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Homemade Body
Scrub
by Kamen Loze |
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Natural care for your skin is so
important. There are chemicals in everything these days, from
the food we eat, to the air we breathe. Creating your own homemade
skin care products is a simply way that you can reduce your exposure
to them, and its fairly simple to do. You really do not need
special equipment to get started and in many cases, a bowl and
some measuring devices will suffice. The most important thing
you need are quality products and great recipes, both which you
can easily obtain.
Most scrub
recipes include ingredients that soften the skin, open the pores,
moisturize and heal the skin surface. Whether you're prone to
breakouts on your chest or back, ingrown hairs, or itchy dry
patches, a homemade body scrub can be made tailored especially
for you. When applied in a gentle, circular motion to the skin
while showering on a regular basis, you will quickly notice the
difference in how your skin looks and feels. |
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Mineral oils can clog the pores
and I find vegetable oil is a little heavy for my tastes and
can sometimes leave the skin feeling a little greasy after bathing.
Grape seed oil, however, is easily absorbed through the skin.
It is even used in a lot of modern massage oils and that is recommendation
enough for me. My second choice would be sweet almond oil, with
olive oil sliding up a close third behind it.
Coffee is widely used in scrub recipes not only
for its granular properties but more importantly for its additional
properties that are beneficial. Coffee grounds applied topically
helps fight cellulite by redistributing the fat cells. Caffeine
is a very popular ingredient in commercial cellulite formulas.
It is thought to draw out excess moisture from between the fat
cells helping to minimize the ripple appearance of cellulite.
It also has properties that are beneficial to painful varicose
veins.
Ingredients
Brown sugar: 1½ cups
Honey: 1 tablespoon
Jojoba
oil: ½ cup
Liquid soap:
¼ cup
Preparation
Place the brown sugar in a medium-size
bowl. Add the honey, jojoba oil and liquid soap. Mix all the
ingredients thoroughly.
Usage
Warm up your bathroom, then dry
the bathtub and line it with towels. Get into the tub and gently
massage the scrub all over your body, from neck to toes. After
applying the body scrub, remove the towels from the bathtub and
rinse the scrub from the skin with warm water. As the jojoba
oil can make the tub slippery, always be careful when stepping
out of the bathtub. |
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