Natural exfoliation: get a makeover! [Face scrub ]

Homemade: instead of wagering on dubious products, make your natural and effective scrub with simple ingredients.

Scrubs or peels have only one goal: to help you get a new look! Nothing like this to eliminate dead cells, stimulate the growth of new cells, help the skin to regain its radiance. Performed regularly, they refine and purify the skin, while brightening the complexion. Also think of them to prepare the skin to receive a mask or other care (2).

An exfoliant, yes, but rather a natural scrub

There is a huge variety, and all types of skin can find their happiness. Let's start with some basics, with this first suggestion for a scrub, easy to do all year.

Simple homemade face scrub

Apply a teaspoon of sea salt to the moist skin of your face.

Massage lightly, with wet fingertips.

Leave on for 10 minutes.

Rinse thoroughly.

Sea salt promotes the elimination of anything that could clog the pores of the skin, including excess sebum, while preventing small infections.

If your skin requires more softness ...

Dry skin scrub

Mix 2 tablespoons coarsely ground sugar and 3 tablespoons warm water.

Apply this preparation on the face, then gently massage while emphasizing the forehead, the nose and the chin, but carefully avoiding the turn of the eyes.

Rinse thoroughly with warm water, then apply a mask or a moisturizing oil: apricot kernel or jojoba for example are indicated.

Just as simple a treat, especially during periods of frost ...

Face scrub for winter

If you have thick, even grainy honey at home ... enjoy!

Apply a little on the face and, with the fingertips, make small circular motions by emphasizing the area of ​​the "T", forehead, wings of the nose and chin, avoiding absolutely the turn of the eyes.

Then rinse thoroughly and apply a floral lotion.

As for dry and sensitive skin, despite their fragility, they also need regular care to remove dead skin cells. Only one condition: the greatest gentleness is de rigueur!

Another good formula to erase while moisturizing the skin?

Mix coffee grounds with olive oil, known for its nourishing properties!

Flax seeds, too, are particularly suitable for this care in express version:

Scrub and moisturizing 2 in 1

Crush a tablespoon of flaxseed.

Mix them with a tablespoon of your usual cleansing milk.

Apply this preparation to your face and neck, previously cleaned and moistened.

Massage gently, making small circles, for a few minutes.

Then rinse generously.

Warning: if you tend to have acne, avoid this form of exfoliation, because circular massage movements stimulate the sebaceous glands, which would spread more sebum. Which is not the goal at all ...

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