Your skin may be your largest organ, but that doesn’t mean you treat it right. That goes especially for bathing and moisturizing habits. Sometimes we’ll give it a pamper at the spa but who says we can’t take care of it all from the comfort of our own home? That’s why Beauty Insider is here to have you hop on implementing body scrubs into your routine!

The primary function of a body scrub is to slough away dead, dry skin cells to reveal smoother, healthier skin underneath. In addition to physical exfoliation, many scrubs nowadays contain chemical exfoliants that also work well to clear away dead cells from the skin’s surface.

Benefits of Body Scrubs

  • Removing dead skin cells effectively
  • Promotes blood circulation and skin cell turnover
  • Softens and smooths rough, dry skin
  • Freeing ingrown hairs and smoothing razor bumps
  • Clears congestion

1. Juliette Armand Bamboo Coconut Exfoliating Wash

Juliette Armand Bamboo Coconut Exfoliating Wash sloughs away dead, flaking skin cells that can clog pores, leaving you with silky, soft, smooth skin. This formula is very gentle with no dyes and detergents.

Moreover, it’s enriched with a unique blend of skin-conditioning agents and natural ingredients including bamboo extract and coconut granules as its exfoliating properties. Whereas, aloe vera has anti-inflammatory and anti-bacterial properties while boosting moisture.

Why we love it:

  • Anti-inflammatory
  • Suitable for all skin types

Price: $69.00

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2. The Body Shop Almond Milk & Honey Gently Exfoliating Cream Scrub

The Body Shop Almond Milk & Honey Gently Exfoliating Cream Scrub is a smooth, creamy, buttery body scrub that exfoliates and helps to soften the skin. In addition, it’s perfect for drier skins that tend to need more moisture and a bit of tenderness.

This scrub was formulated with almond milk which is high in vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and amino acids. Honey is a natural humectant (meaning it naturally attracts moisture to the skin) so it’s gentle enough for more sensitive skin types.

Why we love it:

  • Heavenly scent
  • Great for dry skin types

Price: $31.00

Where to buy: The Body Shop

3. Herbivore Botanicals Coco Rose – Coconut Oil Body Polish

The Herbivore Botanicals Coco Rose Coconut Oil Body Polish helps you achieve smooth, soft skin with daily use. This unique blend of coconut oil and Moroccan rose absolute is a healthy and natural alternative to chemical-laden body scrubs and exfoliants. To add, it will help remove dead skin cells without damaging the skin’s protective layer, giving your skin results that are instantly gratifying!

Why we love it:

  • The scent sticks to you all day long
  • Gives the skin a glow

Price: $56.00

Where to buy: Sephora

4. First Aid Beauty KP Bump Eraser Body Scrub With 10% AHA

The First Aid Beauty KP Bump Eraser Body Scrub With 10% AHA is designed to target bumpy, rough, and dry patches of skin. This powerful treatment combines chemical and physical exfoliants to help dramatically reduce the look of stubborn bumps to you with smooth, healthy-looking skin.

Additionally, it is infused with 10% AHA that works to unblock pores and rejuvenate the look of skin even in the most sensitive areas. This all-in-one treatment exfoliates and gently cleanses the skin for a smooth, healthy glow.

Why we love it:

  • Added exfoliating ingredients
  • Great if you have acne on your body parts

Price: $41.00

Where to buy: Sephora

5. Lush Ocean Salt Self-Preserving

If you’re looking for the ultimate luxurious body exfoliator that suits all skin types, then you can’t go past this Lush Ocean Salt self-preserving body scrub. It’s made with fine and coarse sea salt that will buff away dead skin cells, while also leaving your skin feeling fresh, hydrated and rejuvenated.

To add, the minerals in the scrub are known to help reduce wrinkles, plump up the skin and even leave it looking radiant. It will leave your skin feeling moisturised with a soft scent of fresh marine air and luscious.

