After a long day's work, not too many things feel much better than homemade face scrubs.
The advantages of using homemade face scrubs rather than ones purchased from a store are many.
I'll start off by writing in my opinion, what are the most advantageous reasons to considering making your own homemade face scrubs.
When you're buying something in a store, sometimes there will be ingredients that you don't recognize.
If you make your own face scrubs, you will know exactly what's being mixed in them.
It's hard to put a price on the piece of mind that you will gain in knowing exactly what you're putting onto your skin.
You have control over everything when you do it yourself.
If you prefer certain ingredients to others, you can adjust things accordingly.
Basically, when you take beauty matters into your own hands, you have the freedom to do as you please, and a lot of people appreciate that.
Another notable advantage of taking the do-it-yourself route to facial scrubs is in the savings.
We've all spent way too much money on beauty products that just sit on the shelf taking up space.
How much money have you spent on products that you didn't like, and ended up never using again? If you had made that yourself, you would only loose out on the cost of the ingredients.
Plus, if you had made it yourself, chances are you would have liked it in the first place anyway! Now that I have shared some of the advantages of using homemade face scrubs, I'll tell you some secrets of how to make them.
You need something to act as the base and something to act as the scrubber.
Around the autumn, there are a lot of pumpkins that people just throw away.
You can puree the leftover pumpkin after cooking it, and it will make a fantastic base for your scrub.
For example, a great homemade face scrub is oatmeal and banana.
Yes, it's that simple.
Just mash a banana until it's a puree, and then mix it with some oatmeal.
The banana will act to make your skin feel soft and smooth, and the oatmeal will scrub away unwanted toxins and microscopic dirt that builds up during the day.
If you don't want to use oatmeal, baking soda is another ingredient that you can use as the scrubber.
Cornmeal is another popular choice, as well.
Try mixing them and try different combinations until you find something that works great for you.
For an alternative to using a vegetable puree, you can also make something a little creamier using milk and honey.
Combine the milk and honey, then mix in your favorite scrubber and you have a brand new twist.
The possibilities are endless, just open up your pantry and let the possibilities jump out at you!