Homemade Body Scrubs for your Summer Skincare Routine

Get ready for your summer skincare routine!

Natural body scrubs are a must-have beauty product for people who care about their skin. Body scrubs help exfoliate the skin and get rid of dead skin cells on the surface. They provide a more youthful glow and keep your skin at its tip-top shape. Not to mention, body scrubs leave skin soft and silky. Our skin reaps the greatest benefit from natural body scrub when used with moisturizer.

Most of the time, the natural body scrubs we purchase at convenience stores, or from the most well known brands are filled with nasty chemicals and over-the-top prices that leave our skin in poor condition. Yet, if you search carefully enough, there are wholesome brands that pride themselves on providing natural skin care products.

While purchasing body scrubs is one option, the most guaranteed natural body scrubs are homemade scrubs. Chances are, the ingredients are sitting unused in your pantry. This saves money and time running to the store and nourishes skin in the simplest way possible.

Bite Size Wellness has handpicked some of the best natural body scrub recipes you can create at home, as well as some brands you can easily find and depend on, to provide the most-natural scrub.

Here are some of our favorites:

Homemade Scrub Recipes:

• Lavender Scrub: 2 cups white granulated sugar, ¼ cup coconut oil, lavender essential oil
• Vanilla Sugar Scrub: 2 ½ cups sugar in the raw, ¾ cup white granulated sugar, 4-5 tbsp. vanilla extract, ¼ cup almond oil
• Sea Salt Scrub: 2 cups sea salt, ¼ cup olive oil, peppermint essential oil
• Avocado and Almond Scrub: 1 ripe avocado, peeled, 1/3 cup of ground almonds, 1 cup of ground oatmeal
• Ground Coffee Body Scrub: 1 cup coffee grounds, ½ cup sugar, ¼ cup olive oil

Natural Body Scrubs Products:

• 100% Pure Cosmetics Coconut Body Scrub
• All-Natural Vegan Exfoliating Body Scrub by SW Basics Skincare
• Shea Moisture Body Scrub- Olive Oil and Green Tea

Tips for Homemade Scrubs:

Mix all ingredients together in any order until they are a moisturized, grainy texture. To add fragrance, a few drops of any desired essential oil will suffice. Essential oils can be found at almost any store that sells natural products including a natural grocery story. All of these scrubs can be applied after mixing using a circular motion with a washcloth. Before applying scrubs, the skin should be clean.

Your skin will be ready to take on your beach-focused days in no time.

What does your summer skincare routine look like? Have you ever made your own body scrub?

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