As we age, our skin requires a little more attention, especially if you’re trying to keep your skin soft and smooth. The answer is to exfoliate. It’s actually the key to keeping your skin vibrant and healthy. Exfoliating removes the top layer of dead skin cells, stimulates the skin and improves the efficacy of topical treatments. In regards to topical treatments, that means if you exfoliate your skin before applying a cream, the cream will be able to penetrate more deeply instead of sitting on the surface.

There’s no need to go out and spend a fortune on beauty products and body scrubs either. Instead, choose some of your favorite ingredients to make your own homemade body scrub.

Tools for a DIY body scrub:

spoons for mixing
bowls
measuring cups
a carrier oil, such as jojoba oil or olive oil
essential oils, optional
sealed container for final product (scrub)

Check out my favorite DIY body scrub that’s beneficial to the skin, eases tension as well as easy to make.

Brown Sugar & Sweetness Scrub

1 cup sugar (a combination of organic pure cane, brown pure cane, turbinado, etc.)
1-3tablespoons, jojoba oil
a few drops of your favorite essential oils such as lavender or lemongrass

INSTRUCTIONS

Mix: Place sugar in container of your choice and add the oil 1 tablespoon at a of oil to mix. Do not add too much oil or the scrub will be soupy. If the mix is too watery, the sugars will dissolve and the scrub will not exfoliate the skin.

Apply the body scrub in the shower or bath. Gently massage the scrub into your skin in a circular motion and rinse it off thoroughly with warm water. Be mindful not over exfoliate. You don’t need to do this everyday. Over exfoliating your skin can leave it dry, sensitive, and irritated. Try to exfoliate your skin two to three times a week. If your skin becomes irritated then, only do so once a week. If you have a skin condition, please talk to a dermatologist.