Today I wanted to share with you guys a quick and easy ( inexpensive) way to make your very own home made hand scrub. Most of these ingredients are already laying around in your kitchen. You only need three ingredients which are: sugar, olive oil ( you can also use other types such as Sunflower oil or Almond oil) and one bag of green tea which serves as a anti-oxidant. With out further a do, here is how you can make your own home made Green tea hand scrub. Enjoy!

What you will need:

Mixing bowl

Measuring cups

Sugar-1-2 cups

Olive oil- 1/2 cup

Green tea-One bag

Instructions

• Add sugar: 1 cup
• Add oliveoil:-1/2 cup
• Add Green tea: One bag
• Optional: 5-6 drops of cosmetic soap fragrance ( if you don’t want your hand scrub to be scented, skip this step)
• Mix all ingredients

Once you are done, pack the scrub in a jar, I chose to put mine in my already used Bath and Body works jar. If you are planning to give this to someone as a gift, all you have to do is add some ribbons to decorate your jar

Few things to keep in mind:

• Don’t rush, all the ingredients need to be mixed well. Also, by rushing you will end up making a mess.
• Use once to twice a week, not on a regular basis
• Luke warm water should be used to wash off scrub
• Store at room temperature

If you try this out, make sure to let me know how it went.

Thanks for stopping by,

xo Sue

What do you need?

Brown sugar

Virgin Olive Oil

Glycerine

A container with lid to store the scrub.

A spoon to mix the ingredients

How to prepare the scrub:

Take half a cup of brown sugar in the container. Add olive oil till all the sugar is wet with it. Add a teaspoon of glycerin to it. Mix well till the large chunks of sugar gets finer. And your scrub is ready.

Step in the shower and scrub your dry body with the mix gently. Take a warm shower washing yourself with a non soap based body wash. Pat dry your body, apply moisturizer liberally and feel your skin smoother and silkier like never before.

Try it out and let us know what you have to say.

Stay beautiful.

Here are the ingredients needed for this easy homemade coffee body scrub:
• 2/3 tbsp. Essential oil
• 1/2 cup Sugar
• 2 cups Coffee grounds

Make sure that you are using fresh coffee grounds, and blend all of the ingredients together in a bowl. You do have the option of adding more custom ingredients to create your own special recipe, like brown sugar, cinnamon, vanilla extract, or perfume oils.

You can use brown sugar to add an even more granulated texture to the scrub for better exfoliation, and cinnamon, vanilla extract, or perfume oils will add a deeper scent. You do need to be careful of using perfume oils if you have sensitive skin because they can irritate certain skin types.

A lot of friends have so far asked me what to do about their skin, hair or make up and all.

So I thought of compiling all my wisdom here that I have attained over the years in this lovely post…..

Skin Tips

Moisturizing your skin is as essential as eating food.

Choosing a correct moisturizer is the key to have good skin. Moisturizers should be opted according to the seasons. For winters – use deep skin moisturizers as skin gets really fragile in winter days.

In summers, cool soothing moisturizers like cucumber or green tea oil must be used to give skin relaxation from the harsh sun. Sunblock is very essential.

Now for the tips and tricks

1.If you’ve got a young zit on the face and you’ve a function to attend the next day, just apply toothpaste on the top of zit and sleep. Next morning it will become faded or most probably will go away.

2. If you’ve got a bad tan, make a homemade scrub. Mix chickpea flour (besan), honey, lemon juice, rose water and milk and apply to the skin. Let it become dry and hard. When it hardens, try to peel it away, you’ll actually see the tan coming out with the flour. Take cold/luke warm water bath and apply lots of moisturizer.

3. If you’re getting lots of zits/pimples then again use this homemade pack – Chickpea flour, turmeric, coriander powder (yes!!!) and rose water, lemon juice and wash it with cold water.

4. Fifteen minutes facial – Take oodles of cold creams and massage onto your face and neck for ten minutes. Dip a soft hand towel in lukewarm water and let it rest on your face. Wipe your face with the same towel and voila you’ll notice the skin looking shinier as a coin.

