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You no longer have to buy an expensive product in the store.
Body scrubbing is an easy way to remove dead skin cells and leave your skin looking radiant and smooth. The use of scrubs has been known since antiquity: even during the reign of Cleopatra, the remedy was a success. The main advantage of scrubs is an instant effect. Unlike peels, abrasive particles quickly deal with dead cells, due to this, a quick result is achieved.
Today, you can often find a variety of scrubs on store shelves: from the cheapest to the most expensive. However, an effective scrub can also be made at home! The advantages are that with minimal investment, you can create products of various compositions and include in the composition those active additives that your skin needs (for example, in a given season, the needs for care will differ). Especially for the readers of Wday.ru, an expert in home soap making and handmade cosmetics, as well as co-founder of the “Inventors” brand, Lyubov Scheneman will tell you how to make useful care products without leaving your home.
At home, everyone has at hand sugar, salt и ground coffee… This set of abrasives is perfect as a base for a home scrub. The simplest scrubs are done in one go. Usually this is a duo of abrasive and oil. However, these scrubs are not suitable for all skin types: the oil leaves a bar on the body, this can cause acne and clogged pores.
For this reason, it is worth adding to scrubs creamy soap base… It is as easy to obtain as any abrasive. There is a soap base in all available marketplaces, as well as in creative stores and for soap makers.
Summer Evening Body Scrub Recipe
Creamy soap base – 100 g;
Sugar – 200 gr;
Olive oil – 15 gr;
Peppermint essential oil – 2 gr.
1. Place the creamy base in a warm place for 20-25 minutes.
2. Combine creamy soap base, sugar and olive oil.
3. Add a few drops of peppermint essential oil and stir.
4. Distribute the composition over the body, paying attention to problem areas, rinse off after 5-7 minutes.
Espresso body scrub recipe
Creamy soap base – 100 g;
Ground coffee – 100 gr;
Coconut oil – 20 gr;
1. Place the creamy base in a warm place for 20-25 minutes.
2. Combine all ingredients.
3. Distribute the composition over the body, paying attention to problem areas, rinse off after 5-7 minutes.
Salt Tenderness Body Scrub Recipe
Creamy soap base – 100 g;
Edible salt – 200 gr;
Coconut oil – 30 gr;
Cosmetic perfume – 2 gr.
1. Place the creamy base in a warm place for 20-25 minutes.
2. Combine a creamy soap base, salt and coconut oil in a liquid state.
3. Add any cosmetic fragrance to the composition and mix.
4. Distribute the composition over the body, paying attention to problem areas, rinse off after 5-7 minutes.
Cappuccino body scrub recipe
Creamy soap base – 100 g;
Ground coffee – 100 gr;
Avocado oil – 20 g;
Fragrance cosmetic “coffee” – 2 gr.
1. Place the creamy base in a warm place for 20-25 minutes.
2. Combine a creamy soap base, coffee and avocado oil.
3. Add any cosmetic fragrance to the composition and mix.
4. Distribute the composition over the body, paying attention to problem areas, rinse off after 5-7 minutes.
After Sun Body Scrub Recipe
Creamy soap base – 50 g;
Coconut oil – 20 gr;
Sugar – 30 gr;
Tea tree essential oil – 1 gr.
1. Place the creamy base in a warm place for 20-25 minutes.
2. Combine a creamy soap base, sugar and coconut oil in a liquid state.
3. Add a drop of tea tree and stir.
4. Distribute the composition over the body, paying attention to problem areas, rinse off after 5-7 minutes.
It is also important to know:
home scrub can be stored for 1 to 3 months;
we must not forget that the skin needs natural protection, which is produced by the subcutaneous glands. That is why her do not scrub more than 2 times a week;
the scrub should be applied exclusively to damp, steamed skin so as not to harm it. Then its effect will be maximum!
Expert, Daria Vertinskaya