RENEW Scrub & Peel: Gentle Resurfacing for Hands and Nails

By the Mavala UK team

Hands and nails are exposed to daily external aggressions, yet they are often neglected in beauty routines. Mavala's answer takes its cue from face skincare rituals and brings two kinds of exfoliation to the hands and nails in one product.

RENEW Scrub & Peel works in two ways at once. The scrub is mechanical: fine particles in the cream remove dead skin cells as you massage. The peel comes from a plant-derived AHA complex, which promotes skin cell renewal and reveals natural radiance. Together they leave hands and nails soft and radiant, smooth the skin and gently polish the nails, while preparing them to fully benefit from the care you apply next.

The texture is a cream enriched with natural exfoliating particles, and the formula contains 97% ingredients of natural origin. Mavala names four key ingredients:

• Micronised apricot kernel particles provide mechanical exfoliation and remove dead skin cells.
• Mineral perlite microbeads gently polish and smooth rough skin.
• A plant-derived AHA complex, obtained from five botanical extracts (blueberry, sugar cane, orange, lemon and sugar maple), promotes skin cell renewal and reveals natural radiance.
• Glycerin hydrates the skin and maintains its comfort.

The formula is vegan. It comes in a 30 ml tube containing 24% recycled plastic, packed in an FSC-certified cardboard box with no leaflet or cellophane.

Use it on dry hands and bare nails, then follow Mavala's four steps:

1. Apply evenly to the hands, nails and cuticles.
2. Massage the nails and cuticles while the AHA acts on the skin.
3. Moisten the hands and massage using circular motions.
4. Rinse thoroughly, then gently pat dry.

Water only comes in at the third step. The first massage, of the nails and cuticles, is done before any water, while the AHA acts on the skin.

Once or twice a week. Mavala recommends using RENEW Scrub & Peel once or twice a week, always on dry hands and bare nails. Twice a week is also the rhythm the volunteers followed in the use test described below.

RENEW Scrub & Peel is dermatologically tested. In a use test conducted under dermatological control, 22 volunteers applied it twice a week over a 21-day period and gave their own assessment of the results:

• 100% of users find that the product gently exfoliates the skin.
• 100% notice smoother, more hydrated and more radiant skin.
• 95% observe smoother nails.
• 100% find their nail contour cleaner and better defined.

It is made for hands and nails, which are exposed to daily external aggressions yet often neglected in beauty routines. Because it works on the hands, nails and cuticles at once and is designed as the first step of a complete manicure routine, it belongs at the start, before the rest of your hand and nail care. It is also vegan, for anyone who chooses vegan products.

RENEW Scrub & Peel prepares hands and nails to fully benefit from the care that follows. Mavala pairs it with these complementary products:

• Hand cream: Mava-Plus Hand Cream, Prebiotic Hand Cream or Collagen Hand Cream.
• Cuticle care: Cuticle Cream, Cuticle Oil or Mavapen.
• Nail care: Mavala Scientifique K+ or Mava-Flex Serum.

It is both. RENEW Scrub & Peel combines a mechanical scrub, from micronised apricot kernel particles and mineral perlite microbeads, with a peel from a plant-derived AHA complex. Mavala calls this double exfoliation. The particles remove dead skin cells and smooth rough skin, while the AHA promotes skin cell renewal and reveals natural radiance, all in one product for hands, nails and cuticles.

Start on dry hands. Apply RENEW Scrub & Peel evenly to dry hands, nails and cuticles, then massage the nails and cuticles while the AHA acts on the skin. Only then moisten your hands and massage using circular motions. Finish by rinsing thoroughly and gently patting dry.

Use it on bare nails. Mavala's instructions are to apply RENEW Scrub & Peel on dry hands and bare nails, so take any polish off first. It is designed as the first step of a complete manicure routine, so once any polish is off, it comes first, before the rest of your hand and nail care.

Follow it with the rest of your hand and nail care. RENEW Scrub & Peel prepares hands and nails to fully benefit from the products that follow, and Mavala pairs it with a hand cream (Mava-Plus, Prebiotic or Collagen), cuticle care (Cuticle Cream, Cuticle Oil or Mavapen) and nail care (Scientifique K+ or Mava-Flex).

Yes, RENEW Scrub & Peel is vegan. Its formula contains 97% ingredients of natural origin and it is dermatologically tested. The 30 ml tube contains 24% recycled plastic and comes in an FSC-certified cardboard box, with no leaflet or cellophane.

• Mavala, RENEW Scrub & Peel Masterbook (English), 2026.
• Mavala, RENEW Scrub & Peel advertising page, 2026.
• Mavala UK, RENEW Scrub & Peel product page.