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| My homemade Vanilla Sugar Face and Body Scrub |
Ugh, winter skin. Need I say more?
You can do something about it without a trip to the beach, the spa, or even the mall.
Creating and customizing your own Lip, Face and Body Scrub is easy and fun. The main ingredient? Sugar!
Yes! Sugar (when used externally) is alpha-hydroxy rich which promotes healthy glowing skin.
Sugar scrubs gently clean and exfoliate, promote healthy circulation, moisturize and soften the skin. They eliminate the need for separate body wash and moisturizer, and are far less dehydrating than salt scrubs.
Making your own bath and body products from natural, food-based ingredients means no yucky toxins absorbed into the skin or harming the environment. You'd be surprised how many commonly used cosmetics you can make at home. Check out these
15 DIY Beauty Recipes from Food-based Ingredients from Care2.
This Sugar Scrub is safe for all skin types and gentle enough for use on body, face, and even lips.
What you need:
1/2 cup sugar. You can use white sugar, raw sugar, brown sugar, whatever you've got.
2 Tbsp. oil. My favorite is coconut but any will work.
1 tsp. vanilla extract (optional).
You are welcome to use essential oils instead, but I like to use food grade extracts for this recipe. For one thing, they're less expensive. After all, you're just going to rub this on your skin and wash it down the drain. And second, they're edible.. you know... ummm... just in case a little bit of your sweet, yummy smelling lip scrub
accidentally gets past your lips...
What to do:
- Mix the sugar, oil and vanilla together with a fork or your fingers.
- Put it in a non-breakable container. (No glass or ceramics in the shower please.)
- Gently scrub all over wet skin a little bit at a time.
- Rinse off and pat yourself dry.
This recipe makes enough for two full-body scrubs. Enjoy!
