It's almost here ladies and gents! The long days of warm summer sun and cool frosty drinks...ahhh I get excited just thinking about it! I am especially looking forward to hitting the beach this summer, a well deserved treat after 14 months dedicated to school. Mmm hmmm.
So to get ready, I thought I would try my hand at a homemade sugar scrub. Lately, my skin has been feeling great since I totally ditched lotion for 100% pure Grapeseed Oil. I LOVE it! But we could all use an exfoliant to shed that layer of "winter skin" before we don our shorts, bathing suits, and tanks.
Here's one recipe I found that I think I will try first:
- 50 percent white cane sugar (note that organic sucanat, while the best choice for food, doesn’t work as well for this recipe)
- 50 percent vegetable glycerin to moisten the sugar (or some kind of oil since which can be a successful substitute)
- Small amounts of aloe vera gel, vitamin C crystals, or anything healing that dissolves in water
- 1 or 2 drops of essential oil if desired (Larry recommends combining orange and lavender)
I have all the ingredients above from the hair mix I made a few weeks back....so I won't feel any PJ guilt, lol. But, I think I might use EVOO instead of GSO becasue the GSO is much more expensive. I will never buys this from anyone ever again now that I can make my own!
Check out these other links for more sugar scrub recipes:
http://www.recipezaar.com/Simple-Sugar-Scrub-92027
http://www.cancerlynx.com/bodyscrub.html
http://tipnut.com/homemade-sugar-scrub-recipes/
And for those of you who are visual learners (like me!):
Do you have any special summer treats you concoct yourself? If so...do share!
This post came right on time. I just finished the last bit of my burt bees citrus facial scrub and I will give this a try-Thanks!
ReplyDeleteCurrently I use a concoction of lemon juice, tumeric and honey for blemishes-I noticed that the few blemishes I have, have lightened up.
I have heard to use lemon for blemishes. Good to know!
ReplyDeleteGreat recipes - I've been using one from Mixology and it seems to be working great on my dark spots - honey, nutmeg and cinnamon mixed to form a paste. You are supposed to use it as a spot treatment on dark spots/blemishes to fade them.
ReplyDeleteI've also added bentonite clay to the mixt to make a mask. Once the clay/honey mixture starts to dry I gently begin to rinse with warm water which turns the mask into a scrub - then I finish rinsing with cool water. I was also thinking about adding lemon juice to the clay and honey mixture.
thank you for sharing the recipes:)
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