Make Your Own Body Scrub

Exfoliating your skin is an important part of our beauty regime that easily gets overlooked. It’s great for your skin, when done properly. When you exfoliate, you remove the dead skin cells from the outer layer of your skin. There are several products available out there and devices that are marketed directly for skin exfoliation. An at-home all natural body scrub is all one needs. Use it once a week, depending on your skin type. It is always important you test it on a small area of your skin first, since everyone’s skin is different. After exfoliating apply your favorite body lotion to seal in the moisture. Exfoliation is important all year but with the dryer months ahead it is vital for your skins health.

The body scrub recipes below are all natural and you are going to apply them with your hands, massaging the mixture into your skin. They’re very gentle and no tools are required. After mixed, you can store it in a Tupperware container, Ziplock bag or I prefer mason jars (because they’re cute). It will last up to a month, remix it before you apply each week to blend everything together again.  These two are my favorites.

Lemongrass Sugar Body Scrub

½ cup brown sugar

½ cup coconut oil in solid form

1 tablespoon of salt

Couple drops of lemongrass essential oil (amazon.com or your local health store)

Chocolate Body Scrub

1 cup loosely packed brown sugar

1/2 cup coconut oil (in solid form)

2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder

1 tablespoon of jojoba oil