They say that pregnancy is going to give you the glow that you've been searching for a long time.

Not for me! Not at all. I've had to deal with a lot of acne, increased oiliness on the skin, unusually large pores and uber thick feeling on the skin around the face. And as a veritable beauty blogger that I am, I had to look for solutions.

But given my condition and the oh-so-many pregnancy rules I have to follow, I met a lot of dead ends. I couldn't use the usual acne skin care products I owned since most of them contained either BHA or Salicylic Acid, ingredients that were not recommended to be used by pregnant women. I couldn't go to a derma and ask for a peeling treatment since pregnant women tend to have heightened sensitivity to the skin. Peeling treatments at this point may cause more damage than good. Lastly, due to my nausea, I could only tolerate a handful of products that I can use on my face...

What does a girl do? I resorted to going back basics! Yikes! What are the basics again?

The benefits of Asian Secret Lulur Whitening Body Scrub:

• It gently exfoliates the skin and removes the dead skin cells to soften the skin and five it a radiant glow.

• Frequent usage reduces skin pigmentation and even out skin one by getting old dark patches especially in areas prone to darkening such as the elbows, knees, armpits and the area between the thighs

• It contains Vitamin E and Green tea extract, powerful antioxidants that protect your skin from free radicals to keep it healthy and young-looking.

• It also contains Squalene and Olive oil that help maintain moisture in your skin.

• The scent! I am all over this body scrub the moment I smelled the whiff of jasmine.I'd buy this for the scent alone.
• The beads of this scrub is very fine and doesn't hurt or rub my skin raw. This is especially great for those with really sensitive, easily scratched skin.
• Provides a squeaky after feel.
• The scent lasts longer but since I apply moisturizer every body scrub (this is a must) since our skin are a lot more sensitive every after scrub.
• My skin feels a lot smoother. I can't stress this enough. After toweling myself dry, there seem to be an altogether change on my texture. (you'll know what i'm saying when you've tried this out).
• On the whitening part, I still may need to use this more and that means buying more. :)

• Hoping that it comes in bigger tub since Asian Secrets are best to use on dry skin, which means using more product.

• When scrubbing, work your way up from toes to neck. Don't forget in between your toes!
• Scrub in circular motion for better exfoliation. Our body after all is not a surf board. :)
• Concentrate on areas that tend to darken like knees, elbows, armpits and that of between our thighs (use small circular strokes)
• Let the product seat for awhile before washing it off.
• Don't over-scrub the armpits since this is a sensitive area that easily darkens when traumatized by abravise products.
• Body scrub first before shaving, waxing or IPL to avoid hair in-growns and traumatizing the skin.
• Use a body scrub every 4 days to ensure that no dead skin cells linger on your skin. This is best a good practice as well if you're a fan of shaving and waxing.
• Moiturize after to soothe skin from scrubbing. Even when the beads feels okay against the skin, your skin still needs soothing after.