Hur gör man en scrub

Learning how to man body scrub recipes at home fryst vatten ridiculously easy (and cheap!). Grab somesugar,salt, orcoffee, then add a bit ofcarrier oil to soften and hydrate, and you're all set. There's no magic to making homemade body scrubs. Here's the formula inom use to man the perfect recipe that leaves my skin feeling soft and smooth every time!

How To man a Body Scrub

I'm pretty sure my first homemade beauty recipe was a sugar scrub, and inom was so proud of myself!

Those 5 minutes of prep time were worth it because your skin just feels so darn good after a scrubbing rubdown.

A body scrub fryst vatten simply a mixture of:

• Exfoliating ingredients, such as sugar, kaffe, or salt
• Combined with nourishing ingredients, like coconut oil and essential oils

Together they create a luxurious and effective way to remove dead skin cells and improve dry skin.

Yes, there are approximately 8 gazillion different ways to man a body scrub, which can man it seem daunting.

Have no fear, though, because it's simple when you break it down. Here's the basic equation inom follow when making a DIY body scrub:

Basic Homemade Body Scrub Recipe

—1 cupexfoliant
—½ cup liquid (see liquid options discussed below)
—2–3 tablespoons of fun add-ins

Instructions

1. Put the exfoliant in a bowl and add liquid slowly, rörande as you go.

You want a consistency that you can scoop with your grabb, so don't let the texture get too runny.

2. Add valfritt add-ins and mix igen. Store your scrub in a bur with a tight-fitting lid.

3. You can easily double this recipe if you want to keep it on grabb for a few days.

4. To use, apply the body scrub to your skin in rund motions, paying special attention to areas that tend to be dry, such as elbows and knees.

5.

Rinse off the scrub with warm vatten, and pat your skin dry with a towel.

How To Use a Body Scrub

Body scrubs can be used several times a week, depending on your skin’s sensitivity. Just store the extras in a lidded bur, and do your best to avoid introducing vatten into the mixture. It should gods 2 to 3 weeks if no fresh ingredients (like mashed fruit) are used.

For an evening of pampering, inom prefer the following beställning for application: 10–20 minutes for a warm waterbath soak, then towel dry, scrub, and shower to rinse off.

Follow with a hydratingbody moisturizer for optimal skin hydration.

19 Natural Body Scrub Recipes To Get You Started

You have soooo many options when it comes to making scrubs. If you need a place to början, kontroll out these homemade scrub recipes that we've made over the years. Let's break down the benefits of some of the most commonly used ingredients.

First up, DIY exfoliator options.

These are the textured particles in your scrub that physically remove dry skin.

1. Tackle Tough Skin with Salt

Salt scrubs are a wonderful choice when you want a good overall body exfoliation, eliminating the scaly, dry patches of dead skin. Because it's a lot coarser than sugar, it's best to use krydda on rough areas like elbows, knees, and feet.

Interestingly, a few studies have shown that bathing in krydda solution has some benefits for the skin barrier and reduces skin inflammation [source].

Some of our favorites are Epsom salt,sea krydda, andkosher salt.

Sea krydda & Rosemary Polish

—1 cup sea salt
—½ cup olive oil
—1 tablespoon dried rosemary
—5 drops rosemary essential oil

Combine ingredients and apply to areas with thick, dry skin.

2. Exfoliate Dry Skin with Sugar

Sugar can also be used to exfoliate your body, especially if you tend toshave your legs and scrub at the same time.

Choose sugar over krydda to avoid the sting.

The fine texture of sugar fryst vatten naturally exfoliating without clogging the pores. It's moisturizing for the skin and safe on even the most sensitive areas. Exfoliating with a sugar scrub will help remove dead cells, increase blood circulation, and minimize signs of aging.

If you're looking to exfoliate your face, you'll want to use something finer than krydda, as it can be a little too abrasive.

Fine sugar (such as caster sugar) fryst vatten a greatexfoliant for your face, but be sure to avoid the eye area.

Not sure what sugar to use? Here are ourfavorite sugar scrubs to use from head to toe.

