The most effective men’s face scrubs

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A quality face scrub is often an underrated and underused grooming product amongst men; but applying the right one, if only a couple of times per week, has a host of benefits for your skin. From unclogging pores, to sloughing away dead surface cells, scrubs can leave you with a much clearer and brighter face. What’s not to like? If those weren’t enough reasons to step up your skin care regime, below we’ve curated a selection of the best 5 scrubs available to make purchasing one even easier for you. So no excuses gentlemen – scrub away.

Tom Ford’s Exfoliating Energy Scrub is the perfect morning pick-me-up; blended with crushed Apricot seeds, this gel formula has a crisp, invigorating scent that is sure to wake dull complexions and get your day’s grooming routine off to the best start.

Floris London’s No.89 Face Scrub does more than what it says on the bottle. As well as ridding your skin of impurities, it also brightens using kaolin clay, repairs with vitamin E and even softens facial hair, making it the ideal product to prep your skin with before shaving.

Encouraging high-speed cell renewal, Baxter of California’s Exfoliating Facial Scrub is able to give your tired skin a quick boost when needed; perfect to use throughout the week if you’ve had countless late nights and early starts.

Fragrance connoisseurs, Penhaligon’s, have inevitably created their Bayolea Face Scrub with the importance of scent in mind, infusing the formula with wonderfully fresh notes of zesty lemongrass and mandarin. Apply just a small amount to leave your visage smooth, revitalised and smelling fantastic.

Dr. Barbara Sturm’s Face Scrub manages to efficiently tackle the key skincare problems that the winter season can present. Not only does it remove flaky skin, but it also contains silk extract to nourish dryness and horse chestnut serum to strengthen blood vessels and in turn prevent redness.

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