5.Vitamin E is like elixir for skin and hair. You can apply it directly or have it in form of a pill. I have been eating and applying Evion since two years.

6.Soframycin is an excellent skin ointment. Apply it on any wound or zit and it will surely heal.

If you have under growth of hair on the body – use body scrub…it will surely help.

Hair Tips

I have had hair like coconut – dull, orange!!!, lifeless and rough. It has taken me atleast 5-6 years of constant care to make them look good enough.

I believe conditioning your hair is the key for healthy hair. And by conditioners – I also mean natural conditioning.

Tips and Tricks

1. If your hair has a tendency to get oily or get dandruff easily – apply sour or old yoghurt mixed with generous drops of lemon juice.

2. In winters- Sesame oil should be warmed a bit and if readily available add a capsule of Evion and mix it and apply on the scalp (this is a tried and tested trick on my mane…so I can give you my guarantee). Avoid coconut oil in winters.

3. In summers – Olive oil or Amla oil is the best.

4. Curd, henna and lemon juice are natural conditioners. Give them a chance!!!

5. If you’re going to a party and your hair is really greasy – dab a bit of talcum powder and then rub it off with a towel. The talcum will absorb all the greasiness.

Hair Color

Seriously do not use local brands for coloring your hair. My close friend got her hair colored using some local brand and she got bald patches and greyed hair.

I color my hair as well – my hair color is auburn (reddish brown). To have this look, I have used natural colors.

Mix henna, coffee, lemon juice with tea water. This is the best natural conditioner. The hair looks really rough after you wash the henna pack away. As soon as the hair dries – apply generous dosage of oil – my recommendation is Mustard oil as it makes the henna effect stay much much longer.

If you want conditioning combined with color effect (the auburn look that I sport) do this – In the mix above, replace half of the tea water with Beetroot juice. It will give you lovely reddish tinge.

If you want to lighten your hair color – do warm mustard oil massage. Alternatively if you want to darken it, do warm coconut oil massage.

Makeup

Do not ever EVER ever use expired make up products. I once used an expired lip gloss and got bad reaction (I was being so stupid!!!)

1. Use nice base. Never put a cake of foundation on the face.

2. For base – To make the foundation look natural and stay longer – take thumb bit amount on one wet palm and then apply it in circular motion.

3. If you’ve color patched skin and to achieve stable look, apply foundation in dots all over the face and neck and never forget EARS. After that wet your fingers and then rub it all over the dots in circular motion.

4. Mascara should be avoided as much as it can be. I first curl my lashes using a curler and then apply a stroke of mascara to finish it off. Curling it helps in giving a natural shape and look. Applying only mascara to achieve the fuller look destroys the lashes.

5. After doing the lashes, apply eyeshadow. One color which I can vouch for always is shimmer gold. It goes with every outfit even silver dresses.

6. Lips are very important – I personally am not a big fan of lipliners- they make the lips look so artificial. Instead of using liners, just make the outline with the lipstick only using the other side which is pointed and then fill the lips. Use a nude lip gloss to have the diva effect.

7. Do not use color stay lipsticks as even the most reputed brands use lead in them. Lead test can be done by applying a streak of lipstick on the hand and then rubbing it. If it leaves black faint line – it contains lead.

8. To make your ordinary lipstick as color stay ones, apply a little foundation on your lips. Do your lips as point 6 and then press a tissue inside the lips and let the excess lip color go away (tissue trick is really old and am sure you all follow it)

9.TO look a bit shimmery , apply the same color eye shadow under your kaajal line and then apply Kaajal or kohl.

10. If its a heavy party event like – a wedding or a ball, apply loose powder or pink blush all over the face and not forgetting the nose.

Dab your signature perfume on the neck sides (under the ears) and dab some on the wrist’s inner side just ahead of your watch line. And then run both the wrist’s together to enhance the effect.

And never forget to remove make up. If you don’t have a make up remover, use cold cream or moisturizer instead. But do make sure you remove it.

Next morning – take my guarantee your skin will be glowing and looking fairer. 

You’re ready to shine and steal glances!!! And don’t forget to flash that 1000 watt smile….