An apparatus and method for providing cosmetic treatment to skin comprise onematerialchemically active in a solid form preferably in a tablet form and a secondmaterial which ischemically reactive with the first material so that effervescence is producedduring the reaction.The chemically active materials may be activated by a user for providingcosmetic treatment toskin. The activation releases effervescence which urges granules of thereacting materials onto theskin. The size of the granules lowers during the reaction thus providingcontinuously refiningpeeling to the skin.