OK, folks. Get ready for almost unbelievably soft skin (even for those of us with older skin).
The other day I was speaking with Larry Pleasant, CEO of The Vermont Soapworks, and he mentioned that he and his staff had spent the morning testing homemade sugar scrubs, and that everyone was commenting on how incredibly soft their skin felt. Aware that sugar cane produces glycolic acid, one of the natural alpha hydroxy acids that exfoliates the skin, I was immediately curious about his recipes.
Combine the ingredients in a bowl. Scoop some of the scrub onto your hand and massage gently onto your skin for a minute (the scrub will actually tighten onto your skin like a masque). Leave on for 3 to 4 minutes before rinsing.
Let me warn you in advance that you’ll want to use this sugar scrub on your entire body. I started on my face, returned to my desk, and my skin felt so baby soft that the skin on my neck felt like sandpaper, so I needed to use the sugar scrub there, and on and on.
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By Annie B. Bond
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+ add your ownSounds great except i would take out glycerin+add olive oil! Thanks
thanks
I am curious why you recommend using vegetable glycerin over some sort of oil, like olive or coconut. Also, I love the idea of adding aloe! You might be curious to check out my recipe for Vanilla & Brown Sugar Body Scrub here: http://www.creativesimplelife.com/brown-sugar-vanilla-body-scrub/
I'm glad I found this!!! wanting to make!! tyvm
I used a little cream off the top of my goat's milk -- Yum! What I didn't eat, I used on my face. I really like it. The goat's cream sticks to the side of the pail if I don't pour it into the strainer immediately, and just cleaning it out, I have noticed my hands are getting nicer to touch.
I'm on a extremely tight budget, so I mixed sugar with a little baby oil, and added the aloe vera gel. I put it on (it was a bit rough, and I was skeptic) and let it sit for a few minutes (I sat on the edge of the tub and played Tetris on my gameboy.) When I went to rinse it off, I was really worried because it felt oily and my skin is really prone to breaking out, so after I rinsed, to help all the oil come off my skin (and out of my pores) I used my pink grapefruit face wash. As soon as I dried my face, I couldn't stop touching it!! This is definitely getting rotated into my skin routine, but I wouldn't recommend using it more than once a week, other wise you will trick your skin into thinking that it's not producing enough oil, and it will start producing more!
Sounds great! Thanks for the article.
Can I use Coconut oil as the oil in the sugar scrub? Paige
Awesome thanks so much!
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