Honey Love Exfoliator

The Honey Love Exfoliator by Leahlani combines mechanical exfoliation, clarifying clays and a nourishing honey base into a special weekly treatment. Finely ground corundum crystals remove dead skin cells and smooth the skin's surface, while pink clay and kaolin absorb excess sebum and buildup. After use, the skin feels unusually soft and smooth and looks fresher and clearer.

• Product type: intensive 3-in-1 facial exfoliator and weekly treatment
• Skin types: suitable for all skin types; ideal for combination, oilier and blemish- or congestion-prone skin
• Exfoliating action: fine corundum crystals remove dead skin cells and smooth the skin's surface
• Clarifying action: pink clay and kaolin absorb excess sebum and buildup
• Complexion: helps promote a smoother, clearer and more even-looking complexion with a fresh glow
• Skin feel: soft, smooth and nourished rather than dry or dull
• Key ingredients: Hawaiian raw honey, corundum crystals, hibiscus, maqui, noni and clays
• Quality: made with organic and wildcrafted ingredients, cruelty-free, produced in small batches and free from synthetic colorants and fragrances

The rich, honey-like texture also contains Hawaiian raw honey, hibiscus, maqui and noni. Honey and plant-based glycerin support moisture retention, while hibiscus provides natural plant acids and antioxidant compounds. This makes Honey Love more than a classic grain scrub: the skin is polished, nourished and regains more radiance and evenness.

A little Aloha moment is part of the experience too: The rosy-purple botanical blend has a gentle scent of sweet honey, hibiscus, orange and lavender, transforming exfoliation into a brief, sensual skincare ritual. Honey Love is especially well suited to oilier skin, combination skin and complexions prone to congestion or blemishes. You can find more exfoliators in our selection of natural facial exfoliators.

Key Ingredients

• Hawaiian raw honey forms the rich base of Honey Love. Honey acts as a natural humectant and helps bind water to the skin's surface, so the skin feels soft and nourished despite the intensive exfoliating action. Its characteristic sticky texture also helps distribute the mineral and botanical ingredients evenly across the skin.
• Corundum microdermabrasion crystals (Alumina) provide the exfoliator's immediate smoothing effect. The very finely ground mineral particles mechanically remove hardened skin cells and make rough, uneven-looking skin feel noticeably smoother. The pressure can be adjusted individually while massaging - from gentle polishing to more intensive exfoliation.
• Hibiscus contains natural plant acids, anthocyanins and other antioxidant botanicals. It complements mechanical exfoliation with a gently smoothing botanical component and helps support a fresher, more even and radiant-looking complexion.
• Pink clay and kaolin have a high capacity to absorb sebum and impurities from the skin's surface. They help cleanse congested-looking pores more thoroughly and leave the skin feeling clear and refined. Thanks to the honey and glycerin base, the treatment remains noticeably more nourishing than many classic clay exfoliators.
• Maqui and noni bring a broad spectrum of antioxidant botanicals to the formula. Maqui is rich in intensely colored anthocyanins, while noni contains various secondary plant compounds, vitamins and minerals. Together, they support antioxidant protection and contribute to a more vital and balanced-looking complexion.
• Chamomile, lavender and Blue Tansy complement the exfoliator with aromatic and skin-soothing botanicals. They help support a comfortable skin feel after exfoliation and, together with orange, give Honey Love its delicate floral, herbal-fruity scent.

How to Use

• Before use, stir Honey Love thoroughly in the jar so that the microdermabrasion crystals are evenly distributed.
• Apply about one teaspoon to cleansed, damp skin and massage in with gentle circular movements. Adjust the pressure according to your skin's sensitivity.
• Areas with rough skin or congested-looking pores can be treated somewhat more intensively. Avoid the eye area.
• Then leave on the skin for 3–5 minutes and rinse thoroughly with cool to lukewarm water.
• Use 1–2 times per week.
• After exfoliation, a hydrating toner such as Citrus + Citrine Toning Mist is ideal. For additional radiance, apply Siren Brightening Serum to still slightly damp skin afterward.
• If your skin is very sensitive, use light pressure and observe how your skin responds.

Ingredients

*Honey (Hawaiian Raw), Alumina (Corundum Crystals), *Glycerin (Vegetable), *Chamomilla Recutita (Matricaria) Flower Powder, *Lavandula Angustifolia (Lavender) Flower Powder, Clay (Rose), Kaolin (Clay), *Hibiscus Rosa-Sinensis Flower Powder, **Aristotelia Chilensis (Maqui) Fruit, **Morinda Citrifolia (Noni) Fruit, Citrus Sinensis (Sweet Orange) Peel Oil Expressed, Leuconostoc Ferment Filtrate, Aqua, *Lavandula Angustifolia (Lavender) Oil, Hibiscus Rosa-Sinensis Flower, Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil, Anthemis Nobilis (Chamomile) Flower Oil, **Tanacetum Annuum (Tansy) Essential Oil

* from organic cultivation
** wildcrafted

FAQ

What skin types is Honey Love suitable for?
The exfoliator can be used on various skin types, but is especially well suited to combination and oilier skin, as well as complexions prone to blemishes or congestion. Very sensitive skin should use mechanical exfoliation cautiously and adjust the intensity.

Is Honey Love a physical or chemical exfoliator?
Its primary action comes from the fine corundum microdermabrasion crystals and is therefore physical. Hibiscus also provides natural plant acids, but Honey Love is not a classic high-strength AHA exfoliator.

How intensive is the exfoliation?
The intensity can be easily controlled through the pressure used during massage. For gentler use, glide lightly over damp skin; for areas with more pronounced buildup or congested-looking pores, massage somewhat more intensively.

Why should Honey Love remain on the skin for another 3–5 minutes after exfoliation?
This gives the honey, glycerin, clays and botanical ingredients additional time to remain in contact with the skin. The treatment can then be rinsed off thoroughly, leaving the skin feeling especially smooth and nourished.

Can Honey Love be used for blemishes?
Yes. The exfoliator removes dead skin cells, while the clays absorb excess sebum and buildup. It is therefore well suited to blemish- and congestion-prone skin, without being considered an acne treatment.

Is Honey Love vegan?
No. The formula contains Hawaiian raw honey.

What does Honey Love smell like?
Warm, lightly sweet and botanical. Honey meets hibiscus, orange, lavender and chamomile - an unusual scent that perfectly suits Leahlani's colorful, sensual world.

About Leahlani

Leahlani develops and produces its skincare on Kauaʻi, Hawaii. Tropical botanicals, exceptional textures and sensual fragrances turn even an intensive exfoliator into a small skincare ritual. Honey Love is one of the brand's long-standing signature products, combining visible smoothing and clarifying action with Leahlani's warm, playful side.