Q: Dear, wonderful, Petite Marie! You are a fantastic woman! I just found your natural skin care products and I’m so excited. I’ve been hoping to find quality products like yours that go for a great price…. When I can, I will get the herbal facial spray, moisturizer, and cleanser…. But, here is my question – I have super sensitive skin that gets very rough and scaly and I need to exfoliate but can’t find anything that won’t hurt or damage my skin. I did use some chamomile tea and it seemed to dissolve the dead skin cells but I can’t figure out what I should use as a mild scrubber to go with it. Maybe oats or crushed rice or black rice? What do you think? Hey if you use these ideas make sure to let me have a free bottle…lol! Seriously, I can’t use anything like peach nut shells or sandy mud. If you would like to send me any ideas I would appreciate it. Until then I guess I will wait for you to make a gentle natural exfoliation product! Thanks so much!
A: Thanks a million for the lovely words – and another thanks for my daughter Marie because she has allowed me to use her name for my skincare line at the age of 3 months (as if I was asking then 
Right this moment there are tons of naturally exfoliating things in your kitchen cupboard. Think oatmeal soaked in a little warm milk or plain Greek style yogurt – mildly exfoliating and very nourishing! Chamomile tea is not really exfoliating, but it can lighten the skin while soothing it.
Even plain milk can be exfoliating especially if you have very sensitive skin – just apply it with a cotton pad and leave it on for a few minutes, then rinse off.
Ground coffee is a great mild exfoliating agent, as is caster sugar.
You can also try Rhassoul mud – it’s very gentle and soothing.
Speaking of a free bottle for your advice – not a problem, I can send you a small sample of our upcoming Medea Mask with silky algae mud (Shhhh! A Secret with a capital S), but we already use ground rice in our SKINSAVER Acne Wash (a bit too medicated for your sensitive skin – many people with adult acne use it so it may work for you!)
For your sensitive skin I can recommend a Very Gentle Cleanser, a Healing Herbal Mist, and a Kiss of Love Moisturizer, and for weekly rub – a SKINSAVER Acne Wash with ground rice and calendula, used very sparingly and rubbed super gently.
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