Body scrub: recipes and instructions for use

Every representative of the fair sex always and everywhere wants to look her best. So that other women would envy, and men would lose their heads and say a bunch of compliments. In order to look chic, you need to take care of yourself, your 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 your care. You can learn how to prepare them yourself from this article.

How to make a scrub

In any store you can find on the shelves many bright and beautiful jars with peeling. Different brands, different packaging, compositions, action, price range - the choice is huge. But many people have recently switched to natural cosmetics, so they choose not packages with scrubs in stores, but ingredients to make at home. All components are quite accessible, sold in specialized stores, pharmacies and do not cost very much.

Preparing peeling at home is as easy as shelling pears; you just need to select the ingredients, mix them and use the finished scrub in the shower. With the help peeling the skin is cleansed of impurities and small dead skin particles, becoming smoother and more toned. There are also special compositions that will help get rid of stretch marks and orange peel.

The components must be selected according to your skin type, if it sensitive, then a soft base and gentle cleansing particles are needed. Before using the composition, you need to test it on the crook of your arm to avoid allergic reactions. Also scrubbing not recommended during pregnancy, fresh tan, damage to the epidermis, problems with veins.

Oils, coconut flakes, honey, chicken eggs, salt, granulated sugar, coffee, sour cream and other various ingredients are great for scrubs. You can also use fresh fruits, berries, and vegetables. Peels need to be prepared in a plastic or glass container that can be hermetically 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, the shelf life is reduced.

Body scrub at home

After you select a storage container, 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 - orange, mint, lemon, lemon balm oil.

As already mentioned, peeling should be selected according to your skin type. Here are several scrub recipes for each skin type.

• Yeast peeling for oily skin - combine 15 g of dry yeast with a couple of spoons of lemon juice, place the cup in hot water for 4 minutes, then add a spoonful of fine sea salt.
• Oatmeal scrub for sensitive and dry skin - you can chop oatmeal and pour warm milk, stirring until thick, or combine the flakes with mashed grapes.
• Honey – mix cinnamon powder and honey.
• For normal skin – several walnuts Grind the nuts into flour, combine with a couple of spoons of melted butter and a couple of chicken yolks.
• Orange composition - dry the orange zest, finely grate, combine with a spoon of ground almonds and warm water.
• Sugar-vanilla– combine 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 mash with soaked 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 seeds and pour in five spoons of olive or flax oil.
• Semolina mass – grind a couple of spoons of semolina and three spoons 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. Spent coffee can be poured into your favorite shower product. Or mix with sour cream, cream, kefir.

• Coconut – mix 4 spoons of drunk coffee, a spoon cocoa-powder and a spoonful of heated coconut oil.
• Oil – combine 15 ml of olive or sunflower oil, 120 g of sea salt and 130 g of coffee grounds.
• Clay –   100 g dry clay(pink, white, black, green) dilute 20 ml of water, then add 60 g of ground coffee.
• Yogurt peeling – combine natural yogurt without additives and coffee grounds. For greater 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. However, 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 scrub oil

For more nutrition and hydration, you can add various oils to the peeling. They deeply nourish the skin, making 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, loose skin, cellulite. You can use regular oils: coconut, olive, sunflower, almond, wheat germ, jojoba. Essential you need to select according to smell and effect, for example, citrus oils will help in the fight against orange peel.

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 youth of the epidermis, removing fine wrinkles and smoothing the skin.

You can use a variety of spices for 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 zest.
• Mint – pour boiling water over fresh mint, leave for 30 minutes, add a glass of granulated sugar to the infusion. If desired, you can add essential peppermint oil.
• Oatmeal – finely grind oatmeal, pour in heated vegetable oil. You can also combine the flakes with ground rice and olive oil.
• Sugar-oat peeling - mix 4 spoons of granulated sugar, a spoonful of almond oil, a few drops of lemon oil, orange oil, a couple of spoons of oatmeal, a few mashed 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 pulp. ylang-ylang.
• For spices, mix equal parts ground black pepper, olive oil, fine salt and cinnamon powder.