Kinai - How to make handmade homemade natural body scrubs

Dr. Miriam Kinai

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How to Make Natural Body Scrubs teaches youhow to make therapeutic, nourishing, handmade, and homemadeexfoliants.

How to Make Natural Body Scrubs also teachesyou the best vegetable oils, essential oils, and herbs to use tomake homemade scrubs for normal, sensitive, mature or dry skintypes as well as those to manage Cellulite, Eczema, Psoriasis, Dryskin, Mature skin, Menopausal symptoms, Pre-Menstrual Tension(PMS), Painful Periods, Arthritis, Stress, Sadness or Depression,Mental Exhaustion, Insomnia or Sleeplessness.

Table of Contents

1. Homemade Body Scrub Making Equipment

2. Homemade Body Scrub Recipe Ingredients

3. Homemade Body Scrub RecipeInstructions

4. Therapeutic Body Scrubs to manage thefollowing conditions:

4. Therapeutic Healing Balm Recipes for thefollowing conditions:

Normal skin, Sensitive skin, Dry skin, Matureskin, Cellulite, Eczema, Psoriasis, Menopausal symptoms,Pre-Menstrual Tension (PMS), Painful Periods, Stress, Sadness orDepression, Mental Exhaustion, Insomnia or Sleeplessness,Arthritis.

5. Characteristics of Vegetable Oils Used inMaking Body Scrubs:

Sweet almond oil, Sunflower oil, Avocado oil,Apricot kernel oil, Jojoba, Olive oil, Evening primrose oil, Virgincoconut oil, Fractionated coconut oil, Canola oil

6. Characteristics of Essential Oils Used inMaking Body Scrubs:

Clary sageessential oil, Eucalyptus essential oil , Geranium essential oil,Grapefruit essential oil, Lavender essentialoil , Lemon essential oil, Lemongrass essential oil, Romanchamomile essential oil, Spearmint essentialoil , Sweet orange essential oil, Rosemary essential oil,Peppermint essential oil, Tea tree essential oil, Ylang ylangessential oil

7. Characteristics of Herbs Used in MakingBody Scrubs:

Arnica flowers, Calendula flowers, Chamomileflowers, Comfrey leaves, Lavender flowers, Rose petals, Rosemaryleaves, St Johns Wort flowers and leaves

8. Natural Colorants for Homemade BodyScrubs

9. Homemade Handmade Natural Body ScrubRecipe Tips

Glass bowl

Wooden spoon

Dark glass jar

A body scrub basically consists of thefollowing 4 ingredients:

1. Exfoliant - this is the abrasivethat gently removes the dead skin cells to reveal the smooth,glowing skin beneath. These can be divided into physical exfoliantsand chemical exfoliants. Physical exfoliants include brown sugar,white sugar, sea salt, Epsom salt, baking soda, cornmeal, finelyground oatmeal, rice powder, apricot kernels, coffee beans andjojoba seeds. Chemical exfoliants include butter milk, yogurt,pineapple and papaya.

2. Vegetable oil - because most bodyscrubs use physical exfoliants, vegetable oils are added to make asoft paste for ease of application. In addition, they too havetheir own benefits such as skin nourishing vitamins. Perfectexamples include sweet almond oil and olive oil.

3. Fragrance - these add a sweet aromato the body scrub. Essential oils are used in natural body scrubsdue to their healing aromas and therapeutic benefits. Grated lemonrind, cocoa and coffee are also used to scent body scrubs.

4. Colorant - these add visual appealto the body scrub. Perfect examples of natural substances used tocolor body scrubs include turmeric, cinnamon, cocoa and coffee.

The following is a basic body scrubrecipe

2 cups exfoliant such as brown sugar

cup or 6 oz or 190 ml of vegetable oil suchas olive oil

10-20 drops essential oil such as lavenderessential oil

teaspoon colorant such as cocoa powder

1. Mix the exfoliant (in this case brownsugar) and the vegetable oil (in this case olive oil) in a glassbowl with a wooden spoon until they form a thick paste.

2. Add your fragrance (in this case lavenderessential oils) drop by drop as you stir until you attain yourrequired scent.

3. Add your colorant (in this case cocoapowder) pinch by pinch as you stir until you get an appealingcolor.

4. Pour your homemade handmade scrub into aglass jar and use as required.

Normal and Sensitive Skin Body ScrubRecipe

2 cups brown sugar

cup or 6 oz or 190 ml of vegetable oilssuch as apricot kernel oil, sweet almond, and avocado oil.

10-20 drops essential oil such as Lavenderessential oil

teaspoon colorant such as cocoa powder

Follow the above Basic Body Scrub RecipeInstructions.

Dry Skin Body Scrub Recipe

2 cups brown sugar

cup or 6 oz or 190 ml of moisturizingvegetable oils used to manage dry skin such as sweet almond oil,sunflower oil, jojoba, avocado oil, apricot kernel, olive, eveningprimrose, virgin coconut, fractionated coconut oil, and calendulaoil.

10-20 drops of essential oils used to managedry skin such as Lavender, Romanchamomile, and Ylang ylang essential oils.

teaspoon colorant such as cocoa powder

Follow the above Basic Body Scrub RecipeInstructions.

Mature Skin Body Scrub Recipe

2 cups brown sugar

cup or 6 oz or 190 ml of moisturizingvegetable oils such as sweet almond oil, sunflower oil, jojoba,avocado oil, apricot kernel, olive oil, evening primrose, virgincoconut, and calendula oil.

10-20 drops of Geranium essentialoil .

teaspoon colorant such as cocoa powder

Follow the above Basic Body Scrub RecipeInstructions.

Cellulite Body Scrub Recipe

2 cups brown sugar

cup or 6 oz or 190 ml of moisturizingvegetable oils such as sweet almond and olive oil.

10-20 drops of essential oils used to managecellulite such as grapefruit, sweet orange, andgeranium .

teaspoon colorant such as cocoa powder

1 teaspoon coffee grounds

Follow the above Basic Body Scrub RecipeInstructions.

Eczema Body Scrub Recipe

2 cups brown sugar

cup or 6 oz or 190 ml of vegetable oilsbeneficial for the management of eczema such as Evening primroseoil, Rose hip oil, Cranberry seed oil, Calendula, Coconut oil,Sweet almond oil, Borage seed oil and Jojoba.

10-20 drops of essential oils used for themanagement of eczema such as Geranium,Lavender, Roman chamomile, and Rosemary essentialoils.

teaspoon colorant such as cocoa powder

1 teaspoon dried ground herbs (optional) usedto manage eczema such as calendula flowers, chamomile flowers, andSt Johns wort leaves and flowers.

Follow the above Basic Body Scrub RecipeInstructions.

PS Dont use this scrub on red inflamed areasor any active eczema lesions.