11 best facial scrubs with recipes and photos
Scrubs are an indispensable product for the care and cleansing of facial skin. They help not only get rid of impurities and clogged pores, but also give the face a fresh look and women confidence.
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Gaining more and more popularity scrubs which you can prepare yourself. To make them, we use only natural products that effectively and without harm cleanse delicate skin.
Before you start using scrubs at home, you should remember a few rules.
- For sensitive and thin skin, you should not use too aggressive scrubs (it is best to use soft ones, for example, oatmeal, or simply use a toner).
- Before preparing this cleaning product, faces, find out what foods you are allergic to, so that there is no “pleasant surprise” later.
- If there is a rash, wounds or damage on your face, 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 look at the best of them.
Coffee face scrub
There are a lot of coffee-based scrubs, but the most effective is a scrub with a nutritional base.
For dry skin
Ingredients:
- finely ground coffee (coffee grounds);
- sour cream (in rare cases, cottage cheese).
Coffee grounds can only be used within 20 minutes after drinking the coffee. It is mixed with sour cream. Please note: if the skin is dry, then you need to choose richer sour cream. This mixture should be mixed and allowed to sit for a few minutes. While applying, gently massage into each area of your face. The scrub should be removed with room water and your face should be wiped dry.
For oily and normal skin
Ingredients:
- ground coffee beans (medium grind).
Coffee grounds (necessarily wet and warm) are distributed over the face, gently massaging. Oily skin needs the thickener to be mixed with facial foam, then the effect will be stronger. The face is cleansed for three minutes, and then the scrub must be washed off.
A coffee bean scrub helps improve skin tone and makes your complexion more expressive. Ground coffee is great for cleansing pores and acts as an oxygen mask.
Oatmeal facial scrub
Oatmeal scrubs not only remove all dirt from the face, but also very carefully exfoliate dead areas of the epithelium. Oatmeal has healing properties that can remove redness and eradicate pimples and blackheads.
For delicate skin
Ingredients:
- oat flakes (chopped);
- a tablespoon of honey;
- egg.
Honey is mixed with one egg white. After this, crushed flakes are added. Stirring, the mixture is brought to a viscous slurry. Then the mass is applied to the face and left for a while, which will promote deep cleansing. At the end of the procedure, the pulp is washed off.
For problematic and blemish-prone skin
Ingredients:
- oatmeal;
- 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 tightly sealed jar. Before applying to the skin, you need to pour the powder into your palm 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 facial scrub
Baking soda scrubs are an excellent way to remove dirt from the skin and treat rashes, acne and other ailments.
For oily skin
Ingredients:
- ¼ teaspoon of soda;
- apple cider vinegar - a teaspoon;
- ground coffee - teaspoon;
- citrus zest - teaspoon;
- cosmetic clay for face.
First, clay, zest and coffee are mixed. All this is poured with boiling water. Stir until creamy. Gradually add baking soda and apple cider vinegar. When applying the mixture, massage a little. After this, 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 soda;
- rolled oats - a tablespoon;
- some honey.
First, the yolk is beaten and soda, a spoonful of honey and, of course, cereal are added to it. You definitely need to stir this whole mess well. The scrub is distributed over a damp face. After the procedure, everything is washed off with cold water.
Salt scrub for face
A salt scrub is made from two types of salt: table and sea. 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 - teaspoon;
- 10 grams of baking soda.
The two components are combined and applied to the face. You should not make pressing movements to avoid causing injury to the delicate skin of your face. After finishing, you need to wash your face thoroughly. This scrub will remove shine from your skin and give you a radiant look.
For normal to dry skin
Ingredients:
- 1 tablespoon ground coffee;
- 40 ml grape seed oil;
- 60 grams of sea salt.
There should be no sugar residue in the coffee grounds. The components are mixed and allowed to brew for 2 days. After this, you need to apply the scrub to your face with light movements for no more than 4 minutes. Rinse and wipe your face. The skin will immediately become clean and fresh.
Sugar facial scrub
If your skin gets flaky from time to time, then sugar scrubs are a great solution to this problem. They are made from both white beet and cane sugar.
