DIY Body Scrubs

Body scrubs are: easy to use and fast, easy to do at home, so it is very “green” and economical. You might not know, but this practice that seems so modern in fact was already known in Ancient Greece and the Middle East,

it was a cleansing ritual to be performed before prayer: they were rubbing the body with water and sand.  The body scrub should be used in the shower: you take a shower, rinse the skin and massage the mixture (without rubbing strong as if it were of sandpaper). Then rinse with warm water and a dry once you apply a moisturizer (otherwise necessary skin is dry lot).

DIY Body scrubs

Fast body scrub (regenerating, purifying and detox)

The evening approaches, your skin is screaming “free me from this tortoise shell” or the plane will depart soon, there is still to do the suitcases and relatives expect a fresh and young girl not the mummy of Ramses. Do not panic!

Ingredients:

6 tablespoons sugar

1 tablespoon honey

1 teaspoon olive oil

Lemon juice as needed

Stir vigorously all the ingredients, using lemon juice to mix everything. If the skin is sensitive use salt or bicarbonate (in this case use less lemon juice). If there is no lemon it is fine orange.

Soft body scrub

If the skin is very delicate and it takes something light but the regenerate, try this soft body scrub:

Ingredients:

5 tablespoons of sea salt

Olive oil as needed

Mix well and apply gently massages. You can replace the olive oil with the almond or linseed oil.

Cellulite Body Scrub

This body scrub DIY is a true miracle, help us defeat cellulite.

Ingredients:

Half a cup of coffee powder

Half a cup of yogurt

Olive oil as needed

2 drops of essential oil of geranium, or bitter orange (optional)

Blend the ingredients and massage on targeted areas. Leave on for 20 minutes and rinse.

Body scrubs with cocoa and honey

Want to cuddle after a day or want to regenerated and perfumed skin, here is the body scrub DIY chocolate.

Ingredients:

5 tablespoons of sugar or baking soda

5 tablespoons of cocoa powder

1 tablespoon honey

1 tablespoon sweet almond oil

Mix well until a grainy paste and apply after shower. Massage a long time, leave on for 10 minutes and rinse with warm water.

Body Scrub for a perfect tan

This body scrub DIY serves more than ever, but it is difficult not to also remove the tan. Quiet, here’s the solution:

An aloe leaf

3 tablespoons of baking soda

1 tablespoon honey

1 teaspoon of cocoa butter or shea butter

First wash and clean the aloe leaf, or remove all the green part, then mix the pulp. Mix remaining ingredients and rub very gently on the skin. CAUTION: Do not use the scrub on sunburn, sunburn and skin rashes.

Body scrub sugar-based

In a perfectly clean and dry container put five tablespoons of sugar (preferably brown). Now add 50 ml of sweet almond oil and mix together. The sweet almond oil is particularly recommended because it hydrates and nourishes the skin gently. Once you have mixed everything, you just need to apply the scrub on your skin and gently massage to remove dead cells.

Oriental body scrub

Here is a body scrub DIY, excellent for regenerating the skin for summer.

Ingredients:

1 tablespoon of coconut oil or coconut butter

1 natural yogurt

6 tablespoons of sugar or baking soda

2 teaspoons cinnamon

1 teaspoon honey

Mix the ingredients and massage into damp skin, the smell that emanates is fantastic and the result even better: skin clean, soft and radiant.