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Homemade Hydrating Body Scrub for Baby Soft Skin

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Hi everyone!

It is time for another DIY article. For our facial skin we do quite a lot of things like regular cleansing, toning, moisturing, using sunscreen, facepacks and all. But,when it comes to our body’s skin we do so little. We just clean our body using a soap or shower gel and apply moisturizer when our skin gets extremely dry.

May be that’s why our facial skin is always 2-3 tones light than our feet and hands. I have combination skin, sometimes it gets too oily. But my body’s skin remains dry 24×7 for 365 days. So I need to take special care of my body skin as dry skin is prone to wrinkles, and gets tanned easily. Here is my hydrating easy peasy body scrub for dry skin, which would clean the skin well and helps in removing dead cells and makes your skin baby soft and glowing (definitely you need to use this regularly, as it is natural it takes some time to show results.)

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Homemade Coffee Body Scrub – How to Make?

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by Harini

Hi there!
Its DIY time again! Ever since I prepared Homemade Body Scrub, I am so interested to make my own beauty products. Firstly you get to know what you apply on your skin (no parabens no preservatives). Secondly, they are so cheap and it also gives you a satisfaction that ‘I made this’ and I love it!!! Recently I tried this coffee scrub and was super happy with the results. It just took few minutes to prepare it, as all the ingredients are easily available in any kitchen. So let’s see how to prepare and use this body scrub.

Ingredients required:

  • Coffee: 1 measure
  • Granulated White Sugar: 1 measure
  • Coconut Oil: 1 measure
  • Honey: few drops

Benefits of Ingredients:

Coffee: Known to renew dull skin and reduces the appearance of Cellulite. The caffeine present in coffee is a natural antioxidant.

Sugar: Acts as a good exfoliator to remove dead cells and keeps the skin hydrated. Regular usage on skin helps to eliminate blemishes.

Coconut Oil: Excellent skin nourisher and moisturiser. Natural way to smooth away wrinkles and acne. Proven to possess anti-oxidant and anti-microbial properties.

Honey: Adds moisture to skin and effective in treating acne. Due to its antioxidant properties, honey delays ageing.


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Preparation Method:

Get all your ingredients ready. Take a dry bowl and mix both the dry (Coffee and sugar) ingredients. Add coconut oil little by little stirring constantly. Honey is purely optional. Your homemade coffee body scrub is ready to use.

You can store this in fridge for 1 week or so. I prefer preparing them fresh every time as its so easy peasy to make it. In case you are planning to store it, transfer the contents to an airtight container and keep it refrigerated. You can also replace coconut oil with almond or jojoba oil. The original recipe says to use ground coffee (more effective than instant). Since I couldn’t get ground coffee, I opted for regular instant one. You can add few drops of essential oil if you want your scrub scented.

Usage Instructions:

Take little quantity in your finger tips and apply on damp skin. Massage it for 3-5 minutes in circular motion. Focus in knee and elbow region. Wash as usual and pat dry. Follow it up with a good moisturiser. I used this in my home pedicure and I loved the scrubbing effect by coffee. It left my skin soft and smooth. I don’t recommend this for your face as this scrub might be too rough for facial skin. Never use this scrub on dry skin.

I hope all you liked this post and would try it soon!

Homemade Aavaram Poo Body Scrub for Clear Skin

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by Harini

Hey Lovelies!
Hope all of you are doing great. I am back with another DIY. This time I am sharing my HG Body scrub with all of you. I was always fascinated with branded scrubs. When I came to know about homemade scrubs, I thought I should prepare my own version. So, that’s how I tried this scrub and now I’m loving it. Lets move on to the preparation method.

About the Ingredients:

Aavaram poo (Avaram senna): Keeps the skin glowing and improves complexion when used regularly.

Lemon Peel: A very good scrub base that lightens age spots and great to treat acne as it contains anti-oxidants.

Green gram: Improves skin texture and reduces acne/scar. Regular usage brightens complexion.

Rose petal: Soothes irritated skin and acts as a natural moisturiser. Widely used in aromatherapy for its calming and relaxing properties.

