DIY Body Scrub: Smooth and silky skin all winter with just two ingredients

How to make a homemade scrub with just two ingredients. A very simple and quick recipe to exfoliate the skin in a natural and effective way using salt and sweet almond oil.

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How to make a homemade scrub with just two ingredients. A very simple and quick recipe to exfoliate the skin in a natural and effective way using salt and sweet almond oil.





A winter skin-care is very important to exfoliate the skin which in this season in which, more than ever, despite being hidden and protected under layers of clothes, tights, coats and various accessories, is still subjected to the stress of cold temperatures and little exposure, increasing the accumulation of dead cells and imperfections. The weekly scrub therefore becomes one of the most beneficial pampering that we can grant to our skin and ourselves, at the basis of subsequent hydration.

What happens to our skin in winter?

"During the winter months the skin slows down its activities, a bit like plants do: this is mainly due to the phenomenon of vasoconstriction linked to the cold. " explains Prof. Monti, dermatologist and lecturer at the University of Milan who underlines how the origin of particularly dry skin in this season can also be "frequent washing - especially if you use soaps - the wind, low relative humidity, a long stay in air-conditioned environments, the use of alcoholic perfumes, the frequentation of swimming pools. "

For a soft and silky skin even in winter, therefore, the first step is precisely that of the correct exfoliation. And you don't need expensive or particularly aggressive products. Few ingredients, cheap and easily available, are enough to prepare homemade body scrubs.

Here we present the very simple recipe of the body scrub with salt and almond oil, very simple and cruelty free.

The ingredients:

  • salt until integral
  • sweet almond oil 100% pure cold pressed sweet almond oil
  • a glass jar with lid

The procedure:

Just fill the glass jar with salt and add 4/5 tablespoons of almond oil. For a more nourishing scrub you can increase the dose of the oil.



How to use it:

Done once every seven or ten days, it results in a smooth and clean skin.

How to store it:

DIY Body Scrub: Smooth and silky skin all winter with just two ingredients

Thanks to the properties of the salt, this homemade scrub can be kept closed in an airtight jar for up to 6 months. As long as it remains dry and without water infiltration.



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Manuela d'Annibale

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