Body Scrub

by Constance Seng

Body scrub is a great way to help your skin become healthier. The process of exfoliation is beneficial because it basically strips away your dead skin cells (consider the word exfoliate, foliage which is leaves, then ex them, or cut them away). You can make your own body scrub easily and inexpensively with simple household items and use them exactly like the body scrub you would use from the store.

Three essential components of your homemade body scrub are: exfoliators, carrier oils and essential oils.

A good body scrub recipe to try is mixing sea salt with olive oil. Allow this mixture to soak into your skin, massage the body scrub in and then rinse it away.

Another great recipe is combining eight cups of Kosher salt, two cups of avocado, a teaspoon of jojoba oil, one cup of apricot oil, one cup of unsweetened cocoa (you can use a fourth of a cup of freeze dried coffee crystals), and two tablespoons of vanilla extract honey to keep the texture of the body scrub smooth.

Another recipe for a body scrub is taking two teaspoons of brown sugar, two teaspoons ground oats, two teaspoons of aloe vera gel, one teaspoon of honey, one teaspoon of freshly squeezed lemon juice and one teaspoon of almond oil. This will easily remove dead and flaky skin.

All of these recipes have the three components in common. They have a product that will strip away the dead skin cells. They all have a product that will replenish the skin with essential oils. Each recipe also has protective oils for the skin as well. Any of these recipes are effective.

Body scrubs are excellent for removing dead flaky skin. After a couple days of sunburn when the skin is itchy, just use a body scrub and you can get rid of the irritants. It will be a relief to your sanity to not have to deal with the itching for long. The results of the body scrub will also be visible on your skin making it smoother and softer to the touch.