Homemade Body Scrubs Made Directly From Kitchen Ingredients For Summer

Summer glow takes a lot more than just a generous lathering of sunscreen. It requires combating oiliness, dullness, dead skin cells and even sun tan due to excessive exposure to the sun.

Flaunting healthy, smooth, glowing skin in the summer sun is every girl’s dream. But you need not run to the parlour for a spa treatment or to the mall for purchasing expensive high end body scrubs for getting that summer glow. You can make natural body scrubs right in the comfort of your home. The natural ingredients are not only gentler on the skin, but also frees you from the worries of unwanted reactions or inflammations on sensitive skin.

Here are a couple of summer body scrubs that you can whip up from the ingredients you can easily find in your kitchen:

* Coffee grounds and Olive oil body scrub

This homemade scrub is a great solution to exfoliate and rejuvenate your skin while reducing the appearance of cellulite. Mix 3 tablespoons of coconut oil, 2 tablespoons of olive oil and equal parts raw sugar and coffee grounds. Coffee grounds are rich in potent antioxidant properties that can help protect skin from sun damage. Together with sugar, it works as a natural exfoliant which helps remove dirt and dead skin cells to promote overall skin health. Coconut oil and olive oil reduce dryness and helps hydrate the skin. Olive oil also acts as a natural sunscreen protecting the skin.

* Coconut oil and sugar body scrub

This quick-whip scrub smells sweet and leaves you feeling good. Blend 3 tablespoons of warm coconut oil, 2 tablespoons of sugar and 2 drops of your favourite essential oil. While sugar is great for exfoliation, coconut oil works to hydrate your skin naturally. Coconut oil is also packed with antibacterial and antifungal properties which helps treat acne and protects the skin from bacterial and fungal infections.

* Peppermint body scrub

This is one of the best solutions for pamper your skin and refresh your senses after a tiring day out in the sun. For this scrub you need 3 tablespoons of sugar, 4 tablespoons of sweet almond oil, few drops of peppermint essential oil and a few drops of pomegranate juice. Mix all the ingredients well before application. While sugar gently exfoliates the skin, almond oil acts as a natural moisturizer and helps keep the skin looking plump and hydrated. Peppermint oil works miraculously to cleanse the skin and protects it with its antiseptic and anti-bacterial properties. It also soothes skin irritations while refreshing you skin and your mind. While pomegranate juice is optional, adding it to this scrubs leaves you with pink and healthy looking glow.

* Coconut oil and mango body scrub

For this yummy scrub you need raw mango, raw sugar, coconut oil and orange essential oil. Mix shredded ray mango, sugar coconut oil and few drops of orange essential oil to use this scrub before baths. Raw mango rich in Vitamin C and magnesium helps in reducing inflammation due to acne and oiliness of skin. Sugar works as a natural exfoliant and helps get rid of the dead skin cells. While coconut oil works as a carrier oil for the essential oils, it also benefits the skin with its moisturizing and anti-microbial properties. Orange essential oil helps in maintaining the skin health and promoting clarity, radiance and smoothness of the skin for a natural, blemish-free glow. It is advisable to not go out in the sun or to hit the pool immediately after this scrub since orange essential oil tends to be photosensitive.

* Lavender and sea salt scrub

You can mix sweet almond oil, sea salt and a few drops of lavender essential oil. This makes for a relaxing and rejuvenating weekend bath scrub. Sea salt gently exfoliates the skin naturally, it also has anti-bacterial properties which help keep skin infections at bay. Sea salt also is known to cleanse the pores and balances oil production to retain moisture and hydrate the skin from within. Almond oil helps moisturize the skin and clears up the spots and tan lines. Lavender oil helps soothe the senses and helps lessen redness and skin irritation.