This one's for the ladies!
(But hey, if you're a guy and interested, of course by all means feel free to try it out too!)
These are a couple of body scrub recipes I personally use almost daily, and have seen really great results with since beginning (and in as soon as 1 week!)
***NOTE
Remember that there is no magic cream, pill, or anything to get rid of fat, cellulite, or saggy skin. Only proper nutrition, exercise and skin care will do that. BUT, these creams are very nourishing to the skin, which helps REDUCE THE APPEARANCE of cellulite, by exfoliating and moisturising your skin, and increasing circulation. (Which little by little helps to reduce it if the above mentioned 3 things are being done).
Smooth, healthy skin always looks much nicer and less "cottage-cheese" like than dry, damaged skin.
I also highly recommend adding Vitamin E oil to any of these as it is great for skin elasticity, which helps firm up loose saggy skin.
OK, here they are.
Oatmeal, Coffee and Honey Scrub
This body scrub uses coffee and oatmeal as the base, and sugar as the exfoliant. Coffee helps increase blood flow to the skin surface and reduce the appearance of cellulite; oatmeal aids in moisturising; honey is moisturizing and detoxifying, as is the oil.
Adding vitamin E oil could also be beneficial, but not necessary.
Ingredients:
- 1 cup coffee grounds
- ½ cup oatmeal
- ½ cup sugar
- ½ cup honey
- 2 tbsp of olive oil
Ground oatmeal to a fine powder:
Combine the rest of the dry ingredients into a large bowl, add the honey and oil. Mix until everything is coated with honey, add more as desired. It should be a sticky consistency.
You can add or subtract sugar if it is too rough.
Here's another recipe to try:-----
Coconut Oil Oatmeal Coffee Scrub
*Original recipe posted on Busy Vegetarian Mom
Ingredients:
- 2 tbsp coconut oil
- 2 tbsp oatmeal
- 1 tbsp coffee, ground (I love French Vanilla or Hazelnut coffee beans for the added aroma)
Directions:
- Mix all ingredients together and store in air tight jar
- Use in the shower – rub generously on body, rinse off
Sorry no photo!