Everyday fruits make great skin exfoliation scrubs

Your skin accumulates dead skin cells, and it is essential that you remove these dead skin cells regularly for younger looking and radiant skin. The best way to do this is with regular skin exfoliation, which helps in reducing fine lines, clogged pores, winkles and hyper pigmentation.

Moreover, exfoliating your skin once or twice a week helps encourage the easy penetration of skin preparations like moisturizers and face masks for improved skin. Most of the homemade exfoliation recipes make use of granulated sugar as it is a humectants which helps hydrate your skin by absorbing moisture from the air.

In fact, people tend to use brown sugar as it is relatively gentler on your skin. For better effects, you can exfoliate using a brush, microfiber cloth, pumice stone or an exfoliating scrub and follow with a moisturizer. Read on to learn about scrubs you can make using everyday kitchen ingredients.

  • Rub equal quantities of sea salt and extra-virgin olive oil to exfoliate the skin on your arms and legs. However do not use this solution on sensitive body areas like your face and neck.
  • You can easily exfoliate your hands by lathering a moisturizing soap to your hands, dipping your fingers in a bowl of cornmeal and massaging the tops and insides of your hand while avoiding rubbing the cuticles. Lastly, wash your hands and apply some vitamin E gel or aloe Vera and if required, even a moisturizing cream.
  • For a body toning and exfoliating scrub, add two tablespoons of sugar to a tablespoon each of finely ground coffee grinds and lemon juice. You can also add some honey to the recipe for better effects. This is an anti-cellulite coffee scrub as coffee grounds help eliminate cellulite.
  • For those with oily skin, make a scrub by mixing a tablespoon each of honey and sea salt to a few drops of patchouli oil on wet skin. As patchouli oil is good for acne, ,eczema and inflamed skin, the scrub proves very useful to you. You can also add a paste of blanched almonds to the scrub for skin whitening purposes.
  • Make an exfoliating face and body scrub by mixing a tablespoon of ground oatmeal to two teaspoons of yogurt and a teaspoon of lemon juice and apply on the skin. Leave it on for a few minutes, and then rinse off.
  • The easiest face scrub you can make at home involves mixing baking soda with little water to form a paste and scrubbing your face with it. By massaging your face with this paste and then washing it off using warm water, it not only exfoliates your skin but also helps heal acne.

Last, but not least, you can also make your own exfoliating scrub recipes by mixing ingredients like cinnamon, different fruits like peach, strawberry and banana, ground nuts, yogurt, green tea, milk and glycerin.