Since ancient times, scrubs have been used by Indonesian women to maintain skin beauty. Apart from natural ingredients, scrubs are now widely available in modern packaging. To get healthy and moisturized skin, you can make your own body scrub using simple ingredients you can find at home.
Scrub is usually used to smooth, brighten, and moisturize the skin. In addition, using a scrub can also remove dead skin cells that make the skin dull. As a result, the absorption of skin care products will increase because the skin surface is free of dead skin cells that have accumulated.
Scrub for dull skin also needs to be applied according to your skin type. If you have oily skin you can use a scrub every 2 days. For owners of dry and sensitive skin, limit the use of scrubs to 1 time a week.
Various Scrub with Natural Ingredients
Scrub which can generally be used while bathing should not be used every day because of the risk of causing skin irritation. For those of you who are just about to try the benefits of scrubs, first identify some of the ingredients that are generally contained in scrubs for dull skin, along with their benefits.
- Coffee is useful for tightening and smoothing the blood flow of the skin.
- Coconut oil to moisturize the skin.
- Olive oil to moisturize, kill acne-causing bacteria, and protect the skin from damage.
- Honey to soothe the skin, prevent bacterial infections, and aid wound healing.
- Lemons are rich in vitamin C and antioxidants to brighten and stimulate collagen.
- Milk to lighten the skin.
- Oatmeal to clean and moisturize the skin.
Essential oils can be added to create their own scent in scrubs for dull skin, such as lavender, rose, and tea tree oil. This oil can also help moisturize the skin. But you should first try on a small part on the surface of the skin. In some people, essential oils can cause allergic reactions.
Making Your Own Scrub for Dull Skin
There are some people who are not suitable for certain over-the-counter skin scrubs for dull skin. The good news is that you can make your own scrub at home with ingredients that are also easily available. Here are some sample recipes.
- Coffee scrub
- cup of pure ground coffee.
- A cup of brown sugar.
- 2 tablespoons of liquid milk.
- 1 tablespoon honey.
- Sugar scrub
- cup honey.
- cup brown sugar.
- 3 tablespoons of oatmeal.
- Olive oil scrub
- cup granulated sugar.
- cup honey.
- Lemon scrub
- Juice of 1 lemon.
- cup of water.
- 1 cup granulated sugar.
Apply the scrub in circular motions and massage the skin slowly to remove dead skin cells, then rinse with warm water until clean. After that, you can apply lotion to keep the skin moisturized and soft.
