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AHA & BHA

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Exfoliating the skin is a very important step in taking care of your skin. Just imagine that you apply tons of expensive skincare products on your dead skin cells everyday (such a waste!), then you will appreciate the cleansing or deep cleansing step in your routine. Our skin is renewing itself everyday, thus exfoliation is crucial to get rid of the old dead skin. The chemical exfoliation has taken over the physical exfoliation in recent years, and I can tell you the reason why. I have acne prone and oily skin, I take exfoliating seriously. I used to use scrub cleanser/sugar mask to exfoliate once/twice a week, but I feel that it is too harsh on my skin. Besides, I only see the results (silky smooth skin) right after using it, it won't last longer than 1 day.  I bet you have heard of AHA and BHA if you’re combination/oily or acne-prone skin. They are hydroxy acid that helps to exfoliate skin a.k.a chemical exfoliation. Acne-prone skin normally caused by dead skin clumps togeth