Monday 6 August 2012

How to: make your own body scrub


Hellooo!

Bit of a different sort of post from me today! I have been reading a lot of blogs posts about making your own products recently and I have always loved the concept but have never given it a go.

Then me and my sister saw this pretty little jar on sale for £2 in our local Garden Center and thought it would be perfect for holding some homemade body scrub! 


As I am a student and budgeting is a concern of mine, I thought I'd make it using cheap ingredients. This makes it far better value for money than the shop bought equivalents while also being simple and safe for the skin.

 So here you are, how to make your own body scrub: (featuring my little sister Lydia!)









Ingredients:

Caster sugar: Finer than granulated sugar so gentler on the skin,
restores balance to skins oils,
helps to reduce blemishes,
doesn't clog up your pores,
natural glycolic acid helps moisturize and condition the skin whilst also protecting it from toxins.

Honey: Contains vitamin B6 which treats dry skin and also eczema,
increases skins elasticity,
boots collagen production,
contains amino acids which help skin retain moisture. 

Sainsburys Shower Cream: lightly scented,
PH balanced
 Paraben free.


Scent : The shower gel has a light floral scent which mixes well with the sweet smell of the honey and sugar, not too overpowering.

Consistency: It's 1 part shower gel 1 part sugar and 1 part honey so it's not thick but when you rub it in to the skin the sugar gently exfoliates whilst the shower gel means that it lathers slightly.

Results: I love that it's so simple and unlike some other body scrubs it doesn't irritate my skin, it's very gentle but still does the job and leaves skin feeling soft.

Value: The Jar was £2 in the sale and the rest of the products came to about £3 in total so £5 for a large amount of product (I'm not profesh enough to measure it out!) that I have made myself and suited to my own skin type is a barg!

We also bought another smaller jar to perhaps use for a homemade face product so watch out for another how to post on that!

Thanks for reading!

Georgia



15 comments :

  1. I love this so much, I'm going to have to get my hands on these ingredients and make this! :) xx

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    1. Yayy do! let me know how you get on with it :) xx

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  2. Ohh that is interesting and looks pretty good! When I am feeling creative I will need to try this. Great idea.

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  3. This is a great idea, it makes me want to experiment!

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  4. This is a great post! I definitely want to try this! x

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  5. this is so cool ^_^ i've always wanted do some homemade beauty products!! xx

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  6. I love this! its a great idea for a present too if you wanted to give them to friends!
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    x

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  7. A-a-a, I LOVE such posts! Great recipe, please keep those posts up, Georgia - they're fun to do and fun for us to get ideas from;-))

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  8. Great post !
    Wow great diy will try it this weekend !! :)

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  10. This looks amazing, and the packaging is so cute! Think I will be trying it out soon as I love a good bargain, and restricting myself from finishing the last few squeezes of my higher end scrub haha! <3 http://blondebeautyfix.blogspot.co.uk/

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  11. Such a good idea to make your own body scrub! Really want to try it out, thankyou for the post!

    P.s do you have eczema? if so, did it make it feel any less dry?xxx

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    1. I don't actually have Eczema myself but I saw online when I was researching that honey and vitamin b6 is really good for treating skin conditions and I did find it made my skin less dry so I'd be interested to see if it did make a difference to Eczema!
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  12. I can't wait to make this, sounds like a great way to save money and use what you have a home! Thanks for the great idea :)


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