Homemade Desi Body and Face Scrubs

Instead of spending money on expensive skin products, you can use the simple homemade Desi body and face scrubs, which are effective for your skin.

Most of the ingredients you will already have in your kitchen. If not, buying them can save you money in the long run.

The preparation of these homemade scrubs does not take too long and they will work wonders for your skin if they are used consistently.

You can then store your homemade scrubs in airtight containers for later use or even gift them to your friends.

Results can vary depending on the state of your skin. Therefore, make and try the different scrubs and see which ones suit you most.

Exfoliation

So, how can these homemade body and face scrubs help your skin?

For good skin care, exfoliation is a very important process to do. It removes the dead cells from the outermost layer of the skin.

These scrubs will help with the exfoliation of your skin.

In order to prepare your skin for exfoliation, have a shower for 5-10 minutes with warm or hot water.

This will soften your skin and make it ready to use the scrubs.

Massage your scrub into your skin with a circular motion and a gentle pressure.

It is not recommended to use the scrubs before you shave legs because it could cause the skin irritation.

After exfoliation, put some oil on your skin. This is the best time to do it because exfoliation opens the pores and improves the oil absorption.

Don’t dry your skin completely as leaving skin wet will help to absorb the oils better.

Exfoliation also encourages the release of natural oils in the skin and removes the dark spots.

Now, let’s look at how you can make these very effective Desi homemade body and face scrubs for your exfoliation regime.

Brown Sugar and Coconut Oil Scrub

Ingredients

• 1 cup of coconut oil
• 2 cups of brown sugar
• 10 drops of Essential oils (optional)
• 5 drops of Vanilla extract

Preparation

1. Take a medium sized bowl and put the cups of sugar and cup of solid, but soft coconut oil into it.
2. Whip the brown sugar and the coconut oil with a mixer until you get a creamy texture.
3. The scrub is now ready for you to use.

If the coconut oil melts, return it into the fridge until it solidifies again. Then you can keep mixing it.

You can keep this body and face scrub in the fridge and it can last from a few weeks to a few months.

If you store it in the shower area or bathroom and the scrub looks watery, mix it with your fingers before you use it.

Coconut oil is healthy for your skin because it has antibacterial and antifungal properties. This makes the coconut a natural medicine for atopic dermatitis or eczema.

Especially beneficial for dry skin, coconut oil moisturises and hydrates the skin.

Brown sugar is a natural humectant, so it absorbs moisture from the environment and hydrates your skin. At the same time, brown sugar removes dead skin cells and returns glow to the skin.

Smaller particles in the texture of the brown sugar make it safer for the skin use than white sugar. If you have sensitive skin, brown sugar is definitely recommended for you as white sugar granules can irritate your skin.

Glycolic acid in the brown sugar fights the bacteria.

That same ingredient is also very helpful for the sun damaged skin.

Green Tea Scrub

Ingredients

• 1 tbsp dried green tea leaves 
• 1 cup of soft, ungranulated white or brown sugar
• 1/2 cup of extra virgin olive oil
• 2 tbsp honey
• 10 drops of Lavender essential oil (optional)

Preparation

1. Take a large bowl and place all of the ingredients in it.
2. Mix them all together in the bowl until they are a scrub like texture.
3. Now the scub is ready to use.

This is one of the quickest scrubs to prepare as it only takes two minutes.

Store the scrub into a jar and put in the cool and dark place. This amount of the scrub can be used two to three times.

Take out the scrub from a jar with a spoon and massage it into your face or body with clean fingers for 30 seconds.

Try to use this scrub every one or two weeks to avoid the skin irritation.

Be careful not let the water reach this scrub while using it to avoid bacteria spreading.

Green tea is an excellent antioxidant. It regenerates skin cells and helps with damaged skin.

There are three important antioxidants in olive oil: vitamin E, carotenoids and phenolic compounds. These antioxidants have an anti-ageing effect on the skin.

Olive oil is also known for extracting unnecessary oils from the skin. The extraction of oils makes the skin elastic, soft and healthy.