Chick Pea: Natural way to get rid of blemishes. It is a great exfoliator and cleanser.

Aavaram poo can be purchased in naatu marundhu shops or even available online. Other ingredients are easily available.


Ingredients Required:

  • Avarampoo : 100gm
  • Lemon Peel : 100gm
  • Green gram :  100gm
  • Rose petal : 100gm
  • Chickpea : 100 gm

Preparation and Usage:

  • Get all your ingredients ready.
  • Sun dry them for 4 days till they turn crisp.
  • Coursely grind in a mixer jar when they are nice and hot.
  • Grinding becomes difficult if they are not sun dried. Since I preferred to have mild scrub, I powdered them very well. So always check the granularity of the scrub then and there while grinding.
  • Store the contents in a air tight container. It stays good for even 4-5 months. Always use dry spoon to increase the shelf life.

I love using this with curd. Make a thick paste with curd and you can also add few drops of honey for moisturising effect. I have skipped this part as I don’t like the slippery feeling that honey gives. Gently massage for few minutes all over the body. Rinse well and pat dry with a towel. When I am using this, I don’t need anything else like soap or body wash. This is fair enough to cleanse the skin and this gives me a break from chemical loaded stuff. Due to its exfoliating properties, I suggest to use this only once in a week.


Benefits of this Body Scrub:

I regularly use this scrub and found it very beneficial to my skin. I have normal-dry skin. If you don’t find one or two ingredients, its fine. You can skip them and use others to prepare this scrub. I also find the smell of this scrub very refreshing. When we can make such effective scrubs at home why pay so much for the chemicals loaded fancy scrubs available at market??.

Do give this a try and I’m waiting for your valuable comments!!!

The Body Shop Olive Body Scrub Review, Swatch and Photos

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Hello Ladies!

This is my first post on MABH and I am very excited. Hope you all like it. Today I will be reviewing a body scrub from The Body Shop. The body shop has many variants to choose from and I decided to pick Olive for my skin for its goodness. Continue reading to know more.

Price and Quantity: 

Rs. 995 for 200 ml.


Ingredients:


My Take:

This scrub comes in a olive green plastic tub. The packaging is not very hygienic. The scrub is of light olive green in color and has cream like texture. It spreads like butter on your skin and that ways you need very little quantity to use.

This is one scrub that I like for its mild exfoliating action. This scrub exfoliates your skin in a very gentle way. I use it under shower. I apply it all over my body and give a good massage in circular motions and then rinse it off with plain warm water, leaving my skin super soft. The kernels are not too harsh on skin but efficiently remove tan from the skin.

So you can use it 3-4 times a week without worrying too much about the skin. It may feel a bit greasy while scrubbing it on your skin, but once washed off the skin feels super awesome. In summer, I do not even feel the need of using a moisturizer afterwards.

Coming to the fragrance, the product has a strong fruity fragrance and I did not find it too appealing as I personally am not a big fan of smell of olive products but that can be overlooked as others may find it good for their senses.

PROS:

  • Mild exfoliating action
  • Kernels are not too harsh on skin
  • Leaves skin super soft
  • Removes dead skin efficiently
  • Easily available
  • Goodness of olive oil
  • Not tested on animals
  • Cons of The Body Shop Olive Body Scrub

CONS:

  • Very expensive

 

Rating: 4/5

 

Would I Repurchase?:

No there are other better and cheap options available in the market

Khadi Kesar Peeling Scrub Gel Review

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Hello everybody!

Every time I write for MABH, I get so excitement down my heart that I cannot even express. :P So, coming back to the topic, how often do you use scrub? I honestly cannot live without it, if I don’t scrub for a week; I feel like my skin is full of dirt and dead cells (even if I do CTM daily). And I am reviewing today my all time scrub, Khadi Kesar Peeling Scrub Gel. I bought it online last year and still using it.


Price and quantity: 

Rs. 145 for 210ml. (I got it for Rs. 123)

 

My Take:

I have normal skin with T-zone oily and I use this scrub for my weekly scrubbing and also for my home facial scrubbing. To begin with, this scrub comes in a typical Khadi bottle, but luckily mine was bit sturdy. It has flip top cap.

