Body scrub: recipes and rules of use

Each representative of the fair sex always and everywhere wants to look her best. So that other women are jealous, and men lose their heads and say a bunch of compliments. In order to look gorgeous, you need to take care of yourself, body, hair, hands, face. To make the body look toned and elastic, and the skin to be soft and silky, you need to use scrubs in the care. How to cook them yourself, you can learn from this article.

How to scrub

In any store you can find on the shelves many bright and beautiful jars with peeling... Different brands, different packaging, formulations, action, price category - the choice is huge. But many have recently switched to natural cosmetics, so they choose in stores not packaging with a scrub, but ingredients for making at home. All components are quite affordable, sold in specialized stores, pharmacies and are not very expensive.

Making a peeling at home is as easy as shelling pears, you just need to select the ingredients, mix them and use the ready-made scrub in the shower. With help peeling the skin is cleansed of pollution and small dead skin particles, it becomes smoother and tighter. There are also special formulations that will help get rid of stretch marks, orange peel.

The components must be selected for your skin type, if it sensitive, then a soft base and gentle cleansing particles are needed. Before using the composition, it is necessary to test it on the bend of the arm to avoid allergic reactions. Also scrubbing not recommended for pregnancy, fresh sunburn, epidermal damage, vein problems.

Oils, coconut flakes, honey, chicken eggs, salt, granulated sugar, coffee, sour cream and various other ingredients are great for scrubs. You can also use fresh fruits, berries, vegetables. Peeling should be made in a plastic or glass container that can be sealed to store the composition. It must be stored in the refrigerator, preferably no more than 2-3 weeks. If fresh fruits and vegetables are added, then the shelf life is reduced.

Home scrub

After you select a container for storage, you need to choose a base for peeling. It can be sour cream, clay, honey, cottage cheese, berry or fruit puree, cream, kefir, even shower gel. Then choose natural or essential oils. Perfect fit coconut, jojoba, wheat germ, from essential oils - oil of orange, mint, lemon, lemon balm.

As already mentioned, peeling needs to be matched to the type of skin. Here are some recipes for scrubs for each type of skin.

• Yeast peeling for oily skin - combine 15 g of dry yeast with a couple of spoonfuls of lemon juice, put a cup in hot water for 4 minutes, then add a spoonful of fine sea salt.
• Oatmeal scrub for sensitive and dry skin - you can grind oatmeal and pour warm milk, stirring until a thick consistency, or combine the flakes with crushed grape berries.
• Honey - mix powdered cinnamon and honey.
• For normal skin - a few walnuts grind nuts into flour, combine with a couple of spoons of melted butter and a couple of chicken yolks.
• Orange composition - dry the orange peel, grate finely, combine with a spoonful of ground almonds and warm water.
• Sugar vanilla- connect 5 spoons sugar sand, 3 tablespoons of almond oil and a couple of drops of vanilla extract.
• Rice - Soak some rice in warm water. 3 ripe tomatoes chop and grind with steamed rice.
• Poppy peeling - mix a couple of spoons sea ​​salt, a couple of drops of citrus essential oil, then pour in half a glass of poppy and pour five tablespoons of olive oil or flax.
• A mass of semolina - grind a couple of tablespoons of semolina and three tablespoons of honey.

Coffee body scrub

For lovers of coffee and coffee drinks, peeling from ground coffee beans or coffee grounds is perfect. It will ideally cleanse the skin, nourish the skin, make it soft and smooth, get rid of orange peel, and provide a slight tan. Sleep coffee can be poured into your favorite shower product. Or mix with sour cream, cream, kefir.

• Coconut - mix 4 tablespoons of sleeping coffee, a spoon cocoa-powder and a spoonful of heated coconut oil.
• Oil - combine 15 ml of olive oil, or sunflower oil, 120 g of sea salt and 130 g of coffee grounds.
• Clay -   100 g dry clays(pink, white, black, green) dilute with 20 ml of water, then add 60 g of ground coffee.
• Yoghurt peeling - combine natural yoghurt without additives and coffee grounds. For more effect, you can add a little natural or essential oil.
• Pepper - add a spoonful of pepper tincture to a mixture of 150 g of coffee and 150 g of sea salt. True, it should be borne in mind that such a composition cannot be kept on the skin for a long time in order to avoid burns.

Body oil scrub

Various oils can be added to the peel for more nutrition and hydration. They deeply nourish the skin, make the skin smooth and silky. In addition, the action of some oils is aimed at getting rid of various imperfections of the epidermis, for example, stretch marks, sluggish skin, cellulite... You can use regular oils: coconut, olive, sunflower, almond, wheat germ, jojoba. Essential must be selected by smell and action, for example citrus oils will help in the fight against orange peel.

The oils have antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects. Olive oil is ideal for the driest and most sensitive skin. And coconut oil will help prolong the youthfulness of the epidermis, removing fine wrinkles and smoothing the skin.

You can use a variety of spices for the scrub: vanilla, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg.

• Coconut - Mix a glass of unrefined coconut oil with 10 drops of essential vanilla oil and a couple of glasses of granulated sugar (you can use regular cane sugar).
• Citrus - combine half a glass of almond, olive, or apricot oil, half a glass of granulated sugar, a spoon juice any citrus and a spoonful of citrus peel.
• Mint - pour boiling water over fresh mint, leave for 30 minutes, add a glass of granulated sugar to the infusion. Mint essential oil can be added if desired.
• Oatmeal - finely grind oatmeal, pour over heated vegetable oil. You can also combine cereals with ground rice and olive oil.
• Sugar-oatmeal peeling - mix 4 tablespoons of granulated sugar, a spoonful of almond oil, a few drops of lemon oil, orange oil, a couple of tablespoons of oatmeal, a few crumpled cranberries.
• Raspberry - mash half a glass of fresh raspberries with a spoon, add a drop of mint oil and a couple of drops to the gruel ylang-ylang.
• From spices - mix in equal parts black ground pepper, olive oil, fine salt and cinnamon powder.