Beauty experts recommend that we exfoliate our skin once a week to get rid of the dead skin cells from our face, and how right they are. However, there’s a limit to how much we should use it. 

When I was much younger (ouch!), I used to use Kao Biore’s scrub (anyone used that?) every day, and man, even though I scrubbed my face lightly, doing it everyday really took a toll on my young, pimpled skin, causing it to break out even more. That kinda scared me off scrubs for a while.

I didn’t really get into the once-a-week scrub routine again until my cousin Bee gave me a 50ml tube of Babor’s Cleansing Mild Peeling exfoliant over a year ago to try it out. Babor‘s a German brand; it was definitely my first. German beauty product, that is.

It has finely ground husks of peach kernels (the exfoliants I normally come across use walnut kernels, which are a little harder), and sesame oil, which aren’t harsh on the face. I like it that the hard bits are very fine, and when you rub it against your face, it doesn’t scratch. I’d lightly rub the scrub on my skin, in a circular motion, and when after rinsing, my face feels clean and nicely exfoliated, without the raw feeling. A small amount, once a week, does the trick. And, my skin didn’t break out, which was even better (yay!).

This cleanser is a salon product; it is not sold at drugstores nor at departmental store counters. My tube of the mild peeling cleanser is about to finish; unfortunately, I have no idea where to restock. Bee, some help? I checked on the Internet for Babor stockists in Malaysia, and this is what I found:

Luxor Beauty World Sdn Bhd
Penthouse, Menara Luxor
Tropicana Golf & Country Resort
6B Persiaran Tropicana
47410 Petaling Jaya
Selangor

Yeah I know, this isn’t much of a review since I can’t tell you where to get it unless you go to the stockist directly, but if you do come across the scrub at your facialist’s (I’ve seen a few advertisements of beauty centres who do use Babor products; sadly, none in Penang), you could give it a go. It is suitable for all skin types.

What I like about it: It’s a mild and non-scratchy (I like it that the kernels are very fine).

What I don’t like about it: Not easily available.