Sugar Sweet Beauty
Create inexpensive beauty products using the main ingredient,
sugar. In the self-care and beauty industry, the latest craze
is to include sugar in skin care products. If you search the
internet you will find everything from sugar body scrubs to
sugar hair removers. The prices can range from $8.00 to $35.00
for each product. How’s that for a product in which the main
ingredient can cost you a no more that $3.00 for a 5 pound
bag!
To enjoy all of the benefits of a sugar based product without
shelling out the big bucks, trys these recipes:
Orange Cream Sugar Body Scrub
This recipe is great to remove dead skin and give your skin
a healthy glow. The sugar contains glycolic acid and the cream
is a source for lactic acid. Avoid irritated or broken skin
areas.
Ingredients: ˝ cup sugar, 2 TBSP cream or whole milk, 5
drops orange oil, and 1 cup olive, jojoba, or almond oil
Mix sugar, oil and cream together. Add orange oil after
main ingredients are completely mixed.
Apply to your body by starting at the feet and working your
way up. Massage in a circular motion and leave it on for 10-15
minutes, then shower it off. This recipe is enough to make
one full body treatment.
Lemon Head Sugar Body Scrub
This recipe is both cleansing and detoxifying. Lemon is
very detoxifying to the body and will also help brighten the
skin.
Ingredients: ˝ cup sugar, 10 drops lemon oil, or ˝ a lemon
freshly squeezed, and 1 cup olive, jojoba, or almond oil
Mix all ingredients together. Apply to your body by starting
at the feet and working your way up. Massage in a circular
motion, then shower it off. This recipe is enough to make
one full body treatment.
Facial Cleanser
Ingredients:
white or brown sugar, your favorite facial cleanser, witch
hazel, and water
Using your favorite daily facial soap, an easy, inexpensive
facial scrub can be made by adding sugar. Simply add a teaspoon
of either white sugar or brown sugar and massage it gently
on your facial skin. Rinse with cool water and spritz your
face with a ˝ witch hazel and ˝ water mixture.
Sugar is a natural and inexpensive way to include alpha-hydroxy
acids in your skincare program. It produces glycolic acid,
an alpha hydroxy acid, which is included in many skincare
product lines. Today’s pricey beauty products that include
sugar or alpha hydroxy acid, can be created inexpensively
right at your kitchen table. You can experience all of the
benefits without the inflated price.
About the Author:
Danielle Sims explored her library of alternative health,
herbal books, and aromatherapy books and created a blueprint
for making her own body wrap formulas at home. Now she offers
this information in an e-book entitled Wrap Yourself Slim:
Body Wrap Exposed. Monthly newsletter is also available at
her web site. For more information go to http://www.wrapyourselfslim.com
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