Solvane body care is for skin that has gone dry, rough or flaky, most often on arms, elbows, knees and shins. Sugar scrubs to clear the flakiness, then whipped butters and vitamin creams rich enough to hold overnight. Natural ingredients, small batches, posted from the UK.
Why body skin gets rough, and what actually helps
Body skin has fewer oil glands than the face and gets far less attention, so it dries out first. Shins, elbows, knees and upper arms are usually where it shows. Central heating in winter and hard water make it worse, and most shower gels strip what little oil is left.
The sequence that works is the same as on your face, just in larger quantities. Exfoliate first, because a rich butter applied on top of dead flaky skin cannot reach anything. Our sugar scrubs use plant oils rather than the plastic beads or harsh salts that leave skin sore. Twice a week is plenty.
Then seal. Whipped body butters are dense enough to stay put through a day, and the vitamin body cream absorbs faster if you are dressing straight after. Apply to skin that is still slightly damp from the shower, because you are trapping that water in rather than trying to add it later.
Questions people ask
How do I get rid of rough, bumpy skin on my arms and legs?
Exfoliate twice a week with an oil based sugar scrub to clear the build up, then seal with a rich butter while the skin is still damp from the shower. Rough bumpy skin on the upper arms and thighs is usually keratosis pilaris, which responds well to that routine but does not disappear overnight. Give it a month.
Body butter or body cream, which should I use?
Butter for very dry skin, feet, elbows and overnight. Cream for daily use and for anywhere you need to get dressed quickly, because it absorbs faster. Many people use the cream through the day and the butter at night on the worst patches.
How often should I use a body scrub?
Twice a week is enough for most people. More often than that and you remove oil faster than the skin replaces it, which leaves it more sensitive rather than smoother.
Worth reading first: Bakuchiol vs retinol, Vitamin C for mature skin, A routine for skin over forty, why we only stock one maker.