DIY Make a Body Scrub Cleanser

Natural Skin Care For Deep Cleansing And Soft Skin

© Kim DeLeary

Making your own body scrub is easy. You can whip up a spa quality body scrub with just a few ingredients. Use this natural skin care recipe to cleanse and exfoliate.

Body Scrub For Skin Care

Body scrubs are a spa experience you can create at home. Remove dry flakes and revitalize the skin's appearance. Use fine or gentle exfoliate ingredients for frequent use and rough textures for elbows, hands, knees and legs. Making your own body scrub is very easy to do. You should only make enough for one use or at most four uses. Use a scrub to deep cleanse once or twice a week. The recipe is simply half-and-half of a wet ingredient and a exfoliate ingredient.

Wet Scrub Base And Dry Exfoliate Ingredients

You can make your own body scrub from the ingredients you may have on hand already. You will blend A wet base ingredient with a dry exfoliate ingredient to make a natural scrub. The wet base ingredient is either an oil, vegetable butter or liquid soap. You can even use vegetable shortening for this recipe.

Exfoliate ingredients include sea salt, epsom salt, white sugar, brown sugar, cornmeal and oatmeal. If you are on a salt or sugar restricted diet, you should try the scrub made with the oatmeal or cornmeal. This is because the skin absorbs the salt or sugar from the body scrub..

Make Small Amounts

The best amount to make of a body scrub is just enough for immediate use. This is because the fresher the ingredients, the more benefits they have to offer to the skin. A one-time use amounts to about two tablespoons. Any more than two tablespoons of an oily product will produce a dangerously slippery area in the shower when you are rinsing the scrub off.

Keep Your Natural Scrub Moisture Free After Blending The Formula

When a body scrub is used in a steamy bathroom, there is a chance that moisture could get into the formula. The addition of water into the product will reduce its shelf life. Fingers should also be kept away from the formula because of the potential for the presence of bacteria. It is important to use an applicator or scoop, if you do make a larger recipe.

Wet Scrub Base And Dry Exfoliate Ingredients

Making a body scrub is easy because it only requires two main ingredients. You can use an oil, vegetable butter or liquid soap as a scrub base ingredient for exfoliate ingredients. For a one-time use, mix one tablespoon each of a wet scrub base and dry exfoliate ingredient. If you want to make more than that, only make a four-use batch with four tablespoons of each of the wet scrub and exfoliate ingredient or ingredients. The shelf life of this recipe is about one month. You should only use a body scrub once a week. You can customize your scrub with the addition of herbs and aloe vera gel. Other ingredients to consider adding include clay and seaweed.

Natural Body Cleanser

It will take you a minute to make any fresh and natural body scrub recipe. A body scrub is a great home spa treatment because it cleanses, invigorates and softens the skin. You will notice how much smoother your skin is after just one use. With regular use, the appearance of your skin will be improved. Do not use on broken or sensitive skin. This natural skin care recipe is a favorite because it is so easy and effective to use.


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