All of us are unique, and so are our bodies. With body scrub recipes, you can meet your skin's needs because you can try out differrent ingredients and look for best results. Skin will talk differently to different oils and different exfoliating agents.
Here are the best of the homemade body scrubs:
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One of the most popular body scrub recipes is the one for brown sugar body scrub. It is often described as yummy and soothing. Certainly, it is not caloric, so if you are on a diet, you can freely enjoy it without worrying about gaining weight :)
Body Scrub Recipes - From Warm Brown Sugar To Cleansing Strawberry
Brown sugar is full of molasses which makes it brown and moist. Its grains are smaller than of regular, white sugar which makes it a exquisite exfoliant. It is not too harsh on the skin, it is diplomatic and absolutely sloughs off dead skin cells. It smells great, warms the skin up, and leaves it smooth and luscious.
Brown sugar body scrub
Ingredients
2 tablespoons brown sugar
2 tablespoons ground oats
2 tablespoons aloe vera gel
1 tablespoon honey
1 teaspoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
1 teaspoon almond oil (in case you don't have almond oil, use olive oil, it is a great substitute).
Preparation
Before you start preparation this scrub, grind the oatmeal using a coffee grunder or food processor. It has to be of sandy consistency, flaky and light otherwise it will scratch the skin.
Mix all the ingredients in a large bowl. Mix until it resembles a paste
It should be applied on moist skin, the best time is after you took a shower. It will help the skin cells slough off faster.
Use circular request for retrial and massage slowly using your fingertips.
Rinse off with warm water.
What do these ingredients do?
Oatmeal is hypoallergenic. In case you have sensitive skin, using the oatmeal is very recommended because it is soothing and there is no risk that it will irritate the skin. Oatmeal is benefitial to oily skin as it is very absorptive and picks up on excess oil. It helps dry and itchy skin and is widely used in cosmetics.
Aloe vera gel is diplomatic on skin, it speeds its medical and reduces the possible irritation and pain.
The next brown sugar scrub contains lemon which is a great natural disinfectant. It opens up the clogged pores and cleanses them completely so your skin can "breathe" better.
Brown sugar lemony body scrub recipe
Ingredients
1/ cup brown sugar
1/2 cup sea salt
1 tablespoon of coconut oil (as with the old scrub, you could use olive oil)
1 tablespoon of freshly squeezed lemon juice
1 tablepoon of honey.
Preparation
Mix all the ingredients in a large bowl. Mix until it resembles a paste
It should be applied on moist skin, the best time is after you took a shower. It will help the skin cells slough off faster.
Use circular request for retrial and massage slowly using your fingertips.
Rinse off with warm water.
Honey body scrub
Ingedients
3/4 cup of honey
1 cup of sugar (you could use brown sugar, even great than regular sugar)
1 cup of sea salt or Kosher salt
1 tablespoon of jojoba oil
1 tablespoon of oil of your choice: vanilla, orange...
Preparation
Mix the dry ingredients first.
Add oil and mix until you get a paste-like mixture
It should be applied on moist skin, the best time is after you took a shower. It will help the skin cells slough off faster.
Use circular request for retrial and massage slowly using your fingertips.
Rinse off with warm water.
Honey is exquisite as it is a strong antibacterial agent.
Yummy chocolate body scrub recipe
Ingredients
3 tablespoons of cocoa powder
1 cup of brown sugar
1 tespoon of vanilla oil (extract will work)
Olive oil as needed (you could use vegetable oil too, but not if you have oily skin)
Preparation
Mix all the ingredients except for olive oil.
Start adding olive oil, slowly until the combination starts looking like a paste
It should be applied on moist skin, the best time is after you took a shower. It will help the skin cells slough off faster.
Use circular request for retrial and massage slowly using your fingertips.
Rinse off with warm water.
Variations:
Strawberries in body scrub recipes
You could always mash a handfull of strawberries, add an vital oil of your choice, a bit of oatmeal, a bit of honey and use it as a scrub. There are no exact amounts, add oil until you get the pasty consistency.
Strawberries act similar to honey, they dissinfect the skin, smooth it out, and decrease the appearance of dilated pores.
Coffee body scrub recipes
Recently, ground coffee has been recognized as an exquisite way to treat and forestall cellulite. Use it in any body scrub that contains oatmeal, add a tablespoon or so. Apparently, it increases the circulation of the basal skin layers and distributes clusters of fat that give the skin the "orange skin" appearance.
Ingredients
2 cups of ground coffee
1/2 cup of sugar or sea salt
2-3 tablespoons of massage oil of your choice
Preparation
Mix all the ingredients. Start off by taking a quick, warm shower. Then, start applying the scrub, slowly massaging the skin. Rinse off with luke warm water.
Salt and baby oil body scrub recipe
Mix enough Kosher salt (sea salt works well, too) and baby oil. Blend until pasty and apply as described in other scrubs.
Body Scrub Recipes - From Warm Brown Sugar To Cleansing Strawberry
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