Homemade Body Scrub Recipe

Exfoliation of the skin is necessary to get rid of the dead cells present on it. Body scrubs are nothing but exfoliating mixtures that help to remove the dead cells on the skin and also expose the fresh smooth new layer of skin. Skin exfoliation makes your skin healthy and adds that natural glow to your body. Though you can buy ready-made body scrubs from a cosmetic shop, preparing homemade body scrub is quite easy. Exfoliant, fragrance and oil, are three basic ingredients of any body scrub. Rice, sugar and salt are examples of exfoliants used in body scrubs. Essential oils are used for fragrance and oils like almond oil or jojoba oil are used as carrier oils. All these ingredients are easily available and hence, making homemade body scrub is very simple and easy. Given below are such simple homemade body scrub recipes.

Recipe #1

Ingredients

• Coarse brown sugar - 1 cup
• Liquefied coconut oil - ½ cup
• Pure vanilla extract - 1 teaspoon
• Pure coconut extract - ½ teaspoon
• Unsweetened dark cocoa powder - 3 tablespoons

Directions

To prepare this, take a small bowl and combine oil, sugar and coconut extract. You can adjust the amount of ingredients to achieve required consistency or texture of the mixture. Then gently add the cocoa powder to the mixture and transfer the mixture to a small plastic jar. Refrigerate the glass jar and your homemade body scrub is ready to use.

Recipe #2

Ingredients

• Plain instant oatmeal - 1 cup
• Honey - ½ cup
• Egg white - 1

Directions

To prepare this homemade body scrub for dry skin, take a mixing bowl and add oats to it. Crush the oats using the back of a spoon. Combine honey and egg white to crushed oats and mix the ingredients thoroughly. Apply this mixture properly to the skin and rub it for about 2 minutes. Then leave the scrub to dry for a while and rinse it off with water. Avoid using this scrub on sunburn skin.

Recipe #3

Ingredients

• Almond oil - ½ cup
• Sea salt - 1 cup
• Essential oil - 5 to 15 drops

Directions

This is one of the best homemade body scrubs that can be used as an inexpensive exfoliating scrub at home. Take a small bowl and put salt in it. Then combine almond oil to it and mix the ingredients with a wooden stick. Mix until you attain a good smooth texture, but see that it is not too oily. Then gently combine drops of essential oil to this mixture and mix them together. You can use this homemade body scrub once in a week.

Recipe #4

Ingredients

• White sugar - ½ cup
• Coconut milk - 3 tablespoons
• Jojoba oil - 3 tablespoons
• Fresh papaya - ½ cup
• Guava - ½ cup

Directions

Take a bowl and combine sugar, jojoba and coconut milk in it. Then puree papaya and guava in a food processor and transfer this puree into the sugar-oil mixture. Take a exfoliating brush and run it over your body and rinse off in shower. With the help of a towel, pat dry your skin and apply the mixture on your body. Leave it for 5 to 20 minutes and rinse the scrub with warm water.

These were some simple recipes to make body scrub at home. So, what are you waiting for, gather all the ingredients required for making homemade body scrub, use it and get a nice glow on your skin. Good Luck!