Why not? Right? Many may use a facial scrub, but why not a body scrub. I can be honest I never thought about it for my self until now. After a few years of sun damage and cold dry winters, I started thinking I should look into this. Now, I have no idea what a jar scrub would cost at your local bath and body store or at the spa, I assume they aren't cheap. So, I didn't even bother looking. I went right for doing it myself. I also thought this was as better route because my thought was the "more natural", "organic", or "simple" the product, the higher the price.
After some poking around on Pinterest, I found that most scrubs are either sugar or salt based. I wanted to go with a scrub that I had most if not all of the ingredients. Keeping this in mind, I looked at mostly sugar based scrubs. I found two that seemed very promising.
The first one I found was for a brown sugar cinnamon scrub by One more Moore. I liked this one because I had everything I needed.
Pretty simple so far.
It was extremely easy to put together. I did do what was suggested and put it into an air-tight container because I knew I would not use it all at once. Looking at it, I will get a few uses out of it.
Now, I will be honest I not to thrilled with the smell that the olive oil gave it when I first put it together. It wasn't bad, just didn't like the scent. I let it sit about 3 days before I used it and smelled much better. I was careful while using it in the shower. I did turn off the water while scrubbing and sealed the container before turning the water back on. I am happy with the results. My skin does feel softer even two days later. Also, I was worried about feeling slightly "oily" after using, but had none of that.
The next one I found and decided to make was a coconut lavender scrub by Homemade Mamas. Now this one I was missing the coconut oil, but since I had seen other things that I wanted to try that had coconut oil, it was worth buying it.
I threw the three ingredients together and.... Viola!
I didn't get the buttery texture they said I would. It was thicker then the other scrub, but definitely not a paste. Next, time I need to make this I will add more lavender because I didn't smell it at all. Truth, it didn't have a coconut smell either. It's ok, I guess, but I do like when things like this smell good also. Just a quirk about me I guess. Unlike the brown sugar scrub this one did have more of an "oily" feeling to it, both while using it and for about day afterwards. This feeling doesn't thrill me, but I can live with it because my skin felt smoother and softer longer then with the brown sugar scrub.
Both of these, are absolutely Worth the Try!
Next I am thinking either a facial scrub or a lip scrub..... How about both?
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