you, away from screens, stresses, and other energy-consuming activities. To make the most of your experience, put on your favorite relaxing music, dim the lights, and light a scented candle.
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5. Dry Brushing May Reduce the Appearance of Cellulite
Ah, cellulite, a woman's worse nightmare! This annoying condition leaves the skin looking dimpled, with a slight cottage cheese aspect. Some believe it occurs because of hormonal imbalances, others link it back to a poor diet and an accumulation of toxins, and some claim it could just be down to genetics.
Many believe that dry body brushing results in less cellulite thanks to the improvement in circulation and the reduction of toxins. With this in mind, we recommend dry brushing two to three times a week.
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How to Dry Brush Skin
So how do you dry brush your skin? Here's a step by step guide:
Prepare Your Space for Skin Brushing
The first step of the dry brushing process is to prepare your space. We recommend you body dry brush in the shower as it'll be easier to clean up afterward.
It's also important that you choose the correct skin brush. When choosing your brush, make sure that the bristles are stiff but not abrasive to the skin. And, if you have sensitive skin, opt for a softer brush. Some brushes also come with a long handle while others come with none. Whether you choose a dry brush with a long handle or not is completely down to personal preference. You can also choose between a natural bristled brush and a synthetic brush.
Last but not least, make sure that your skin is completely dry before you get started.
Use Long Strokes & Medium Pressure When You Dry Brush
You only need to apply medium pressure with the bristles to get the full benefits of your dry brushing experience. You want to clearly feel the brush working its magic against your dermis without ending up with irritated skin. This is especially relevant to those with a skin condition or sensitive skin.
When it comes to stroke length, opt for longer ones wherever possible. Long strokes will push up the lymph fluid to the surface of the skin, supporting detoxification. When you reach smaller areas like the knees, elbows, and shoulders, use a circular motion and smaller brush strokes. Also, don't hesitate to go over the same area multiple times. There is no time limit on this pampering sess!
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Dry Brush From the Feet to the Heart
The lymphatic fluid reenters the bloodstream in the upper torso where the heart is. With this in mind, any board-certified dermatologist will highlight the importance of following the circulatory system when dry brushing. In other words, work upward, dry brushing from your toes and feet towards your heart. And, don't forget to dry brush the bottom of your feet, the back of your legs, your buttocks, and your back using circular motions.
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Move From the Fingers to the Heart
Once you've completed the bottom part of your body, you can brush upward from your fingers to your arms, and towards your chest and heart area. Be sure to dry brush the back of the arms and don't forget to target the upper arms as these are home to a large number of lymph nodes.
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End With the Sensitive Skin of the Neck
The neck and decolletage contain more delicate and sensitive skin so brush them more gently. Here, work from the top downwards. In other words, dry brush from your jawline and move down to your neck, followed by your heart. When you get to your heart area, go over it gently in a circular clockwise direction with your soft bristles. It's important to avoid sensitive areas such as the face as the bristles may be too harsh on the skin. Also, avoid dry brushing over an open wound as this could lead to an infection.
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Take a Shower After Skin Brushing
As you have spent time sloughing off old, dead cells with your brush, it's time to wash them all off. You're in essence saying goodbye to the old to welcome in the new!
While you may normally undertake some form of exfoliation, we recommend you skip this step as you have already exfoliated your skin during your dry brushing session. This is especially applicable to those with sensitive skin or other skin conditions. Instead, think of your shower as a gentle cleanse. Use non-toxic ingredients that are gentle on the skin and wrap yourself up in a warm, soft towel to dry yourself off.
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Use a High-Quality Moisturizer After Dry Brushing to Get Rid of Dead Skin Cells
Exfoliation and ridding yourself of old cells opens up your pores to better absorb your moisturizing solutions. Hydration is, therefore, key once you finish dry brushing and showering.
As with your soap, opt for high-quality ingredients that will not irritate your skin. Also, try to apply your moisturizer, body oil like coconut oil, or cream, while your skin is still damp as this will seal in the water from your shower. For best results, make dry brushing part of your morning routine.
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Liquid Collagen: The Key to Youthful & Hydrated Skin
If you want to achieve youthful, plump, and hydrated skin, it's important that you tackle your skin woes from all angles. At Taut, we truly believe that beauty does come from within, which is why we designed our Advanced Liquid Collagen formula.
Offering 13,000mg of high-quality, pure marine collagen in each 8oz bottle, our collagen drink is made using ingredients from high-quality sources. To ensure that our customers get the most out of our products, we've coupled our potent marine collagen with other rejuvenating ingredients including vitamin C, a co-factor of collagen, plant-based hyaluronic acid, ceramide, elastin peptides, DNA from salmon, and grape seed extract, a powerful antioxidant.
Rejuvenate Your Skin & Look Years Younger With Taut
Yes, dry body brushing will help shed dead skin cells, leaving space for new ones to work their magic but, it's not the be-all and end-all when it comes to achieving a youthful glow! That's why we created our Ultimate Transformation Program.
Designed to plump, hydrate, and brighten your skin from within, our Ultimate Transformation Program includes three boxes of our Advanced Formula Drinks, one box of our Taut Hydrate, and one box of our Collagen Masks.
Our Advanced Formula Drink targets the skin from within to transform aging skin into a fuller, younger-looking complexion within just 21 days. We coupled it with our powerful vegan hyaluronic supplement which tackles dry skin while also strengthening the epidermis. Last but not least, our collagen masks penetrate directly into the pores of the skin, providing you with almost instant red carpet radiance.
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