Homemade Body Scrubs

Here are homemade body scrub recipes nourishing and leaving your skin soft and rejuvenated. They also act stimulating, increasing the blood flow and stimulating the deeper skin layers.

The ingredients can be found easily in the kitchen or supermarket.

Yummy chocolate body scrub recipe

Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons of cocoa powder
• 1 cup of brown sugar
• 1 tespoon of vanilla oil (extract will work)
• Olive oil as needed (you could use vegetable oil too, but not if you have oily skin)

Preparation

• Mix all the ingredients except for olive oil.
• Start adding olive oil, gradually until the mixture starts looking like a paste
• It should be applied on moist skin, the best time is after you took a shower. It will help the skin cells slough off faster.
• Use circular motion and massage gently using your fingertips.
• Rinse off with warm water.

Coffee body scrub recipes

Recently, ground coffee has been recognized as an excellent way to treat and prevent cellulite. Use it in any body scrub that contains oatmeal, add a tablespoon or so.

Ingredients

• 2 cups of ground coffee
• 1/2 cup of sugar or sea salt
• 2-3 tablespoons of massage oil of your choice

Preparation

 

Mix all the ingredients. Start off by taking a quick, warm shower. Then, start applying the scrub, gently massaging the skin. Rinse off with luke warm water.

Orange body scrub

Ingredients

• 1 cup dried orange peel
• 1 cup of cooked oatmeal
• 1 cup of almonds

Preparation

Use a blender or food processor to combine all the ingredients
To make this mix more like a paste, scoop up some and add a few drops of warm water
Rub the mix and rinse well when done.

Banana Body Sugar Scrub

Ingredients
1 ripe banana
3 tablespoons granulated sugar
¼ teaspoon pure vanilla extract or your favorite essential oil (optional)

Preparation

Mash ingredients together with a fork into a chunky paste. Do not overmix or it will become too watery. If you want a banana scrub for your face, reserve some of the banana and mash it separately without sugar.

In the shower, before turning the water on, slather the sugar mixture and gently massage over your body. For your face, gently massage plain banana there, avoiding the eye area.

Rinse off with warm water.

Tips for an enjoyable body scrub experience

Hold a small towel as if drying off to rub the mixture into hard to reach areas like your back.

If you are using body scrubs with oil in them, they can be a bit messy so do them in the shower. Take care to avoid slipping.

If you are not using a scrub with oil in it you can apply it while standing in the bath. I sometimes take a long bath to soften my skin and then stand up and apply the scrub. Rinse off in the bath and then have a shower to get rid of any residue.

Never rub too hard as you may damage your skin. Just a firm even pressure is enough.