For gentle exfoliation and cleansing of the skin, a scrub soap comes in handy. The hard fragments included in its composition remove keratinized particles, make the skin smooth and soft. This soap is easy to make at home - use ground coffee, loofah, or oatmeal as additives.
Scrub soap: benefits of using
A soap bar scrub is a very convenient product for thorough skin care. It deeply cleanses the skin, removing dead particles. After treatment, the body and face become more receptive to creams, lotions and other skin care products. Oily skin can be scrubbed every other day, dry skin - no more than once a week.
Use a homemade scrub soap to keep your skin from drying out. Enrich its composition with nourishing oils, vitamins or herbal infusions. Ground herbs, oatmeal, coffee grounds, loofah, or grape seeds can be used as additives. Do not use too hard and sharp scrubbing particles - they can scratch the skin.
Making scrub soap: a recipe for beginners
Try making soap with ground coffee. It is ideal for exfoliating body skin. Small, hard coffee particles not only remove dead cells, but also supply the skin with valuable oils, making it soft and relieving flaking. This soap is useful for those who care about the beauty of the figure. Coffee tightens the skin, making it firm - this is especially important for those who are losing weight.
Choose the right soap dish - silicone baking pans or baby sandpit tins are fine. Do not take too large forms - the future soap should be comfortable to hold in your hand.
Rub on a clear soap base - available at specialty soap stores. This base is odorless and does not contain sodium lauryl sulfate, which can dry the skin. Fill the mold with a slide - this is the portion you will need to make one bar. Grind the coffee.
If you plan to use soap not only for the body, but also for the face, it is better to brew coffee. To prepare soap, use the strained grounds - with it, the product will turn out to be softer.
Melt the soap base without bringing it to a boil. Add coffee to it. To make the soap more delicate, you can put a little cocoa butter in it, as well as oil solutions of vitamins A and E. Essential oils - for example, lemon, cinnamon or sweet orange - will give the soap a pleasant smell and tonic properties. You can add a ready-made fragrance to soap - for example, honey. Stir the hot base until smooth.
Sprinkle the mold with alcohol and pour the prepared base into it. Smooth the surface with a knife and sprinkle with alcohol again to keep the soap free of bubbles. It is convenient to treat soap with alcohol using a mini-spray.
The soap can be garnished with whole coffee beans. Spread them out on the surface of the bar before removing it to harden.
Leave the soap to set. To remove it from the mold, gently press down on the edges to allow air to enter the mold. Try not to crush your finished soap. Store it by wrapping the block in paper or storing it in a linen bag.
