Sometimes, you want to treat yourself and your skin to a delicious and exfoliating scrub when you’re in the shower, yet you have no product left at home. Do not fear, ladies. There are plenty of household products that you can use to make a homemade scrub. When you use ingredients found at home, you know what you’re putting onto your body, which is just one of the many benefits of using a homemade scrub. Curious about what goes into some of these homemade body scrubs? Check out some recipes below, find your favorite and try it out.
Lavender Scrub- To make a lavender scrub, here’s what you need: 2 cups of sugar, 1 cup of grape seed oil, and 12 drops of lavender essential oil. Mix all the ingredients together and store it in a jar at home for a relaxing scrub that you can use and reuse.
Coffee Scrub- Rubbing coffee ground on the areas of your body where you have visible cellulite can help to reduce the look of it, so this scrub should be helpful if that’s what you’re looking for. Here’s what you’ll need: a cup of coconut oil, a half-cup of sugar, a third cup of ground coffee, and two to three tablespoons of olive oil. Again, mix your ingredients and use in the shower. Enjoy!
Lip Scrub- For a homemade lip scrub, mix together 4 tsp of brown sugar, 3 tsp of coconut oil, and some drops peppermint essential oil. Keep your lips fresh and smooth with this scrub that’s so easy to make.
Use any variation of these ingredients along with other essential oils and to create a scrub perfect for you.