For oily skin
Ingredients:
- sugar - teaspoon;
- a tablespoon of lemon juice;
- mashed potatoes.
First, sugar is mixed with lemon juice. You should wait a bit until the juice is absorbed. Then the puree is added and everything is thoroughly mixed. Apply the scrub to a cleansed and damp face, massaging with your fingers for 3 minutes. The mixture is washed off only with cool water. Your face will immediately stop shining and become much softer.
For combination skin
Ingredients:
- 3 spoons of granulated sugar;
- 2 tablespoons hazelnuts (ground);
- 3 spoons of oatmeal.
Everything is thoroughly mixed and placed in a special container so that this scrub is enough for several times. If the skin is dry, then a base (vegetable oil, persimmon juice, semolina porridge) is added to the mixture. If the skin tends to be oily, then it is best to add egg white (fermented milk product: yogurt or kefir) to the mixture. 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.
Facial scrub with sour cream
Sour cream is one of the most nutritious bases for scrubs. The fermented milk base makes the skin breathe, be elastic and perfectly rejuvenates. That is why the most popular of all fermented milk products is the sour cream base.
For combination skin
Ingredients:
- 100 grams of sour cream;
- fine sea salt.
Mix all ingredients and apply to clean face. Then the mixture is washed off. The face becomes fresh and matte.
For sour cream-based scrubs, flakes, nuts, bran and other beneficial substances are used.
Face scrub with dead sea minerals
Dead Sea minerals are rich in vitamins that the skin of the face lacks. Scrubs with Dead Sea minerals deeply cleanse pores, eliminate peeling and hardening of the epithelium. Dead Sea minerals are found in large quantities in sea salt. If you want to properly saturate the skin, you must add sea salt to the composition.
Ingredients:
- crushed sea salt;
- olive oil - a tablespoon;
- 1 spoon of freshly squeezed lemon juice.
The components need to be mixed and applied to the face, massaging for about 5 minutes. Wash your face with warm water and dry it. If dryness occurs, apply a neutral moisturizer.
Scrub with aspirin for face
For redness, acne or severe rashes, scrubs with aspirin come to the rescue. In the fight against these ailments, aspirin helps in 98 cases out of 100.
For any skin type
Ingredients:
- 3 aspirin tablets (crushed);
- 1 tablespoon honey;
- 1 teaspoon water (if oily skin);
- 1 small spoon 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 the beneficial substances do not evaporate from the honey. The composition should be applied to 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 feel fresh, and redness and inflammation will quickly disappear.
Green facial scrub
The basis of this scrub is leafy green tea. It is rich in antioxidants and vitamins that are so necessary for facial skin.
For combination skin
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup green tea leaves;
- 1 glass of yogurt;
- vitamin C (powder consistency);
- 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 using massaging, lightly pressing movements so that blood flows to the face faster. The massage should last no more than 3 minutes, without affecting the areas around the eyes. Remove the scrub with a damp cloth until no traces remain.
Honey scrub for face
Honey is a storehouse of vitamins, so it is often used as a base for scrubs.
For problem skin
Ingredients:
- 3 tablespoons honey;
- ground cinnamon.
All components are mixed and applied to the face before bed and left overnight. In the morning, everything is washed off with plenty of water. After two weeks of daily use, pimples and blackheads will stop bothering you.
Apricot face scrub
Apricot kernels combat the imperfections of oily skin, giving the face elasticity and tone.
For normal to oily skin
Ingredients:
- ground apricot kernels;
- oatmeal;
- a glass of milk;
- 1 small spoon of honey.
First, the seeds are filled with water and left for about 15 minutes. Afterwards, all the ingredients are mixed and distributed over the face with smooth movements for several minutes. Cleanse the skin with water at room temperature.
An apricot scrub will remove oily shine, cleanse pores, nourish the skin with vitamins and make your face breathe. This scrub should be applied carefully, without touching the area around the eyes. Cleansing should be done 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 your skin and your tendency to allergic reactions. When preparing scrubs, products to which the body has an allergic reaction can be replaced or excluded from the composition. An effective scrub is, first of all, the right ingredients.
