Baiden Mitten - Exfoliation product review

Why did I buy a Baiden Mitten? Earlier this month I was a bridesmaid in a wedding. Before the wedding, some of the other bridesmaids were talking about getting spray-on tans for themselves for the wedding. I've never gotten a professional spray-on tan before, so one day I was searching for information on them. What I kept reading was exfoliate, exfoliate, exfoliate before you get your spray tan. At one website, someone recommended using a Baiden Mitten to exfoliate, that it was miraculous. Well, I looked into it, and I suppose I was in an especially gullible mood, so I bought one. I have now used it over the course of a month, so I feel like I can finally speak authoritatively on the product.

What is a Baiden Mitten? It is a piece of fabric that fits on your hand like a mitten. The material is coarse, like a mild sand paper. What you do is soak in the tub for 10-15 mins, get out (don't dry off!), then rub your skin with the mitten. The mitten will exfoliate your skin. Then you hop back in the tub or shower, and wash off what the mitten exfoliated.





Do I like my Baiden Mitten? YES! A thousand times yes! Well, that might be a bit of an exaggeration, but I AM very pleased with it. I've used other exfoliation products that I thought were good, in which I could feel the results, the results being smoother skin. But what is so cool about the Baiden Mitten is that you can SEE the results. When I rub the Baiden Mitten against my damp skin, it forms these "rolls" of dead skin and impurities. Gross, yes, but also fascinating that all that ickiness could be on my skin and I not know it. And, yes, it is suppose to do that; I'm not especially dirty. Because all those impurity rolls come off, my skin feels incredibly smooth afterwards, smoother than any other exfoliation product I have tried. We're talking even my ankles, knees, elbows, and the back of my arms are significantly smoother. This especially impresses me because many other products have creams or oils in them which enhance the smooth feeling though temporary. But there is none of that with the Baiden Mitten, and yet it is still smoother.

Cons? The price. It costs $50. Again, I don't know what induced me to spend that much on an online product, but thank goodness I did. However, although it is on the pricey side, I'm assuming it will last a long time, unlike creams/scrubs which you have to replace frequently (plus scrubs don't work as well). So, I'm not too aghast at the price considering it's kind of an investment beauty item. The other con is that it is a rather long process, the soaking, the rubbing, then bathing/showering. But, you're not suppose to use the product more than once a week, so I guess it is a reasonable time commitment.

My tips: 1) Don't use it more than once a week. The second time I tried it only 5 days had passed, and I didn't get many impurity rolls. And while it still left my skin smoother, it was disappointing not to see the rolls as proof of it working. 2) The rolls get everywhere, so keep in mind where you stand in your bathroom when you scrub yourself with the mitten. 3) Careful when using it on your lips. Since lip skin is thinner, after I tried it on my lips, they were sensitive for a couple days.

Visit their website for more information, but keep in mind they have a very cheesy website: http://www.ancientexfoliation.com/.