DIY scrub soap

The dream of every modern woman is to be beautiful and well-groomed. Although today the cosmetics market is represented by a huge assortment, often the chemical composition of products is not suitable for everyone, causing various allergic reactions. An excellent alternative in this case is the use of natural products. Cosmetics "without chemistry" provides not only a healthy appearance, but also excellent health. Scrub soap made at home is especially popular among the fairer sex.

Handmade scrub soap is considered an original skin care product, besides, the process of making it is quite interesting and often becomes a favorite hobby for many. This type of natural cosmetics contains only natural essential oils and useful additives - dry flower petals, chocolate, oats, honey. Due to the presence of various useful components, homemade scrub soap is one of the most popular cosmetic preparations that have a rejuvenating and caring effect.

The main purpose of the scrub is to exfoliate dead skin cells, improve blood circulation and enrich the skin with vitamins and oxygen. As a result of regular use of natural cosmetics, the body becomes elastic, elastic.In order to make scrub soap at home, various oils are used, each of which is characterized by its own effect. Some types of soap help to relax and cleanse the skin, while others have anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial effects. As a scrub, as a rule, clay, coffee, ground nuts and poppy seeds are used, and cosmetic and food dyes are added to give color.

To date, there are three main types of homemade scrub soap: from a soft soap base, from baby soap and soap from scratch. Beginning cosmetologists prefer to prepare a scrub with baby soap, as this is the most affordable and easiest way.

As for the creamy soap base, it is mainly suitable for creating soaps of various shapes and colors, with decoration effects.

By skin type, scrub soap is distinguished for smooth, dry, combination and oily skin. It is very important to choose cosmetics that would correctly match a particular skin type. For example, for dry and sensitive skin, it is necessary to use scrubs of a more delicate consistency with oatmeal. They nourish and moisturize well. For oily, combination and normal skin types, a clay-based scrub soap with large abrasive particles will be useful.

At the place of application, there are cleansers for the body, face, hands and feet.

• The most gentle is considered a facial scrub, recipes for its preparation are based on the use of rice flour, coffee and semolina.
• For comprehensive body treatments Scrub soap with large abrasive particles is suitable. Sugar, raspberry seeds, strawberries, sea salt will provide the best exfoliating effect.
• As for the skin of the hands and feet, then for them, not only the bones of berries, but also ground nut shells can be used as peeling.

To make scrub soap at home, in addition to various natural ingredients, you will also need a base. Most often, for the manufacture of such a cosmetic product, a soap base is used, which is a finished soap, neutral in properties, odorless and colorless. In addition, the soap base contains all the necessary nourishing oils and is pH balanced. There are liquid, creamy and solid bases, the latter of which can be white, organic and transparent.

Transparent soap base consists of glycerin, so it is characterized by a moisturizing, mild effect. Due to its special structure, this scrub soap does not have a pronounced smell.

The main component of the white base is titanium dioxide. It has a characteristic beige, milky white color. Preparing this type of base is easy, for this it is enough to heat a transparent soap base, add titanium dioxide to it and mix everything thoroughly.

In the manufacture of scrub soap, an organic base is also used, which is considered the most natural, as it is brewed from glycerin and tropical oils. It is of high quality, useful and safe for health. If it is necessary to prepare a cosmetic preparation for the care of sensitive skin, it is necessary to give preference to cream-based scrubs.They look like a white granular cream, are easy to "cook", and interact well with base and essential oils.

Liquid soap-based products deserve special attention. It is a ready-made product that is easy to use, has a neutral pH level, and is gentle on the skin. By adding various decoctions of herbs, oils and other useful components to such a base, you can end up with useful and high-quality cosmetics.

In order to make your own scrub soap, you will need to prepare in advance any essential oil, baby soap with a minimum composition of additives, vegetable oil, milk, honey, solids, vitamin A and E. You will also need two saucepans, a soap mold, a grater and a silicone or wooden spoon.

Before starting the "cooking" it is necessary to choose the right ingredients, taking into account the type of skin. For normal skin, wheat germ oil or apricot oil is perfect. Olive oil will help restore dry skin, but grape seed oil will cope with the shortcomings of oily skin.

After everything is selected, you can proceed to direct cooking. For this, baby soap is rubbed on a grater. Soap shavings are poured into a saucepan, filled with water and placed in a water bath.

Then you will need to prepare a liquid solution of milk, honey, vitamins, essential oils and abrasive particles.The chips are mixed with the solution, after which it is poured into molds. After the soap has cooled, it can be put in the refrigerator for several hours.

An example of handmade soap. you can see in the following gallery.

How to make a soap scrub with your own hands, see the following videos.