11 best face scrubs with recipes and photos
Scrubs are an indispensable tool for the care and cleaning of facial skin. They help not only get rid of impurities and clogged pores, but also give a fresh look to the face and self-confidence for women.
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Are gaining more and more popularity scrubs that you can cook yourself. For their manufacture, only natural products are used that effectively and harmlessly cleanse delicate skin.
Before you start using scrubs at home, you should remember a few rules.
- For sensitive and thin skin, you cannot use too aggressive scrubs (it is best to use soft ones, for example, from oatmeal, or just use a tonic).
- Before preparing such a cleaning agent for faces, find out what foods you are allergic to, so that later there is no "pleasant surprise".
- If your face has a rash, wounds or damage, you do not need to use scrubs. It is better to first heal the wounds, remove the rash, and only then begin to cleanse the skin.
There are many recipes and methods for making scrubs. Let's take a look at the best ones.
Coffee face scrub
There are a lot of coffee-based scrubs, but the most effective is a scrub with a nutritious base.
For dry skin
Ingredients:
- finely ground coffee (coffee grounds);
- sour cream (in rare cases, cottage cheese).
The coffee grounds can only be used within 20 minutes after the coffee has been drunk. It is mixed with sour cream. It should be noted: if the skin is dry, then the sour cream should be chosen fatter. This mixture should be mixed and allowed to sit for a few minutes. Gently massage each part of your face during application. The scrub should be removed with room water and wiped dry.
For oily and normal skin
Ingredients:
- ground coffee beans (medium grinding).
The coffee grounds (always moist and warm) are spread over the face, gently massaging. Oily skin needs the thicker to be mixed with the facial foam, then the effect will be stronger. The face is cleansed within three minutes, and then the scrub must be washed off.
A scrub on coffee beans improves skin tone and a more expressive complexion. Ground coffee cleans perfectly pores and acts as an oxygen mask.
Oatmeal face scrub
Oat scrubs not only remove all the dirt from the face, but also very gently exfoliate dead areas of the epithelium. Oatmeal has healing properties that can reduce redness and eradicate acne and blackheads.
For delicate skin
Ingredients:
- oat flakes (crushed);
- a tablespoon of honey;
- egg.
Honey is mixed with one egg white. After that, the crushed flakes are added. While stirring, the mixture is brought to the state of a viscous gruel. Then the mass is applied to the face and remains for a while, which will contribute to its deep cleansing. At the end of the procedure, the gruel is washed off.
For problematic and rash-prone skin
Ingredients:
- oat flakes;
- lemon zest;
- ground almonds.
To begin with, the flakes are crushed into a powder consistency. Then nuts and zest are added to this mixture. The powder should be stored in a tight-fitting jar. Before applying to the skin, sprinkle powder on the palm of your hand and dilute with warm water. Massage your face with smooth movements for 5 minutes. At the end of the procedure, everything is washed off. You can enjoy the result!
Soda face scrub
Soda scrubs are great for removing dirt from your skin and treating breakouts, acne and other ailments.
For oily skin
Ingredients:
- ¼ teaspoon of baking soda;
- apple cider vinegar - a teaspoon;
- ground coffee - a teaspoon;
- citrus zest - a teaspoon;
- cosmetic clay for the face.
First, the clay, zest and coffee are mixed. All this is poured with boiling water. Stir until creamy. Gradually add baking soda and apple cider vinegar. Massage a little while applying the mixture. Then leave the scrub for 15 minutes. After the procedure, the scrub is washed off with plenty of cold water.
For combination skin
Ingredients:
- egg yolk;
- ½ teaspoon of baking soda;
- hercules - a tablespoon;
- some honey.
First, the yolk is whipped and soda, a spoonful of honey and, of course, flakes are added to it. It is imperative to stir all this gruel well. The scrub is distributed over a wet face. After the procedure, everything is washed off with cold water.
Facial salt scrub
Salt-based scrub is made from two types of salt: table salt and sea salt. Sea salt will saturate the skin with rich minerals, and table salt will cleanse the face, increase blood circulation and give freshness.
For oily skin
Ingredients:
- sea salt - a teaspoon;
- 10 grams of baking soda.
The two components are combined and applied to the face. You should not make pressing movements so as not to injure the delicate skin of the face. After graduation, you need to wash yourself abundantly. This scrub will remove the shine of the skin for a radiant look.
For normal to dry skin
Ingredients:
- 1 tablespoon of ground coffee;
- 40 ml of grape seed oil;
- 60 grams of sea salt.
There should be no sugar residues in the coffee grounds. The components are mixed and allowed to brew for 2 days. After that, you need to apply the scrub on the face with light movements for no more than 4 minutes. Wash off and wipe your face. The skin will immediately be clean and fresh.
