Homemade Facial Scrub
Want a natural facial scrub that will leave your skin smooth, soft, and absolutely radiant? Try this easy homemade facial scrub with natural ingredients that surely give you the softest skin imaginable without the terrible environmental impact of micro-beads. The recipe is will fill three 3oz tins with an exfoliating scrub with a salve like consistency.
Ingredients
- 6 ounces coconut oil or oil of your choice
- 2-4 tablespoons beeswax pastiles using upwards of 4 if using a liquid at room temperature oil
- 1 1/4 cup ground meal of your choice flax, apricot kernel, or quinoa
- 1 tablespoon black walnut hulls
- 1/2 tablespoon orange peel pwoder
- 50 drops essential oil of your choice
Instructions
- Using a double boiler over a small pot of gently simmering water, melt oil and wax until combined.
- Remove double boiler from the heat source, and stir in the rest of the ingredients. Cool for approximately 10-15 minutes
- The mixture is ready to pour into tins when it is cooled and thickened enough for the added meal to not sink readily after stirred -- it will have a texture vaguely reminiscent of oatmeal at this point. If your mixture has cooled too much, place it over heat again, stirring constantly until the mixture is the right consistency.
- Pour into tins and cool completely before place the lids on the tins. Note: some setting of solids will occur during cooling but there is enough "grit" in this recipe to keep it well distributed.
To Use:
- Using clean fingers, apply the exfoliating scrub to moist skin and massage in sweeping circular motions, avoiding eye area. Rise with warm water and a wash cloth.
Can be used 2-3x weekly, depending on sensitivity.