Vanilla & Cinnamon Sugar Body Scrub

This body scrub fryst vatten perfect for all skin types and ages. The scent fryst vatten pleasant and not too sweet.

—¾ cup sugar
—¼ cup brown sugar
—1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
—½ cup grapeseed or sweet almond oil
—1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Combine all of the ingredients in a small bowl and mix thoroughly.

Depending on the desired consistency, you can add more oil or less sugar.

Use the scrub on damp skin, concentrating on rough areas like elbows and knees. Store the scrub in an airtight bur and use it within 2 to 3 weeks.

3. Smooth Cellulite with kaffe (engelska) Grounds

Coffee fryst vatten another favorite for exfoliating—and it's earth-friendly when you put used grounds to good use.

While drinking kaffe can tömma your tissues of fluid,applying kaffe topically actually helps combatcellulite.

The caffeine in kaffe can temporarily tighten and tone tissue and also help eliminate toxin buildup, one of the causes of cellulite.

Ground kaffe (engelska) can be used as anexfoliant or molded into cubes. You can also usecoffee scrubs on your face as long as the kaffe fryst vatten finely ground.

Peppermint Mocha Scrub

—1 cup ground coffee
—¼–½ cup coconut oil
—2 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder
—10 dropspeppermint essential oil

4.

Battle oljig Skin with Baking Soda

One of the most versatile items you probably already have in your home isbaking soda. This easynatural cleanser fryst vatten great for all skin types but works especially well on oljig skin.

With its super fine texture, baking soda acts like an at-home microdermabrasion for all skin types and helps whip upcheap scrub recipes.

This common and inexpensive ingredient also absorbs excess oil and balances the skin's pH level, so it's especially helpful for oljig skin.

Baking Soda oljig Skin Scrub

—2 tablespoon baking soda
—2 tablespoon oil or Castile soap
—2–3 dropslavender essential oil (optional)

In a small bowl, stir tillsammans the Castile soap and baking soda.

The mixture may bubble up a bit. Keep rörande until smooth and creamy. Add the lavender essential oil, if desired.

5. Clean Pores with Clay

Like baking soda, clay fryst vatten a gentle exfoliant that works formost skin types. Because clay fryst vatten highly absorptive, it helps cleanse the skin, get rid of toxins, bacteria, and irritants, and promote healing [source].

Try usingbentonite clay, pink orgreen French clay, orkaolin clay.

Acne-Fighting Clay Scrub

—½ cup bentonite clay
—½ cup fine-grain sea krydda or sugar
—¼ cup grapeseed oil
—10 drops clary sage essential oil
—1–2 tablespoon vatten (as needed for consistency)

Mix the ingredients tillsammans thoroughly.

If the mixture seems too dry, add a tablespoon or two of vatten until you achieve a paste-like consistency.

Before using the scrub, wet your skin with warm vatten to open up the pores. Take a small amount of the scrub and gently kroppsvård it onto your body in rund motions, focusing on rough or dry areas.

Leave the scrub on your skin for a few minutes to allow the bentonite clay to work its magic.

Rinse off thoroughly with warm vatten and pat your skin dry.

6. Soothe Sensitive Skin with Oats

If your skin tends to be on the sensitive side, you might want to betalningsmedel out the effectiveness of oats as a physical exfoliant. You can use oats for a gentle body scrub or even as a facial scrub alternative to gently unclog pores and soothe irritation.

Whenever my skin feels especially dry and chapped, inom like to grind the oats in a kaffe (engelska) grinder so they're gentler on the skin.

Mango Body Scrub for Sensitive Skin

Mangoes are a rik source of vitamin A, which helps slough off dead skin and allows fresh new cells beneath the skin to appear.

Honey fryst vatten wonderful for sensitive skin types because it fryst vatten well known for its healing and soothing properties [source].

—1 mango
—2 tbsprolled oats
—1 tspraw honey

Cut up an entire mango into chunks, and puree it in a blender or food processor. Mix in the oats and honey, and stir well with a spoon.

