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How to Beautify
Your Body with Organic Scrubs When on a Budget
by Louise Forrest |
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Homemade organic body scrubs are
just one of the many ways you can treat yourself to excellent
skin care without spa prices. With these scrubs, not only will
your skin be cleansed and exfoliated, but regular use improves
circulation and pulls toxins from the skin.
In the following 7 recipes, it is important to
use organic ingredients so that you are not absorbing other toxins
through the skin. Most ingredients can be found in health food
stores and are readily available online. ALL of these scrubs
should be used in the bath or shower and should be followed by
patting your skin dry and applying an organic moisturizer for
overall skin care.
Awesome
Dry Skin Scrub
This mixture
should be made up and stored in a quarter sized airtight container
(Mason Jars are great) for easy use when you want it. You will
just need to take about 3/4 cup and mix with enough distilled
water to make a paste when you are ready to use it in the shower,
gently rubbing over your body.
Ingredients
tablespoons organic almond meal
4 cups organic chickpea flour
2
cups organic dry milk powder
1 1/2 teaspoons
rose essential oil (essential oils can be found in health food
stores and on the internet, just be sure that they are produced
from organically produced base plants) |
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Apple fresh Body Scrub
This organic skin scrub should be made up at least
10 hours before use, but not longer than 1 week. Two applications
are made with this recipe, allowing you to use one soon and one
at the end of the week. In a large, microwave safe bowl, warm
the cream (10 to 20 seconds). Add ingredients in the following
order and stir with each one added: apple juice, honey, oats,
tapioca, Epsom Salt, lavender oil, and lemon peel oil. Pour into
airtight container and refrigerate for at least 10 hours before
first use.
Ingredients
2 cup Epsom salts
1/2 cup freshly
juiced organic apple juice
1 teaspoon organic
lavender essential oil
1/2 teaspoon organic
lemon peel essential oil
2 tablespoons organic
honey
1/2 cup organic tapioca pearls
1/4 cup organic whole rolled oats, crush slightly
by pounding while in a zippered storage bag
3/4
cup organic whipping cream
Invigorating
Renewal Scrub
This scrub
is revitalizing for both your skin and your energy level. The
recipe makes enough for two applications and should be used within
10 days of creation. Mix all ingredients well and store in refrigerator.
Ingredients
2
cups organic chopped oats
Organic essential
oils: 4 drops peppermint, 3 drops eucalyptus
2/3
cup organic moisturizer (our homemade milk lotions are great
for this)
2 cups Epsom Salt
Lemony Sweet Brown Sugar Scrub
This scrub should be mixed just prior to use because
the sugar crystals break down too quickly for later use. It is
from these crystals that you get the exfoliating properties.
Ingredients
1/2
cup organic brown sugar
1 1/2 cups organic
grape seed oil
1/2 cup organic grated lemon
peel
Lemon Fresh Body Scrub
Lemon juice is the major
attraction in this recipe as it not only rejuvenates the skin;
it detoxifies it. Like all sugar recipes, these ingredients should
be mixed just prior to use because the sugar crystals will break
down quickly.
Ingredients
3/4 cup organic sugar
Fresh
juice from 1 organic lemon
1 1/2 cups organic
olive oil
Creamy Orange Body
Scrub
This is another sugar
recipe, so remember to mix all ingredients just before use and
do not attempt to store it. The use of cream in this recipe is
a great moisture help, so enjoy! Massage this mixture onto your
body and allow to sit for about 15 minutes before you shower.
It works best when applied in a steamy bathroom.
Ingredients
Organic essential
oils: 8 drops orange and 2 drops jojoba
3 tablespoons
heavy organic cream
3/4 cup sugar
Tutti Frutti Body Scrub
This is an excellent summer scrub for combating
those drying effects of the sun. Due to preservation issues and
the fact that the Epsom Salt will dissolve quickly, you should
mix this just prior to use. Apply prior to turning shower on,
but while standing in the bathtub. Massage over body thoroughly,
preferably with a body puff, then rinse in warm shower. This
works as a cleanser, so you will not need to cleanse your body
after using this scrub.
1
1/2 teaspoons pure organic vanilla extract
3
tablespoons organic vegetable oil
2 teaspoons
organic vitamin E oil
Ingredients
1/2 cup Aloe Vera pulp (taken directly from
plant)
3 teaspoons Epsom Salt
1/4
cup organic facial cleanser
1 peeled guava
(put through food processor or mashed if soft enough)
1 peeled kiwi (mashed)
Tutti
Frutti Body Scrub
This is
an excellent summer scrub for combating those drying effects
of the sun. Due to preservation issues and the fact that the
Epsom Salt will dissolve quickly, you should mix this just prior
to use. Apply prior to turning shower on, but while standing
in the bathtub.
Massage over
body thoroughly, preferably with a body puff, then rinse in warm
shower. This works as a cleanser, so you will not need to cleanse
your body after using this scrub.
1
1/2 teaspoons pure organic vanilla extract
3
tablespoons organic vegetable oil
2 teaspoons
organic vitamin E oil |
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Article Posted: July 2, 2010 |
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