How To Make Body Scrub At Home

How To Make Body Scrub At Home

This is my third DIY on IMBB in a row.  Hope you guys enjoy doing things at home as much as I do. There was a time, not very long ago, when I hardly had any cosmetic and mostly used home made things. I would mix up something with anything and apply on my face. I was often complimented for a clear and glowing complexion. Then with the huge rounds of tempting advertisements on TV and with hoarding all around and yeah, a bit of self-earned money in pocket, I started using readymade cosmetics. Many suited me, but some didn’t.

Now again, I am back to my home-made things. So much so that the basket that I use for keeping my lipsticks is also home made. I will share them in a different post. Let’s come back to the DIY of the day first.

How To Make Body Scrub At Home

We are making a body scrub today which is just loveable. My Oriflame Body Spa rests comfortably on the bathroom shelf as I tenderly use this body scrub every day. Not that I don’t like my Oriflame spa, but while using my home-made scrub, I love the organic feel of the scrub. I know what I am applying on my body and I know it is completely safe for me. Plus I am aware of the fact that sea water contains many minerals and by using this scrub of sea salt, I feel I am using those precious minerals on my body. I can’t say the same thing about anything or any scrub that is not made in front of my eyes!

So, here you go!

Ingredients:

How To Make Body Scrub At Home

Sea salt (or any bath salt), peppermint (OMG, I think I can’t do without it), rose water, olive oil, lemon, orange and glycerin and some oats powder (optional).

How To Make Body Scrub:

To make this, you must have sea salt. I made my sea salt at home. Oh yeah! I collected 2 liters crystal clear water from the Andaman sea and kept it open in the sun for a few days. Then, I boiled it for about 15-20 minutes and I got this sea salt.

  • So, the first step would be to take sea salt in a bowl.
  • Sea Salt

  • Add some olive oil to it. Now, here you have to be a little cautious. Since salt has a tendency to lose water, add the oil very carefully. Add it little as after a while you will see it has become a bit runny in consistency, but don’t panic. It’s fine. Since you will store it in the refrigerator, a little liquid consistency will save it from totally drying up.
  • Add Olive Oil

  • Add peppermint. This is totally optional.
  • Add Peppermint

  • Add rose water and a little glycerin.
  • Add Rosewater

  • Add lemon and orange. Please note that you have a choice here. You can add the lemon and orange juice or you can add them the way they are. I wanted a little gritty scrub and I wanted to use them along with their peel, so I simply cut the pieces of orange and lemon. For this, please grind lemon and orange in a blender without water and without salt.
  • Add Orange and Lemon

  • Add this lemon and orange mix to the salt paste.
  • Scrub is ready!
  • Pour it in a pot and store it in the refrigerator.

Note:

  • If you feel your scrub is too liquid, add some oats or almond powder to it. By adding oats, the awesome citrus smell will fade, so don’t worry and use oats accordingly.
  • Oats Powder

  • Add the oil carefully. In fact you can also add the oil as the last step if you are worried about the texture.
  • Add Olive Oil

  • You have to store it in the refrigerator. So, it will dry up a little. Anytime you feel it has dried, simply add oil or lemon juice to it.

Scrub

My scrub is about a month old and I use it even today. It is moisturizing, smells of orange and the sea salt does good scrubbing. I am sure to carry loads of salt with me when I leave Andamans!

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24 thoughts on “How To Make Body Scrub At Home

  1. ah this is just awesome! now i need not spend too much money on lush’s ocean salt scrub! 😛 thanks! 😀

    1. Yeah I know.. maybe you can collect some water if you go to some cleaner beach like Dahanu beach or something.. else get bath salts or use sugar..

    2. hi varsha, you can buy some common salt , the non refined kind that comes in gritty crystals from a local grocery store (kirana) they keep these grainy salt ka sacks and sell it dirt cheap since no one uses it much these days. all u need to do is grind it a bit since it might be too coarse.

  2. Surabhi..i tried your DIY lip scrub and I’m using it & loving it..now this is next…thnks for the idea.. 🙂 🙂

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