Why we love it:

  • Self-preserving
  • Ocean-like scent

Price: $35.00

Where to buy: LUSH

6. Melao 100% Arabica Coffee Exfoliating Body Scrub

Introducing the Melao 100% Arabica Coffee Exfoliating Body Scrub made with organic coffee beans. This scrub created from natural, organic, and in-house ingredients is sure to help you exfoliate and moisturise your skin.

Furthermore, it is also designed to remove dirt clogged up within the pores so that your body will have a chance to absorb the nutrients better, leaving it smooth and healthy. Its unique formula contains coffee beans that scour dead skin to give you a silky finish while making you smell like a walking latte.

Why we love it:

  • Affordable
  • Strong coffee scent that sticks

Price: $20.70

Where to buy: Shopee

7. Naturals by Watsons Argan Body Scrub

The Naturals by Watsons Argan Bath & Body range is formulated with Moroccan Argan Oil to nourish and revitalise skin. Known as “liquid gold”, this precious oil improves elasticity for youthful, radiant-looking skin. Additionally, the scrub boosts the skin’s radiance, thanks to 100% natural exfoliators, which smooth the skin without leaving it dry but a beautiful, healthy glow instead.

Why we love it:

  • Cheapest out of all suggestions
  • Isn’t too harsh

Price: $8.90

Where to buy: Watsons

8. Innisfree My Essential Body Soft Green Creamy Body Scrub

Innisfree’s My Essential Body Scrub is a creamy scrub, which is less abrasive and can be more suitable for sensitive skin. This creamy consistency of the scrub can moisturise your skin gently as it is less abrasive. To add, the fresh and cosy scent of cedar trees and the fresh, pure scent of grass; it’ll leave your skin feeling softer and smoother than ever.

Why we love it:

  • Softer consistency
  • Leaves a refreshing scent

Price: $16.00

Where to buy: Innisfree

9. Ouai Scalp & Body Scrub

The Ouai Scalp & Body Scrub is a 2-in-1 scrub that can help detoxify your skin! Not only does it help get rid of all the dirt and gunk, but it also improves the condition of your skin. Suitable for both your scalp and body, this scrub contains sugar crystals that are excellent for exfoliating. Free from sulphate, sodium chloride and paraben, it also offers a dose of probiotics to ensure your defences stay alert from fungi and bacteria. 

Why we love it:

  • Balm formula
  • 2-in-1 for scalp and body
  • Contains probiotics and sugar crystals

Price: $65.00

Where to buy: Sephora

10. Palmer’s Cocoa Butter Natural Body Scrub

Need an all-natural body scrub to deep-clean your skin? Try the Palmer’s Cocoa Butter Natural Body Scrub! With a rich and nourishing formula, this body scrub is the best for sensitive skin and offers great moisture to dry areas of your skin. Apply it on your elbows or knees and feel all the natural ingredients packed into its formula. Free from paraben and rich in vitamin E, its formula also contains shea butter, natural cocoa butter and crushed cocoa beans. 

Why we love it:

  • Cruelty-free
  • Nourishing
  • Contains shea butter

Price: $28.50

Where to buy: Amazon

11. Aesop Geranium Leaf Body Scrub

Offering high quality and plant-based products is Aesop. Try the Aesop Geranium Leaf Body Scrub and feel hydrated. As an exfoliating body scrub, it helps get rid of dead skin cells and dirt hidden on your skin. Moreover, it has a gel-like consistency that leaves your skin feeling smooth, fresh and clean!

Why we love it:

  • Contains bamboo stem
  • Gel-like consistency
  • Hydrating 

Price: $51.00

Where to buy: Aesop

12. Kopari Coconut Crush Scrub

The Kopari Coconut Crush Scrub is one of the best body scrubs in Singapore. It is rich in both vitamins and antioxidants. Moreover, this body scrub is perfect for skin types as it exfoliates and moisturises the skin. Aside from that, it can also help minimise dryness, uneven skin tone and dullness. Just apply a small amount onto dry skin and massage it before hopping in the shower. 

Why we love it:

  • Suitable for all skin types
  • Cream formula
  • Free from paraben, gluten and sulphate 

Price: $22.00 (50ml)

Where to buy: Sephora