Sugar Sweet Beauty
In the self-care and beauty industry, the latest craze is to add sugar in skin care products. If you search the internet you will find everything from sugar body scrubs to sugar hair removers. The prices might range from $8.00 to $35.00 for each item. Hows that for a merchandise in which the main ingredient might cost you a no more that $3.00 for a 5 pound bag!
To enjoy all of the benefits of a sugar based item without shelling out the big bucks, try these recipes:
Orange Cream Sugar Body Scrub
This recipe is grand to remove dead skin and give your skin a healthy glow. The sugar contains glycolic acid and the cream is a source for lactic acid. Avoid irritated or broken skin areas.
Ingredients: cup sugar, 2 TBSP cream or whole milk, 5 drops orange oil, and 1 cup olive, jojoba, or almond oil
Mix sugar, oil and cream together. Add orange oil after main ingredients are completely mixed.
Apply to your body by starting at the feet and working your way up. Massage in a circular motion and leave it on for 10-15 minutes, then shower it off. This recipe is enough to generate one full body treatment.
Lemon Head Sugar Body Scrub
This recipe is both cleansing and detoxifying. Lemon is very detoxifying to the body and will also help brighten the skin.
Ingredients: cup sugar, 10 drops lemon oil, or a lemon freshly squeezed, and 1 cup olive, jojoba, or almond oil
Mix all ingredients together. Apply to your body by starting at the feet and working your way up. Massage in a circular motion, then shower it off. This recipe is enough to build one full body treatment.
Facial Cleanser
Ingredients:
white or brown sugar, your most acclaimed facial cleanser, witch hazel, and water
Using your most admired daily facial soap, an user friendly, inexpensive facial scrub could be made by adding sugar. Simply add a teaspoon of either white sugar or brown sugar and massage it gently on your facial skin. Rinse with cool water and spritz your face with a witch hazel and water mixture.
Sugar is a natural and inexpensive way to add alpha-hydroxy acids in your skincare script. It produces glycolic acid, an alpha hydroxy acid, which is included in many skincare item lines. Todays pricey beauty products that incorporate sugar or alpha hydroxy acid, might be created inexpensively right at your kitchen table. You might acquired skill all of the benefits without the inflated price.
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