How to Use exfoliate in a Sentence

exfoliate

verb
  • The non-invasive process uses tiny crystals to exfoliate your skin.
    Braelyn Wood, Health.com, 11 Sep. 2019
  • Experts also recommend exfoliating no more than three times per week for most people.
    Sarah Jacoby, SELF, 31 Oct. 2019
  • Water can exfoliate and clean the auric field, which can eliminate wounds, anger, and anxieties.
    Lisa Stardust, Teen Vogue, 20 Aug. 2019
  • This coconut coffee body scrub works to exfoliate and buff away dry skin while moisturizing with a blend of coffee and essential oils.
    Noelle Ike, Hanna Williams and Jacob Krol, CNN Underscored, 17 July 2019
  • To help prevent those annoying red bumps in the first place, use an exfoliating body wash or body scrub (like our picks below) twice per week to shed the skin that's trapping hairs.
    Natalie Gontcharova, Good Housekeeping, 27 Sep. 2019
  • These ingredients help to exfoliate and improve skin tone, which leads to a radiant complexion.
    Nikhita Mahtani, CNN Underscored, 11 Sep. 2019
  • Sometimes, just taking better care of your skin by cleansing or exfoliating regularly can be enough to prevent acne.
    Sarah Jacoby, SELF, 31 Oct. 2019
  • Salicylic acid is a beta-hydroxy acid (BHA) that works by dissolving excess oil and gently exfoliating away dead skin cells.
    Jessica Cruel, SELF, 8 Aug. 2019
  • So what are some of the best products on the market to exfoliate the skin?
    Essence, 11 Aug. 2021
  • All of the acid blends work to gently exfoliate, shrink pores and even skin tone.
    Celia Shatzman, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2021
  • To achieve this, make sure to exfoliate skin at least twice each week.
    Bianca Salonga, Forbes, 27 Apr. 2021
  • So, most of us should not exfoliate more than a few times per week.
    Sarah Jacoby, SELF, 14 Oct. 2021
  • For a soap that helps exfoliate your skin and leaves you feeling and smelling great, turn to Kiehl’s.
    Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 June 2022
  • My eyes stung all the time; the skin was raw from trying to gently exfoliate.
    Jenna Birch, SELF, 24 Jan. 2020
  • PHAs exfoliate dead skin cells from the surface, which helps skin be smoother and more even.
    Katie Berohn, Good Housekeeping, 24 Feb. 2021
  • Read on for the crash course in exfoliating your face 101.
    Jamie Wilson, Glamour, 8 Aug. 2024
  • There are lots of ways to exfoliate, from serums to acne treatments to cleansers.
    Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 18 Nov. 2021
  • The coarse texture of the ground oats will gently exfoliate away excess dirt and oils.
    Chelsea Hall, Marie Claire, 12 Oct. 2020
  • An in-office, 20 to 30 percent salicylic-acid peel is one of the best ways to exfoliate the skin.
    Julie Ricevuto, Allure, 29 Oct. 2020
  • How often to exfoliate the face is one of the biggest steps in understanding the best process for you.
    Jamie Wilson, Glamour, 8 Aug. 2024
  • Salt/sugar scrubs can help exfoliate the skin and remove dead skin cells on the skin’s surface.
    Alyssa Hui, Verywell Health, 29 Apr. 2023
  • Who wouldn’t want to bring home an exfoliating green tea body scrub?
    Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 6 June 2024
  • Made with charcoal, a blend of six acids, and K-17 clay, this face mask lifts excess oil and dirt from the hardest to reach pores and loosen and exfoliate dead skin cells.
    Kasandra Brabaw, Fortune, 28 Dec. 2022
  • Plus, lactic acid in the formula helps exfoliate to leave your lips smooth and soft.
    Samantha Driscoll, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Oct. 2021
  • Wash your face, exfoliate with a gentle scrub or acid peel, then soothe skin with a thick layer of the Rapid Response Detox Masque.
    Sarah Y. Wu, PEOPLE.com, 15 June 2021
  • File your nails, exfoliate your feet with a brown sugar scrub.
    Sara Miranda, Allure, 12 Aug. 2021
  • It's targeted to gently exfoliate the skin, reduce the look of pores and even out skin tone and texture.
    Daniela Avila, PEOPLE.com, 29 Sep. 2021
  • Any skin type, from oily and acne-prone to dry and sensitive can (and should) exfoliate.
    Jacqueline Saguin, Good Housekeeping, 24 Aug. 2022
  • The serum also uses glycolic acid to gently exfoliate, as well as the oily extract of Yquem grape marc (the pulpy mash leftover after grapes are pressed to make wine) which helps to soothe the skin and improve its texture and brightness.
    Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 1 Oct. 2024
  • For this reason, people have started using it for everything from exfoliating their scalp to cleansing away dirt, oil, and product buildup.
    Sherri Gordon, Health, 14 Oct. 2024

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