Since long ago, 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, moist skin, you can make scrubs yourself using simple ingredients at home.
Scrub is usually used to soften, brighten, and moisturize the skin. Besides using scrubs can also remove dead skin cells that make the skin become dull. As a result, the absorption of skin care products will increase because the skin surface is free of dead skin cells that accumulate.
Scrubs for dull skin also need to be applied according to your skin type. If you have oily skin, you can use scrubs every 2 days. For owners of dry and sensitive skin, limit the use of scrubs up to 1 time a week.
Various types of body scrub with natural ingredients
Scrubs that can generally be used during this bath 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 properties of scrubs, first identify some of the ingredients commonly contained in scrubs for the following dull skin, along with their benefits.
- Coffee is useful to tighten and smooth the skin's blood flow.
- Coconut oil to moisturize the skin.
- Olive oil to moisturize, kill acne-causing bacteria, and protect skin from damage.
- Honey to soothe the skin, prevent bacterial infections, and help heal wounds.
- Lemon is rich in vitamin C and antioxidants to brighten and stimulate collagen.
- Milk to brighten the skin.
- Oatmeal to cleanse and moisturize the skin.
Essential oils can be added to create a distinctive aroma on scrubs for dull skin, such as lavender, roses, and tea tree oil. This oil can also help moisturize the skin. But you should try first on a small portion on the surface of the skin. In some people, essential oils can cause allergic reactions.
Make Your Own Scrub for Dull Skin
There are some people who don't fit scrubs for certain dull skins that are sold freely. The good news, you can make scrubs yourself at home with ingredients that are also easily available. Here are some examples of recipes.
Coffee Scrub
- ½ cup of pure ground coffee.
- A cup of brown sugar.
- 2 tablespoons of liquid milk.
- 1 tablespoon of honey.
Sugar scrub
- ½ cup of coconut oil.
- ¼ cup of honey.
- ¼ cup of brown sugar.
- 3 tablespoons of oatmeal.
Olive oil scrub
- ½ cup of olive oil.
- ¼ cup of sugar.
- ¼ cup of honey.
Lemon scrub
- Juice of 1 lemon.
- ½ cup of water.
- 1 cup of sugar.
Apply the scrub with a circular motion and massage the skin slowly to remove dead skin cells, then wash with warm water to clean. After that, you can apply lotion to keep the skin moist and soft.