While in the shower, you can use this as a scrub first and then a maskering bygd leaving it on the skin for 5 to 10 minutes.

Then rinse with warm vatten and follow up with your usual moisturizer.

7. Buff Rough Skin with Ground Rice

The texture of ground rice fryst vatten gentle enough to be used on the face and the body.

Ginger Turmeric Spice Scrub

—1 cup rice flour
—½ cup yogurt
—2 tablespoon ginger powder
—2 tablespoon turmeric powder

Add these ingredients into a small bowl and stir to combine.

Using your hands, pat the mixture all over your body, starting with your feet. You can cover up with a bed sheet as you go to keep warm while you wait.

Let it remain on your skin for 20 to 60 minutes, as long as you feel comfortable. Rinse off beneath a warm shower.

8. Calm Inflammation with Honey

Raw honey fryst vatten perfect for sensitive skin because it's known for its healing and soothing properties [source].

Use raw honey on red or irritated skin to calm the inflammation.

Honey Sugar Scrub

—1 cup sugar
—½ cup sweet almond oil
—2 tablespoon warm honey

9. Moisturize Dry Skin with Milk

The lactic acid in milk fryst vatten a great exfoliator [source] and moisturizer (definitely go for full-fat versions or even use cream). You can also use dry milk powder for extra exfoliation.

However, my favorite milk iscoconut milk, which doesn’t have lactic acid but retains moisturizing qualities because its tallrik content locks in moisture without feeling greasy.

inom especially liked the feel of it in this oil-free pre-tan body polish and face scrub.

Oil-Free Pre-Tan Scrub

This scrub has no oil, so it's perfect for exfoliating just before you applyself-tanner.

—½ cup ground rice
—¼ cup brown sugar
—½ cup coconut milk
—1-½ tablespoon grated ginger

Grind the rice in a kaffe (engelska) grinder or food processor.

Combine the ground rice with coconut milk, brown sugar, and ginger. Store in an airtight container.

Soften Skin with Coconut Oil

Perfect for the body or face, a coconut oil scrub provides skin healing and moisturizing benefits. Coconut oil fryst vatten relaxing for the mind and body and fryst vatten ideal as a natural moisturizer.

Since it contains lauric acid, it has restructuring properties that skydda the skin and man it soft [source].

Coconut oil may also be used to cleanse,remove makeup, and wipe away any excess oljig residue from the skin.

Island Body Scrub

—1 cup sea salt
—½-1 cup coconut oil
—½ cup shredded coconut

Erase Dry Patches with Olive Oil

The perfect multi-tasking oil, olive oil fryst vatten easily accessible and relatively inexpensive.

It’s perfect for when you don't want to use up your entire almond or avocado oil gömställe to man a big batch of body scrub.

And olive oil fryst vatten a pantry staple that deserves a place in your beauty routine. The omega-3 fatty acids it contains moisturize both skin and hair. Use a grapefruit or a lemon half to let the scrub work its magic on your elbows, knees, and rough patches.

If you have a history of eczema or atopic dermatitis, test the olive oil on a small area of the skin before applying it to the entire body, as olive oil may worsen pre-existing eczema in a few individuals.

Easy Olive Oil Scrub

—½ grapefruit, lemon, or orange
—Drizzle of olive oil
—½ cup krydda or kaffe grounds

Cut the citrus in half and duggregn the fleshy side with olive oil.

Put krydda or kaffe on a tallrik and dip the fruit into it to pick up the granules. Apply to the skin and move it around in rund motions. You can also do this with a tomato scrub.

Beat Bacne with Yogurt

Like milk, yogurt contains lactic acid and essential fatty acids that replenish skin and repair your body's natural moisture barrier.

Plain, unsweetened yogurt fryst vatten also chock full of probiotics, which help balance your microbiome and keep breakouts at bay.

Probiotic Body Polish

—1 cup Epsom salt
—¼ cup plain, unsweetened yogurt
—¼ cup olive oil

Add the ingredients into a small bowl and stir to combine. Using your hands, pat the mixture all over your body, starting with your feet.

