How to make a body scrub
Deep cleansing of the skin is necessary for any woman. Every day, dirt accumulates on the surface of the skin in the form of dust, sebum, dead particles and toxins released by the body. Simply taking a bath or shower is not enough to clear clogged pores. Use a scrub from time to time.
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What can you make a body scrub from?
You don't have to spend money on expensive store-bought scrubs. You can make the skin soft and smooth, cleanse it and tighten it using simple homemade recipes. To prepare a homemade scrubbing mixture, you do not need any expensive components. In most cases, all ingredients can be found in any housewife's kitchen.
To mix the scrub, you can use:
- Ground natural coffee.
- Granulated sugar brown or white.
- Ground oatmeal flakes.
- Sea salt.
- Ground pits of apricots or grapes.
The last component, of course, must be prepared in advance. The seeds must be dried and ground in a mortar, and then ground to the required size in a coffee grinder.
How to make a body scrub
The ideal home scrub must be prepared just before use. As a binder, you can take ordinary products, for example, honey, vegetable oil, dairy products are well suited. You can add a little aromatic essential oil or add a little perfume to give the scrub some extra flavor.
All components must be mixed in a clean bowl. To facilitate the task, you can use a blender, with its help, the consistency of the scrub will turn out to be more uniform.
Before applying to the whole body, test the already mixed composition on a small area for an allergic reaction. This is especially recommended if you are using aromatic oils for the scrub.
Sugar body scrub
Cleansing the surface layer of the skin with a sugar-based mixture allows you to do this effectively and carefully. Granulated sugar can be used even for very sensitive skin, it does not cause allergies and is available in every home.
In addition to sugar, a homemade scrub can include butter... It can be olive oil, lemon oil, almond oil, lavender oil, or any other oil. Depending on which oil you use, the scrub will have antibacterial, soothing, or anti-inflammatory properties.
You can also add chopped herbs or vitamins in liquid form to the scrub. This will give the mixture an additional healing or nutritional effect.
Adding to scrub honey will give it anti-cellulite properties. Using lemon juice or other citrus fruits will tone or whiten the epidermis. If you add dairy products to the scrub, you will leave the skin soft, soft and velvety.
A scrub using sugar, cocoa and sour cream improves the tone of the dermis and makes it tender. To do this, mix 2 parts sugar and sour cream and 1 part cocoa. Use the scrub to cleanse immediately after mixing.
To rejuvenate the epidermis, use a composition of sugar and honey. Mix 2 parts granulated sugar and 3 parts melted honey. Now add 2 parts olive oil to this mixture if you have dry skin, or 4 parts of kefir, if the skin tends to be greasy.
Coffee body scrub
Before making a coffee scrub, you need to brew the grounds from the coffee beans. To do this, natural beans are finely ground and an aromatic drink is brewed without added sugar. Add 2 small spoons of coffee to a glass of boiling water. The resulting thick must be used immediately.
On the basis of coffee grounds, you can prepare a scrub with anti-cellulite properties. To do this, mix 1 large spoonful of thick aromatic drink and the same amount of olive oil. Add a small spoonful of granulated sugar and the same amount of cinnamon to this mixture. Mix everything well and use for home exfoliation.
To get rid of stretch marks, a composition of coffee, clay and salt will help. Combine 2 parts coffee grounds and 1 part each salt and white clay powder. Add warm water to get the consistency of sour cream. If your skin is prone to dryness, add some olive oil to this mixture.
Salt body scrub
Sea salt scrub mixtures are great for eliminating cellulite. They are excellent at eliminating swelling and reducing volumes. After their application, the skin becomes smoother, blood circulation improves.
A very easy salt scrub recipe consists of 5 parts sea salt and 2 parts olive oil. The ingredients must be mixed and immediately applied to cleanse the body. After such a scrub, deep cleansing occurs, sebaceous plugs dissolve, the skin becomes softer and more tender.
To cleanse the body, combat cellulite manifestations and give the skin elasticity, use a composition of salt, coffee and lemon juice. Mix 6 parts sea salt, 1 part coffee grounds and 3 parts sour citrus juice.
Another effective anti-cellulite salt scrub is prepared with orange peels. To prepare it, you need to collect and dry the orange peels. Then the raw materials need to be crushed in a mortar and crushed to the desired size in a coffee grinder. 3 parts of the resulting powder are mixed with 3 parts of sea salt and 3 parts of vegetable oil are added. Then you need to drop 3 drops of lemon, cedar and grapefruit essential oils into the mixture.
Body oil scrub
To prepare oil scrubs, any substance can be used as an abrasive component, for example, granulated sugar, coffee grounds or fine salt. Such scrubs make the epidermis soft, velvety and soft.
For an anti-cellulite honey scrub, mix 5 parts almond oil and 10 parts brown sugar, then add 1 part fresh lemon juice and 4 drops of essential lemon oil. Lastly, add 5 parts melted honey and stir until a grainy paste is obtained.
