Body Scrub Recipes

Exfoliation is a very important part of taking care of one's skin, and is an essential habit that both men and women need to form as part of their daily skin care routine. Exfoliating one's skin is the act of rubbing against the top layer of either your facial or body skin, a coarse agent that offers friction that is gently applied by the user, and not rubbed harshly against the skin surface. The purpose of doing this at least twice a week, is to help get rid of dead skin cells, cutting down the chances of having blemishes whilst also eliminating clogged pores.

It keeps one's skin healthy, smooth, glowing and above all, clean. Learn how you can make a scrub at home using on-hand ingredients at home, instead of always shelling out money on skincare products of the sort. You can always keep these stowed away in containers for later use, so that you don't have to worry about making these repeatedly.

How to Exfoliate Your Skin

For those of you who aren't familiar with how to exfoliate skin, just keep in mind that it is important how you do this to avoid reddening and other damages that you can cause to your skin.

• When you exfoliate, your skin has to be slightly damp before you apply the scrub to your face/body.
• Work your way into the skin in small and wide circles for your face, and up and down hand movements for your body, with areas like the stomach, buttocks, thighs, arms and legs exfoliated in a circular fashion.
• Don't apply too much pressure while exfoliating your face since skin here is extremely sensitive. You can although apply more force when doing your body, but go easy on yourself if you have sensitive skin.
• Keep exfoliating your skin for about 5-10 minutes (depending on where you're doing it), moving slowly and widening your surface area as time lapses.
• Then after you're done, use lukewarm water to wash off the scrub, and then gently dry off.

Easy-to-Prepare Body Scrub Recipes

You'll find different ways on how to put together some homemade body scrub so that you can use these whenever that time of the week arises for a glorious shower session. There are sugar / salt scrub recipes that provide for you coarse ingredient choices while exfoliating.

Recipe 1

What You'll Need:

• 3 tablespoons of white sugar (granulated)
• 2 tablespoons of castor oil
• 2 tablespoons of yogurt
• 2 eggs

Method of Preparation:

Mix the ingredients together until you have a consistent mix of all the contents, without any lumps forming. These provide immediate concoctions for skin exfoliation using ingredients that you cannot store away. The best way to get this done is to make it just before you step into the shower.

Recipe 2

What You'll Need:

• 2 tablespoons of honey
• 3 tablespoons of sea salt
• 2 tablespoons of baby oil
• ½ cup of crushed mint leaves
• 2 eggs

Method of Preparation:

Nicely blend all the ingredients together until you've achieved a desirable mix of all the above contents. You can use a pumice stone to help exfoliating tough skin surfaces like under the feet, your heels and back. You can gently do this for exfoliating skin on your underarms if you have a problem with darkened skin in that area.

Recipe 3

What You'll Need:

• 1 cup oatmeal
• ½ cup granulated sugar
• 2 tablespoons of sugar
• ½ cup almond oil
• ½ cup of lavender extract (oil based)

Method of Preparation:

Mix all your ingredients and make sure it has a good portion of each element; if you feel that it isn't stiff enough, you can add more of the oil or pour in some extra honey to make it thicker. Using the aforementioned exfoliating techniques, clean your body thoroughly and then rinse off whatever is on you, with lukewarm water.

The exfoliating body scrub ingredients mentioned above recipes are meant for one time use only, although some can be stored away depending on the shelf life of the elements you put into it. These homemade scrubs serve their purpose well for those who either run out of it, or don't have one. You can always look for other ways on how to make just as similar rejuvenating and aromatic scrub, to keep your body fresh, and pampered every time you set out on an exfoliation session.