Peeling and body scrubs at home

Among the many cosmetic procedures, there is a method of cleansing the skin, which can be carried out not only in beauty salons, but also independently. This method is called peeling, from the English word - peel - to remove. Peeling removes the top dead layer of skin cells. But not only this is possible thanks to peeling - the formation of new skin tissues and its rejuvenation, reduction or even complete elimination of external defects are stimulated: shallow scars, acne; improves blood circulation through gentle massage.

Home body scrubs and scrub classification

Scrubs are divided into tonic, firming, exfoliating, anti-cellulite.
When buying a scrub, you need to know for what purpose you need it. Therefore, check out its action in detail. If you are looking for cleansing and exfoliation, opt for a simple scrub that will leave your skin supple, smooth and well-groomed. To maintain the elasticity of the skin, buy a tonic and firming one, and for an anti-cellulite effect - an anti-cellulite one, which has a more intense effect on the skin and even prevents the appearance of stretch marks.

It is best to buy a scrub in a translucent or transparent tube to see what the size of the abrasive particles are. Of course, you already know your skin, its sensitivity and type. Therefore, choose for dry skin - a cream-gel with additional hydration and nutrition, for normal and oily - a scrub with medium and large particles, for delicate and too sensitive - with small particles.

At the base of industrial scrubs, crushed grape or apricot seeds, coconut shells, almonds, pine nuts or bran, crushed herbs, dried flower petals, coffee, etc. are used as abrasive substances. Synthetic components are added to these substances. The best scrubs, of course, are scrubs with natural ingredients: with sugar, natural essential oils, fruit extracts, with seaweed and other components of plant origin.

Finally, the scent of the scrub. Here you just need to smell, it all depends on what smells you prefer: floral, fruity, delicate, sweet, winter freshness, etc.

How to use a body scrub at home?

If you do the peeling yourself at home, then you must first of all first clean your face: dry and sensitive skin, as well as normal - with milk and tonic, and oily - with foam or gel. Then apply the scrub on the face, distribute it gently in circular movements with the fingers of both hands and massage the face for 2-3 minutes in the directions: from the middle of the forehead to the temples, from the corners of the lips to the temples, from the middle of the chin to the earlobes. Then rinse with warm water, gently dry your face with a towel and apply a moisturizer.

At home, a body scrub is best used when the skin is steamed and moisturized, i.e. after a bath, bath or shower. You can massage the body with a mitten or with your hand. Massage should be done carefully so as not to damage the skin - abrasive particles should roll over the surface of the skin, and not scratch it. After a five-minute massage, take a warm shower.

Some of the best scrubs are scrubs made with Dead Sea salts, which contain a wide variety of minerals that are beneficial to the skin and health. This scrub provides an exfoliating effect, nutrition with microelements, has a regenerating, rejuvenating and stimulating effect. And in general, scrubs of natural origin cleanse the skin in a gentle way and at the same time do not harm it.

In face scrubs, the particles are smaller than for the body, since the skin of the face is more delicate and sensitive.

If you prefer natural ingredients of scrubs and do exfoliation at home, then use the recipes below. Most likely you will be satisfied.

Several homemade scrub recipes from natural products:

Salt scrub
Take liquid honey or heavy cream, you can sour cream, add salt, preferably large table or sea salt. Mix to make a thick liquid, heat (no more than 40 degrees). You can now start the massage as described above.

Coffee scrub
This scrub is suitable for sensitive skin. It is based on sugar-free coffee grounds with a small amount of milk. It is best to use the coffee grounds within 20 minutes after brewing the coffee. And the scrub is applied for 2-3 minutes with light massaging movements of both hands. Your skin is guaranteed silkiness and beautiful color. And besides that, the aroma of coffee will give you a good mood.

Oat scrub
For this scrub, you need chopped oatmeal or rolled oats, a little wheat flour. Take 1/2 tablespoon of oatmeal and flour, add boiled water until you get gruel and a few drops of lemon juice. For dry skin, you can do a little differently - 1/2 tablespoon of rolled oats and 1/2 tablespoon of powdered milk, pour a little hot milk over everything, cover with a lid for 7-8 minutes. And then, how to act is already known. You can pour the cereal, for example, with some kind of juice, which, you know for sure, will not cause you allergies. This scrub not only cleanses, but also moisturizes and nourishes the skin, and even has an anti-inflammatory effect.

Coffee and egg scrub
Mix one egg yolk with olive oil and honey (one tablespoon each), add 2 teaspoons of ground coffee in boiled water. Stir everything and apply. Very good exfoliating effect and nutrition.

Fruit scrub
This scrub is suitable for softer skin cleansing. Here you can use both fruits and berries: bananas, peaches, strawberries, etc. with the addition of carrot, lemon and honey juices. However, remember which of you is allergic to what !!

Soap and soda scrub
Mix the lather of baby soap with baking soda. Great scrub !! And the simplest and most affordable.

Uma Thurman said the following words in her interview - “I am a real fan of scrubs and peels. I know it's harmful to use them often, but I love the feeling of clean, polished leather, soft to the touch. "

In this phrase, spoken by a well-known actress, there is the answer to the question of how often you can use scrubs at home.

If you have dry, sensitive and delicate skin, it is better to use the scrub once every 10 days, if the skin is normal - once a week, if the skin is oily - 1-2 times a week. In addition, restrictions in use also arise if the skin has any damage: scratches, burns, dermatitis or other skin diseases.

Using a scrub, you can get rid of skin pigmentation or, more simply, from freckles, but if all this is not so pronounced on your face or body. Do not forget that after applying the scrub, you cannot go to sun procedures. This is tantamount to the pigmentation coming back, and even more so.

But if some of you are impatient to get tanned faster, then after the peeling, go faster in the sun. And yet, be smarter, we will need healthy beautiful skin throughout our lives, which means we need to take good care of ourselves, and sunbathe properly.