The Konjac sponge for perfect skin

The Konjac sponge for perfect skin

the latest cosmetic craze, the Konjac sponge seduces all the beautistas. His secret? Small, cute and natural, it exfoliates and gently cleans daily, sensitive skin included. Fork & Bikini tells you everything about the new queen of perfect complexions!

Konjac sponge, what is it?
Konjac is a plant from Southeast Asia, used by traditional Japanese medicine for more than 2000 years. Its specificity? A very absorbent root, edible and with a neutral taste. More known to us for its nutritional qualities, it is generally used in the form of pasta, almost without calories and appetite suppressant, since swelling in the stomach soon absorbed.

After pasta, cosmetics! Launched in Japan to pamper baby skins, konjac sponges have quickly wrapped up the perfect complexion lovers. Their secret? Soft and absorbent, they absorb water and offer a particularly delicate exfoliating action, allowing a daily cleaning and non-aggressive for all skin types, without additional product.

Why use the konjac sponge?
Surfing on the organic trend, the Konjac sponge highlights its ecological assets: natural, biodegradable, without batteries or electricity and without chemicals, it is especially extremely soft! It has been said, it is originally designed for newborns ... so that it does not attack the skin, unlike cleaning brushes, and may be suitable for the whole family.

Children, oily skin, fragile, sensitive, psoriasis or eczema, the Konjac sponge pampered them without unbalancing them. Finally ? A new beauty routine for unclogged skin, softer and more beautiful without aggression! And hard to forget, the konjac sponge has an average price of 5 to 10 €, a mini budget for maximum effect.

How to use the Konjac sponge?
Like the beauty blender, the absorbent qualities of the Konjac sponge allow it to swell on contact with water. So just go under the tap before cleaning the face gently, to enjoy all its qualities ... The details that change everything? The sponge is soaked with warm or hot water, rather than cold, possibly with a touch of cleansing lotion. We wait about thirty seconds, until it is perfectly inflated, then we clean the face with small circular movements, without forcing, before rinsing with warm water and moisturizing.

Once rinsed, the konjac sponge is simply suspended by a thread while it is drying. It retains an average of three months, with daily use, or until it crumbles. We still think, once a week, to immerse in boiling water to eradicate any bacteria, like all sponges!