Soft, organic white and brown sugar is the best for facial and body scrubs as it doesn’t irritate the skin. Avoid granulated sugar as it is too harsh for the skin.

Honey is full of antioxidants, nutrients and natural enzymes. Its antibacterial properties are good for acne.

Oat Meal and Fennel Seeds Scrub

Ingredients

• 1 tbsp of fennel seeds
• 2 tbsp or 1/3 cup of oatmeal
• 1/2 tsp of olive or jojoba oil
• 2 tsp of honey
• 1 tsp of flax seeds (optional)

Preparation

1. Grind the oatmeal into a smooth, floury texture. Instead of this, you can simply buy an oatmeal flour.
2. Grind some fennel seeds in a spice grinder and add them into oats.
3. Put the ground fennel seeds into a cup and soak them in a couple of spoons of boiling water. Cover the cup with a small plate and leave it for 10 minutes.
4. Separate the ground seeds by straining water into another cup.
5. Extract 1 tbsp of cold tea from the cup you used and put it in a separate bowl.
6. Add the ground fennel seeds, ground oatmeal and ground flax seeds or more oatmeal. Mix it all together.
7. Pour the olive or jojoba oil into the mix. Optionally, you can add the honey.
8. Mix this texture into a wonderful face scrub.

Leave this scrub on your face for about 10 mins.

Then, rinse the scrub with a towel soaked lukewarm warm water while massaging it into your face to exfoliate your skin.

After that, give your face a final wash with cold water and moisturise it with jojoba or any other oil that you prefer.

The fennel seeds, often used in Indian dishes have a range of health benefits. Fennel seeds are rich in vitamin C, fibre, folate and potassium.

These properties make fennel seeds a natural medicine against inflammation. They also strengthen the immune system and detoxify the body.

A prolonged exposure to the ultraviolet lights produces reactive oxygens that cause the ageing of skin and sunburns.

In order to stop this, it is necessary to nourish the skin with natural antioxidants.

Luckily, fennel seeds are natural antioxidants. As such, fennel seeds are great for dry skin as they increase blood circulation.

Fennel seeds and oatmeal facial scrub guarantees tight, wrinkle-free and clear skin.

4. Black Tea Body Scrub

Ingredients

• 2 cups of granulated white sugar
• 4 black tea bags
• 1/4 cup of coconut oil

Preparation

1. Pour two cups of sugar and four tea bags in a mixing bowl and mix them well.
2. Microwave the cup of coconut oil until it turns into a liquid.
3. Mix the coconut oil into the sugar and black tea mix. You can mix this until it turns into a body scrub looking texture that you are happy with.
4. Store the mixture into a glass container.

Keep the closed glass container with the body scrub on a room temperature for further use.

Moist your skin with water and rub in this amazing body scrub. After a couple of minutes wash this texture off with warm water and gently dry your body with a soft towel.

As an alternative to white sugar, you can also use brown sugar.

Olive oil will moisturise your skin and return it a healthy, desired glow.

Sugar and black tea will help in rubbing out uneven parts of dried skin after sunbathing.

5. Turmeric (Haldi) Scrub

Ingredients

• 2 cups of sugar
• 4 tbsp of organic turmeric powder
• 1/4 cup of coconut oil

Preparation

1. Stir the sugar and turmeric powder in a big bowl.
2. Add the coconut oil and stir it into the previous texture. You can add as much as coconut is necessary to get the body scrub.

You can use this scrub for a couple of months after you store it in a glass jar or in an airtight bowl.

For this scrub, you can use either Amba Haldi (white turmeric) or Haldi (yellow turmeric).

Both Haldi and Amba Haldi have an antibacterial effect that helps remove the acne and blemishes and heals wounds.

The Turmeric scrub also evens out the skin tone and removes the dark spots.

Turmeric powder is an excellent exfoliator and it removes dead skin cells while making the skin soft.

These Desi homemade body and face scrubs will make your skin soft, shiny and rejuvenated.

After a shower, your skin should feel soft and silky.

These five different body and face scrubs can be easily made at home on a minimal budget. So, give them a try and see how they can benefit your skin.