Body Scrub
Body Scrub
Scrubbers are used for ex-foliating the dead skin and tissues from the body. It also helps to open up the clogged pores and remove the dirt from the skin. This will help you to keep your skin healthy. Oily skin requires scrubbing once in a week while dry skin needs it only twice a month. Here are some home made body scrubbers that you can practice easily.
Home Made Body Scrubber
Chickpea Powder
For people having oily skin chickpea scrubber is an ideal one. Take four tablespoon chickpea powder and to this add half teaspoon turmeric powder, some drops of milk and rose water to get a thick paste. Then rub this paste on the entire body and leave it for sometime. When the paste began to dry then again do circular motions over the skin to ex-foliate. For dry skinned people substitute the milk with cream .
Wheat Husk Scrub
The flakes of wheat that is formed while making wheat flour is a good ex-foliating agent. Wheat porridge is also ideal. Take a bowl and add half cup of wheat porridge or wheat husks. Add one tablespoon milk and one tablespoon honey to the bowl and mix them well to get a thick paste. Spread this paste on the body and ex-foliate the skin with circular motions for about five minutes. Then rinse off with water to get a soft and glowing skin.
Salt and Sugar Scrub
Combine two cups each of sugar and salt with one cup of sweet almond oil. Instead of almond oil you can also use olive oil and grape seed oil. Then add thirty drops of lavender oil to this mixture and combine well. Try to avoid all those stimulating essential oil like spearmint oil, peppermint oil etc as it may irritate the skin. Apply the scrubber on the skin and ex-foliate with strong rubbing and then rinse off with cool water.
Tomato and Rice Scrub
Take finely chopped tomatoes and make a puree and keep it aside. Immerse some rice in water for 30 minutes and grind it to a coarse paste. Then mix the rice paste with the tomato puree and apply it on the body. Allow it to be on the body for 20 minutes and then remove it with circular scrubbing motions. Rinse off the paste with warm water.
Use scrubbers and keep your skin healthy and smooth.
