So I purchased something that I never thought I’d even see again after it boomed in the eighties and nineties as an excellent exfoliating agent for the face, the Buf Puf. However, there I was on Amazon (which I’m slightly addicted to, it’s ridiculous), and I saw that many women were commenting on it and how much they missed being able to pick what used to be considered a beauty staple up in any drug store or department store, and raving about the product and how inexpensive it was, and simple, and how it still did the job for their skin.
The Buf Puf is simply an exfoliating pad that resembles a rough sponge. You use it to wash your face, or like me, you can use it after you wash your face, without suds, and just use it to exfoliate dry skin away from the pores while the face it wet, which is the best time to get the dead skin cells off since they are easily moved off the face with minimum trauma to the skin and minimum effort.
It’s a very durable pad too. It only costs about five bucks, and the shipping is hardly anything since the product is so light to ship anyways. You can definitely feel the exfoliating power when you sweep it over your face, and it leaves your skin with a nice, youthful, pink glow afterwards. I’m using it in place of my exfoliating scrub for a while to see if it does the same job, which it’s doing pretty flawlessly right now. I guess that our mothers were right – simple is better, and you can’t get much simpler of a facial skin care product than the Buf Puf.
Too bad it’s going the way of other cool, useful beauty products just because bigger companies are tantalizing women with products that are more expensive and seem to be more high tech. I’d encourage you to try the Buf Puf if you need an exfoliating part to your skin care program. You just need to be careful not to over scrub, that’s the only drawback, but you will know when to stop, there should be no pain or irritation, just pleasant sloughing off of dry skin and the revelation of new, healthy skin cells.
I think it’s great for aging skin, as well as for acne scarred skin, since it successfully sloughs away a lot of dead skin cells and a lot of old scarred tissue in the process, evening the skin tone and helping smooth out acne and other scars.