exfoliating soap

Gritty cleansing bar

Exfoliating soap is soap containing abrasive particles or textured ingredients that scrub away dead skin cells while cleansing.

The gritty additives—oatmeal, pumice, sugar, ground shells, or synthetic beads—provide mechanical exfoliation: She uses an exfoliating soap on her feet to smooth rough patches.

Also called scrub soap.

scrubClean by rubbing hard
sugar scrubAbrasive skincare mixture
latherFoamy soap bubbles
sloughBoggy ground or cast-off skin
peel offRemove by lifting edge

skin · skin care · gritty · rinse · shower · pores · buff · cleanse · pumice · loofah · smooth · baby soft · dead skin · granules · sudsy · deep clean · wash · texture

Opposites

texture/action on skin

exfoliating soapgentle cleanser

Non-abrasive washing product

cream cleanser · baby soap · oil cleanser · cleansing balm

skin effect

exfoliating soapmoisturizing soap

Cleanser with added emollients

shea butter soap · glycerin soap · body butter

Family

exfoliate, exfoliated, exfoliation, exfoliator, foliage, foliate, foliation, folio, portfolio

Familiarity: Top 500,000
Profile: Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G