hey guys and welcome back to the vlog my name is Jessie if it's your first time here
thank you so much for clicking in to watch this video and welcome to my little corner
of the internet also be sure to hit the like button and subscribe if you really like
wellness-based content and on that note let's get this video started.
Just a disclaimer I'm in no way an expert, this is just based on my own research and my own
experience with dry brushing so far. So I recently started watching a YouTuber
called Maryana - I will link her page or just add a screenshot somewhere over here,
but her vlogs are truly amazing and she was really the one who got me into dry brushing.
I'd heard about it before but never really thought about it or did research into it,
but when I started watching her vlogs and she spoke a bit more about the benefits of it I
thought okay it's time for me to invest in this - the benefits are just too good. So this is the dry
brush that I'm currently using, it is from a brand called Natural Life. When I was doing research on
what to look for in a dry brush a lot of people suggested getting one with a longer handle,
just because it's easier if you'd like to reach your back area because you do get ones where it's
just the brush part and you'd hold it with your hand, but I really wanted one that would be a bit
more convenient for reaching the back area, for example, so what they suggest is to get one with
all-natural bristles. So this one is made with all-natural boar bristles and then it has got this
bamboo handle, it's also really convenient because you can hang it up, so I usually just hang it on
my chest of drawers over here. But what i really like about this dry brush is it's quite sturdy,
the bristles are also the perfect kind of firmness. So with dry brushing, you don't
want a brush that is too soft, but you also don't want one that is too hard that it's actually going
to actually hurt your skin. With this one I'd kind of strike it as a medium firmness,
which is really perfect because it's not too soft to where it's not going to do anything,
but it is just firm enough where you're going to get all those benefits.
Dry brushing is really good for exfoliation. So because you are basically brushing your skin down,
um I described it to my brother when he asked me like how does dry brushing feel - I said I
literally feel like a horse who's getting brushed down, which is a really funny way to put it, but I
think it kind of sums it up well. Because you are kind of doing this brushing motion over your skin
it is getting rid of any dead skin cells and dead skin cell build up and it's just exfoliating your
skin, which leads to another benefit - so when you exfoliate your skin your skin is then also made
to look more glowy, so you've got that glow on and also your skin will kind of be plumped up a little
bit. Now the plumped up skin - I was reading that this could kind of maybe be a reason why there's
a myth around dry brushing can reduce cellulite. Now there have been a lot of articles where people
say dry brushing can reduce the appearance of cellulite and all of that and they say it might
just be because of the kind of plumped-up skin from exfoliation. Now i didn't really want to
touch on this, reason for that is I think that as women especially, the media has always thrown
around 'remedies' for cellulite and things you can do to kind of reduce the appearance of cellulite,
but cellulite is perfectly natural, it's perfectly normal, so I'm really just gonna skip over that
so-called 'benefit' entirely. Now in my self-care evening routine video i mentioned in that video
that dry brushing is good for lymphatic drainage, but upon doing further research I kind of found
mixed reviews on that...so some sites and some doctors were saying that "yes dry brushing is good
for activating your lymphatic drainage" and then some sites kind of peg that as a bit of a myth,
so I think with everything just take it with a pinch of salt. But basically what your lymphatic
drainage system is, is your cells produce waste and your lymph nodes, which are located
all throughout your body, help to circulate and get rid of the cellular waste. It has been said
that dry brushing can then actually activate your lymphatic drainage system through the motion of
actually brushing and exfoliating the skin, I did some research and they said that this
helps to detoxify the skin, aid in circulation and then also activating the lymphatic drainage system
through that brushing motion. So how i basically dry brush is: with sweeping motions that kind
of lead towards my heart and then you can also do circular motions as well, but if you'd like to do
some more research on that on exactly how to do it there are various sites online which kind of and
YouTube videos as well that actually show you how to dry brush, um but how I kind of remember it is
just the motion towards your heart. And just to note as well, if you are busy with your neck or
your chest area, just be gentle because the skin is obviously a bit more sensitive in these areas.
Yeah that is today's video all about dry brushing. I hope you guys enjoyed it,
I hope you learned something, as always obviously do your own research if you are keen to learn more
take things with a pinch of salt because like I said some of the benefits are kind of disputed on
various sites and of course I'm not an expert so this is just based on my own research.
But I hope that you guys enjoyed this video, if you did please give it a like and if you'd
like to subscribe to my channel my content is all around lifestyle and wellness-based topics,
so if you like that kind of content feel free to subscribe I'd really appreciate it a lot :). I
post weekly, once a week, every Sunday. I hope that you'll be a part of the community,
but I hope you guys have a fantastic day further and I'll see you in the next one.