The scrub is a reddish orange color gel with millions of black and off white granules. When applying it on the skin, it gives a nice cooling feel, and the smell is exactly like kesar mixed with some other herbs (the smell reminds me of Pass pass :P). It is thick gel and because of the packaging, after a few uses (when the level goes down), it becomes hard to get it out.

It purely cleans my skin, making it soft and supple. It rinses very well, without leaving any slippery effect. The granules are quite hard, so I don’t use it when I have pimples on my skin. It is directed to rinse with lukewarm water for better result; I totally get the idea when I use this scrub for my home facial. After scrubbing and getting steam, my face feels like baby’s skin and it glows, really!

Well, Khadi is quite known as herbal company, but there is preservative in the ingredient list (which breaks my heart). Other than that, I love this scrub, it may not be making my skin fairer or removes spots, but it cleanses my skin and makes it like baby’s skin. It does not dry out my skin nor needs no face wash after using this (Lotus Apricot Scrub needed face wash after).

When I ordered this scrub online, I thought it might be peel off gel as displayed on its name. But after trying it for the first time, I saw no peeling condition. I wondered why they would name it Khadi Kesar Peeling Scrub Gel if it is not for peeling, after 3-4 uses, I realized that it is called “peeling” because it peels the dead cells from skin and gives a new baby soft skin. :P

PROS:

  • Cleans well.
  • Easy to apply and remove.
  • Smells pretty well.
  • Travel friendly.
  • Fairly large amount.
  • Makes skin soft and smooth.
  • Leaves skin refreshing and cool.
  • Great for regular use.
  • Does not leave skin dry or oily.

CONS:

  • Contains preservative.
  • Granules can be quite harsh for acne prone skins.
  • Packaging is not perfect for thick gel.

 

Rating: 3.5/5 (-1.5 for preservatives)

 

Do I Recommend?:

Yes, it is a good scrub for regular use.

 

Would I Repurchase?:

Yes, absolutely.

Freeman Beautiful Body Salt Scrub Guava Review and Swatch

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Freeman is a well known brand which supplies quality skin care products at reasonable prices. These are not available everywhere and only a few of the online stores stock these regularly. So if you see these in stock do not hesitate; pick one of these up and you will not be disappointed. Read on to know why.


Price and Quantity:

This Body Salt comes in a 150 ml tube which is available for 180 INR

My Take:

The packaging of this bath salt is quite attractive. The tube is bright green in color and has attractive graphics. The ingredients and other details are mentioned on the back. The tube comes with a flip cap which is quite easy to store inside the bathroom and use while one takes a bath.

There is no problem of product not coming out of the cap or getting stuck, the product comes out beautifully. You can see in the swatch that the product is a transparent gel like product with coarse Sugar like ‘Salt Granules’

On my first use I was really surprised by the warm feeling it provides once you apply it on your skin. I feel it’s nice for those winter days. I have been using it as a body scrub for a month now and I feel it does what it claims. It removes dead skin layer effectively and also provides relief to the skin by restoring its moisture. I have normal to dry skin on my body which turns dry in some areas and I have felt that after using this product I did not need to apply body butter to provide moisture. But I feel those with very dry skin will need good moisturisation after this scrub.

The smell of this is fruity and is not too overwhelming. Sadly all of my bath gels and shower gels are scented so I could not test if the smell stays after shower. The fact that I love most is the clean and polished feel to my skin. Though I will not say it turns my skin like that body polishing at the parlour (It would have been so great if it did!!) but it does give my skin a radiant new feel due to the removing of dead skin.

The granules of the bath salt dissolves with the touch and vanishes after a while of scrubbing.

PROS:

  • Cost effective
  • Packaging is quite attractive
  • Easy to use and store
  • Made with natural botanical ingredients
  • No irritations
  • Does not over dry skin
  • Gives a nice warm feeling upon contact with skin

CONS:

  • Availability

 

Rating: 4/5

 

So Will I Suggest?:

Yes, if you want a good bath salt and scrub for an affordable price give this a try.

 

Will I Repurchase?:

Yes! I love the way my skin feels after using this. I use it once a week.