The best way to maintain healthy looking, glowing skin is to use a body scrub. It will remove all the dead skin from your body and expose the skin that lies underneath. There are so many body scrub in the market but why spend money on an artificial, potentially chemical laden body scrubs, when you can make your own at home? Natural body scrubs are gentler on your skin, so they are very good if you have sensitive skin, and they cost next to nothing to make.
Here are some effective body scrubs you can make in the comfort of your home.
Honey and sugar body scrub: Here is a really simple, yet very effective homemade body scrub that you can make from 100% natural ingredients. Simply mix some honey and sugar into a paste, and rub gently over the body. The sugar granules will gently remove any dead skin and the honey will nourish and hydrate it. Honey also has antibacterial and anti-fungal properties, so it will help clear up any minor skin infections too. You will need granulated sugar and raw honey.
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Tan-fail fixing body scrub: If you have ever applied self-tanner and ended up with orange blotches and streaks, then here’s a homemade body scrub recipe that will fix it for you. Just mix up the ingredients and scrub gently over the affected areas of skin, and the citric acid contained in the lemons will tone down the darker patches. You will need 3 tablespoons of raw honey, 2 tablespoons of olive oil, 4 tablespoons of sugar and juice of one lemon.
The simplest body scrub of them all: Everyone has these ingredients in their kitchen, and this is one of the most popular homemade body scrub recipes of them all. For an all over skin softening and moisturizing body scrub, simply mix sugar and some olive oil into a paste. It will scrub away the dead skin cells and soften and rehydrate your skin at the same time. You will need sugar and olive oil.
Coffee grounds and olive oil body scrub: Coffee grounds make an excellent ingredient in a homemade body scrub, because, as well as exfoliating the skin, the caffeine in the coffee can also plump up the skin and reduce the appearance of cellulite. Here’s a great recipe for a coffee ground body scrub that will save you a fortune on those, expensive, caffeine based, cellulite treatments. You will need 3 tablespoons of coconut oil, 2 tablespoon of olive oil and equal parts of raw sugar and ground coffee.