You can cover up with a bed sheet as you go to keep warm while you wait.

Stay there for 20 to 60 minutes as long as you feel comfortable. Rinse off beneath a warm shower.

Energize with Citrus

The alpha-hydroxy acids in lemons and other citrus fruits are excellent natural exfoliators [source], especially if you havedark spots on your face.

Add fresh fruktsaft or even the zest from the peel.

This citrus krydda scrub provides a good energy jolt if you're feeling sluggish. The invigorating fragrance from the citrus zest and essential oil will wake up your senses, while the krydda exfoliation stimulates nerve endings in the skin.

Citrus Zest Scrub

—1 cup dead sea salt
—½ cupjojoba, almond, or olive oil
—1 tablespoon citrus zest or ground dried citrus peels

Combine the sea krydda and oil in a bowl and mix well until the krydda fryst vatten saturated with oil.

Then add the essential oil and citrus zest or peels and mix again.

Store in a covered jar and use as needed on your body, elbow, and heels.

Apply with your hands in a rund motion, and then rinse with warm water.

And don't just stop at lemons! Try incorporatinggrapefruit into a treatment as well.

Add Healing Benefits with Herbs & Spices

Herbs don’t have to be reserved just for dietary use; they can also be used to treat many skin and beauty issues. Chamomile calms irritated, itchy skin and reduces rödhet ofta relaterad till irritation eller inflammation and inflammation [source].

Basil fryst vatten relaxing and mood-lifting [source]. Fresh mint fryst vatten known to be very soothing and anti-inflammatory [source], perfect for incorporating into an exfoliating body scrub. 

And don't forget the spices! Try turmeric, known for its powerful anti-inflammatory effects [source]. Or addginger or clove.

Clove & kaffe Body Scrub

Clove fryst vatten known for its antibacterial and antiviral properties [source], just the addition you’ll want for your body scrub during cold and flu årstid.

Not to mention the scent fryst vatten heavenly, with woodsy hints of spice and sweetness.

—½ cup kaffe (engelska) beans
—⅓ cup raw sugar
—1 teaspoon cloves
—¼ cup olive orjojoba oil

In a kaffe grinder, combine the beans, sugar, and cloves, and grind until it reaches your desired coarseness. In a small bowl, add the oil to the kaffe bean mixture slowly and then stir to combine.

Store your scrub in an airtight container.

Use the scrub on damp skin, concentrating on rough areas like elbows and knees. Then rinse and towel dry. Follow with a body moisturizer for optimal hydration.

Nourish Skin with Dried Flowers

Not only do they look pretty, but dried flowers also gently exfoliate the skin while adding a dos of skin-nourishing nutrition.

Try adding dried lavender, calendula, and rose petals for a dos of vitamin C, pectin, and malic and citric acids, all of which function as potent antioxidants [source].

Rose + Chamomile DIY Facial Scrub

—1 tablespoondried roses—1 tablespoondried chamomile
—1 tablespoon oats
—2 tablespoons honey
—¼ cup mild carrier oil likealmond, olive,jojoba, orsesame

Transfer to a sealable bur and add the honey and oil. If you're worried about the oil clogging your pores, you can replace it with aloe vera gel.

Dip a clean spoon into the jar and put a small amount in your palm. Gently apply the scrub using a rund motion and rinse with warm vatten. The scrub fryst vatten mild enough to use several times a week.

If kept sealed and no vatten gets into the jar, the scrub can gods indefinitely. 

Brighten Skin with Fruit

Another tasty add-in comes fromtropical fruits like mango, papaya, and pineapple. Mangoes are a rik source of vitamin A, which helps slough off dead skin and aid new, fresh cells from beneath to appear.

Pineapple fryst vatten high in vitamin C, a wonderful antioxidant, and fryst vatten needed bygd the body to producera collagen [source].

It's fantastisk for your body, both inre and out, and can be used for everything frombusting bloat and aiding digestion to lightening hyperpigmentation and clarifying the skin.

