DIY Body Scrubs

Everyone loves a great body scrub. And everyone pays a pretty penny sometimes for really good ones. Well, in my travels across the internet I have found some awesome recipes to make your own with stuff that you more than likely have in your own kitchen! Let me know if you try one and tell me how it turns out!!

Banana Sugar Body Scrub

When the bananas are starting to brown, grab those beauties and put them to use. This one skips the oil and relies purely on the benefit of banana and the gently abrasive sugar.

• 1 ripe banana
• 3 tablespoons granulated sugar
• ¼ teaspoon pure vanilla extract or your favorite essential oil (optional)

Smash ingredients together with a fork into a chunky goop. Don't over-mash or it will become too thin. If you want a banana scrub for your face, reserve some of the banana and mash it separately without sugar. In the shower, pat the sugar mixture and gently massage over your body. For your face, gently massage plain banana there, avoiding the eye area. Rinse off with warm water.

(via Treehugger)

Lemon Salt Scrub

• 5 tablespoons sea salt
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 lemon

 Step 1: Mix the Olive Oil and sea salt together well. You need to be sure that the salt is coated in the oil so that it isn’t dissolved by the lemon.

Step 2: Cut the lemon in half and squeeze the juice over the salt mixture. Mix well and mash to the consistency of your liking. If you need more or less scent, just adjust the lemon juice!

(Via The Beauty Department)

DIY Honey Scrub

Add 1 teaspoon pure honey to 1/4 cup light olive oil. Blend with 1 cup raw or granulated sugar. Mix in 2 teaspoon fresh citrus zest. Blend until well mixed, then store in a jar.

DIY Coconut Vanilla Sugar Body Scrub

Ingredients

1 cup raw organic sugar (or brown sugar)

½ cup extra virgin olive oil, or grapeseed oil or almond oil

10 drops vanilla essential oil

1-2 tablespoons coconut oil

Method

In a bowl, combine all ingredients. Add more or less oil depending on how oily you like your scrub.

Scoop the mixture into a reusable container, like a mason jar, pickle jar or previously used beauty product container.

Slather across your skin in the shower and enjoy!

DIY Honey Kisses Lip Scrub

1 tablespoon of white sugar

1 tablespoon of raw honey

few drops of vanilla extract.

Mix, let it sit on your lips for about 15 minutes, scrub away, enjoy!

(via GlitterGlossGarbage)

Rosemary Lavender Salt Scrub

For a relaxing end to your day, draw yourself a nice warm bath and unwind with this soothing scrub. It'll get you to your happy place in no time.

2 cups salt, kosher
1/4 cup olive oil
3 tbsp lavender, culinary grade
3 tbsp rosemary leaves, finely chopped

Mix all ingredients together and enjoy. This scrub can also be applied to the more delicate neck and facial area (other scrubs, in general, though, are too harsh to use on your face or neck)

(via ChickRX)