Sugar face scrub
If your skin flakes from time to time, then sugar scrubs are an excellent solution to this problem. They are made from both white beet and cane sugar.
For oily skin
Ingredients:
- sugar - a teaspoon;
- a tablespoon of lemon juice;
- mashed potatoes.
First, the sugar is mixed with lemon juice. Wait a little while the juice is absorbed. Then puree is added and everything is thoroughly mixed. The scrub is applied to a cleansed and damp face, massaging finger movements for 3 minutes. The mixture is washed off only with cool water. The face immediately stops shining and becomes much softer.
For combination skin
Ingredients:
- 3 tablespoons of granulated sugar;
- 2 tablespoons of hazelnuts (ground);
- 3 tablespoons of oatmeal.
Everything is thoroughly mixed and placed in a special dish so that this scrub is enough for several times. If the skin is dry, then a base (vegetable oil, persimmon juice, semolina) is added to the mixture. If the skin tends to be greasy, then it is best to add egg white to the mixture (fermented milk product: yogurt or kefir). The finished scrub is rubbed into the face for 3 minutes. The mass is removed with warm water. Finally, it is advisable to use a nourishing face cream.
Sour cream face scrub
Sour cream is one of the most nutritious ingredients in scrubs. The fermented milk base makes the skin breathe, be elastic and perfectly rejuvenates. That is why, of all fermented milk products, the sour cream base is the most popular.
For combination skin
Ingredients:
- 100 grams of sour cream;
- fine sea salt.
Mix all ingredients and apply on a clean face. Then the mixture is washed off. The face becomes fresh and matte.
For sour cream-based scrubs, flakes, nuts, bran and other useful substances are used.
Dead Sea Minerals Facial Scrub
Dead Sea minerals are rich in vitamins, which are so lacking in the skin of the face. Scrubs with Dead Sea minerals deeply cleanse the pores, relieve desquamation and hardening of the epithelium. Dead sea minerals are abundant in sea salt. If you need to properly saturate the skin, it is imperative to add sea salt to the composition.
Ingredients:
- crushed sea salt;
- olive oil - a tablespoon;
- 1 spoonful of freshly squeezed lemon juice.
The components must be mixed and applied to the face, massaging for about 5 minutes. The face is washed with warm water and dried. If dryness occurs, apply a neutral moisturizer.
Face scrub with aspirin
With redness, acne or sharp rashes, scrubs with aspirin come to the rescue. In the fight against these ailments, aspirin helps in 98 cases out of 100.
For all skin types
Ingredients:
- 3 aspirin tablets (crushed);
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1 teaspoon water (if oily skin)
- 1 small spoonful of oil (if dry).
Mix everything and heat in a water bath. Make sure that the temperature of the scrub is no more than 38 - 39 degrees, so that useful substances do not evaporate from the honey. Apply the composition to the steamed skin with massaging movements. Leave the scrub on your face for 20 minutes, and then rinse with warm water. At the end of the procedure, the face will become fresh, and redness and inflammation will quickly disappear.
Green face scrub
This scrub is based on leafy green tea. It is rich in antioxidants and vitamins that are so necessary for the skin of the face.
For combination skin
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup green tea leaves
- 1 glass of yogurt
- vitamin C (powder);
- 1 drop of essential oil.
In a blender, you need to grind the leaves and add yogurt to them, and then a pinch of vitamin C with essential oil. Once again, you need to mix everything in a blender. The mixture should be applied to a clean face with massaging, slightly pressing movements so that the blood flows to the face faster. The massage should last no more than 3 minutes, without affecting the areas around the eyes. The scrub is removed with a damp cloth until there are no traces left.
Honey facial scrub
Honey is a storehouse of vitamins, so very often it is the base for scrubs.
For problem skin
Ingredients:
- 3 tablespoons of honey;
- ground cinnamon.
All components are mixed and applied to the face before going to bed and left overnight. In the morning, everything is washed off with plenty of water. After two weeks of daily use, acne and blackheads will stop bothering you.
Apricot face scrub
Apricot pits fight the imperfections of oily skin, giving the face elasticity and tone.
For normal to oily skin
Ingredients:
- ground apricot pits;
- oat flour;
- a glass of milk;
- 1 small spoonful of honey.
First, the bones are filled with water and infused for about 15 minutes. After that, all the components are mixed and distributed over the face with smooth movements for several minutes. The skin is cleansed with water at room temperature.
Apricot scrub removes oily shine, unclogs pores, nourishes the skin with vitamins and makes the face breathe. This scrub should be applied gently, without touching the area around the eyes. Cleansing should be carried out no more than 2 times a week, so as not to cause irritation.
When choosing a scrub, you need to take into account the characteristics of the skin and the tendency to allergic reactions. During the preparation of scrubs, foods to which the body has an allergic reaction can be replaced or excluded from the composition. An effective scrub is primarily about the right ingredients.
