There are plenty of simple DIY body scrubs recipes that you can easily make at home. To get more beautiful and glowing skin, you can either spend a fortune on exfoliators, or you can use simple ingredients to make your own. Further you'll find the infographic with all our super-easy recipes!
1 - Banana Sugar Body Scrub
Coconut butter - ¼ cup
Coconut oil - ¼ cup
Shea butter - ¼ cup
Apricot - ¼ cup
1 ripe mashed banana
Raw sugar - 1 cup
Recipe: Simply mix coconut butter, coconut oil, shea butter, apricot and ripe mashed banana in a blender until smooth, then stir in cup of sugar (preferably raw sugar), and then enjoy. This mixture will last for 48 hours in the fridge. Make sure to let the amount you wish to use get room temperature before applying.
Besides being the ingredient for the best homemade face mask, bananas are also perfect for scrubs. This body scrub DIY is great for those with dry skin. Bananas are high in Vitamins B6 and C as well as antioxidants. The sugar removes old skin cells while the coconut butter and coconut oil work as moisturizers. Shea Butter is high in Vitamin A, as is the apricot kernel oil which also contains vitamins C and E.
2 - Vanilla Sugar DIY Body Scrub
Raw sugar - 2 ½ cups
Vanilla extract - 4 tbsp
White granulated sugar - ¾ cup
Almond oil - ¼ cup
Recipe: Simply mix the two sugars together in a bowl and then add the almond oil and vanilla extract and there you go!
It is one of the most delicate and highly feminine DIY body scrubs. It won’t give you a migraine or cause breakouts. For those with sensitive skin, this is the go-to product due to its simple ingredients.
3 - Homemade Oatmeal Body Scrub Recipe
Coconut oil - 1 cup
Finely ground oatmeal - ½ cup
Olive oil - 2 tbs
Brown sugar - ½ cup
Recipe: Blend the oats until they have reached a powder-like consistency. Then mix the rest of the ingredients and the powdered oatmeal in a medium size bowl. There you have it. A fancy spa-style oatmeal scrub that you made at home! This DIY oatmeal body scrub can help exfoliate all those dead skin cells and leave your skin feeling young and healthy. Moreover, it will make you feel as though you have just stepped out of a spa
4-Coffee Body Scrub
Coffee and raw sugar - 2 tbsp
Сoconut oil - 2 tbsp
Olive oil - 1 tbsp
Sea salt - 1 tbsp
Recipe: Simply mix together the ground coffee, sea salt, and raw sugar. Then add the olive and coconut oils. It’s that simple! Enjoy!
Who doesn’t love coffee? Very few people come to my mind. But coffee is good not only for your morning pick-me-up. This Coffee DIY body scrub exfoliates the skin, and the coffee grains help reduce the appearance of cellulite by plumping up your skin. If you look at the ingredients in more expensive cellulite creams, you will notice that caffeine is one of the key ingredients. However, this is a much cheaper way to get rid of both dead skin cells and cellulite all in one.
5-Homemade Citrus Green Tea Body Scrub
Baking soda - 3 tbsp
Epsom salts - 3 cups
1 green tea bag
Essential oils (you can use apricot kernel, but almond or grapeseed oil work just as well) - 4 tbsp
Essential orange oil - 8 drops
Essential lime oil - 8 drops
Zest from any of the following (or a combo): lime, lemon or orange
Recipe: Mix the baking soda and Epsom salts in a large bowl, add oil and green tea or green tea leaves (cut open the tea bag and add to the mixture), add the essential oils and citrus zests and mix thoroughly. It should have the consistency of packing snow, the kind you would use for a snowman. Store it in a sealed container and enjoy.
This one of the most effective DIY body scrubs will help open the pores and draw out toxins while it also relaxes your body and helps reduce tension.
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