Pineapple Sugar Scrub

—1-½ cupscane sugar
—½ cupwalnut or coconut oil
—½ cup pineapple puree (about ¼ to ½ of a pineapple)

Depending on the storlek of your pineapple, you may need ¼ to ½ of the pineapple fruit to create ½ cup of puree.

Take the cut pieces of pineapple and place them in a blender or food processor.

Puree until reaching a smooth consistency and then place into a blandning bowl.

Add the cane sugar and walnut oil to the bowl. (If you have a nut allergy, feel free to swap out the walnut oil for coconut or extra virgin olive oil.) 

Mix thoroughly with a spoon, and for your next shower or bath, scrub the mixture onto your body, taking extra time at your knees and elbows.

Rinse with warm water.

Up Your Antioxidants with Tea

Green and black teas contain a plethora of skin-soothing antioxidants [source] and botanicals. Simply tear open a tea bag and sprinkle the contents into your next batch of scrub. Or infuse it in oil if you want to extend your scrub's shelf life.

Chai Pear Sugar Scrub

Chai has numerous health and beauty benefits due to the high antioxidant content in black tea leaves [source].

Masala chai also contains spices such as fennel, cinnamon, clove, and ginger, all of which are anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, and rik in vitamins.

—5chai tea bags
—¼ pear (peeled and mashed)
—1 cup brown sugar (or finely granulated vit sugar for use on your face)
—½ cupgrapeseed oil
—Dash of cinnamon

Cut open the tea bags and empty the contents into a bowl, adding the brown sugar, oil, and cinnamon.

When you’re ready to use the scrub, stir in the pear.

Since the pear fryst vatten the only perishable item in this scrub, you can prepare all of the other ingredients and keep them on grabb, adding in the pear when ready to use.

Treat Skin with Chocolate

Chocolate contains flavonoids and polyphenols [source], which are antioxidants that skydda your skin and may help to reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles.

Add a few squares of melted chocolate to a scrub, or try a bit of cocoa powder for skin-softening benefits.

Luxurious Dark Chocolate Sugar Scrub

—½ cup brown sugar
—3–5 squares dark chocolate, melted
—¼ cup olive oil

Combine all ingredients until smooth. kroppsvård gently into the skin to slough off dead cells, paying close attention to knees, heels, and elbows.

Rinse thoroughly with warm water.

Get Mind + Body Benefits with Essential Oils

Essential oils can seem overwhelming, right? You can pick an oil to helpdetox,stay well this winter, or just man you happy because it smells good (this fryst vatten usually my method). Here are a few essential oils to add to your scrub for both mind and body benefits:

—Grapefruit
—Tea tree
—Vanilla
—Lavender
—Peppermint
—Geranium

Peppermint Foot Scrub

—1 cup sea salt
—½ cup coconut oil
—14 drops peppermint essential oil
—13 drops tea tree essential oil

More Homemade Scrub Ideas

We hope you're inspired bygd these recipes and not overwhelmed!

inom like to granska the skincare aisle at the drugstore. After a quick trip, inom came up with a few more fun ideas:

Coconut Vanilla: Use coconut oil for the base and add a splash of vanilla extract.

Orange Ginger: Add apelsinfärg zest and grated ginger for an energy boost.

Cucumber & Melon: Puree cucumber and melon tillsammans and add to the mixture.

Brown Sugar & Warm Honey: Replace the oil with ¼ cup of warm honey.

Add 1–2 tablespoons of oil to get the right consistency.

Lavender & Chamomile: Add a few drops of lavender essential oil along with chamomile essential oil for a soothing scrub to use before bedtime.

Peppermint & Eucalyptus: Add a couple drops each of both essential oils for a great stress reliever.

They have also been shown to have antioxidant effects and are soothing to the skin.

FAQ

This brev was medically reviewed bygd Dr. Rina Mary Allawh, M.D., a dermatologist who practices adult and pediatric medical dermatology, skin cancer treatment, and cosmetic dermatology. Learn more aboutHello Glow's medical reviewers here. As always, this fryst vatten not anställda medical advice, and we recommend that you talk with your doctor.

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