A Beauty Wonderland Say Good-Bye to Dry “When cold weather hits, use these homemade tips to fight the itch.” Sweet Almond Body Scrub
Almonds are packed full of nutrients like vitamin E, magnesium, and healthy monounsaturated fats. These compounds make them nourishing to your body inside and out. Try this recipe to exfoliate and moisturize your skin.
Oats and Honey Facial
Besides giving you energy all morning long, oatmeal is a gentle exfoliant with soothing, antiinflammatory properties. Here is a simple face scrub that can also be used as a mask.
• 1 cup brown sugar, 1/2 cup almond oil, 2 tsp honey and 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup oats, any variety and 1/2 cup honey
Mix all ingredients together in a shatter-proof bowl. In the shower or tub, massage the scrub into your skin in circular motions (after washing your skin with soap), concentrating on rough or dry areas of the skin. Rinse with warm water, allowing the residual layer of almond oil to remain on the skin. Pat dry
Blend oats and honey in a blender or food processor until smooth. Apply to clean, dry skin in small circular motions, covering the entire face, neck, and décolletage areas. Rinse with warm water, or, for a mask treatment, allow leave on for 10 minutes, then rinse.
Double Almond Body Scrub
Your skin will reap the moisturizing benefits of almond oil and the exfoliating properties of almond meal with this scrub. To make almond meal, toss a handful of raw almonds, with skins, into your blender. Blend for a few minutes until the almonds are the consistency of whole wheat flour. • 6 Tbsp almond meal, 6 Tbsp honey and 3 Tbsp almond oil, or enough to bring mixture to desired consistency Mix all ingredients together in a shatter-proof bowl. In the shower or tub, massage the scrub into your skin in circular motions (after washing your skin with soap), concentrating on rough or dry areas of the skin. Rinse with warm water, allowing the residual layer of almond oil to remain on the skin. Pat dry.
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