DIY Lip Scrub/Facial and Body Exfoliator

DIY SUGAR, HONEY AND OLIVE OIL SCRUB

This is a simple DIY for your skin. This scrub acts as an exfoliator for your face and lips. Do you notice that the weather is dry nowadays? That means our skin will lose its moisture and dries up thus it needs to stay healthy and fresh and in order for this to be done, your skin has to be scrubbed or exfoliated and moisturized. 

Guess what? This scrub exfoliates and moisturize your skin at the same time! Great, isn't it? 

Before I start with the things you need and steps to do this, I shall share with you the fascinating benefits of these three ingredients. 

Olive Oil:

1. It acts as a moisturizer.
2. It helps your skin to stay soft and smooth while keeping it toned and firmed.
3. It doesn't clog pores.
4. It can help in stimulating skin healing for irritation or sunburns on skin. 
5. It helps to get rid of free radicals and repair the damage done due to the exposure of the sun.
6. It promotes good blood circulation to provide natural glow on your skin.

Sugar: 

1. It acts as an exfoliator. 
2. It protects against toxins.
3. It maintains the skin oil balance.
4. It exfoliates the top layer of the skin to allow moisturizers to penetrate more and hydrate longer.
5. It promotes glowing and healthy looking skin.

Honey:

1. It helps in preventing acne and also for acne treatment.
2. It slows down aging.
3. It helps your skin to glow for a complexion boost.
4. It is clarifying because it opens up pores making them easy to unclog.

Sounds great, huh? Trust me, natural ingredients are always the best. So, here are the things you need:

• 2 tablespoons of Extra Virgin Olive Oil (if you have the regular olive oil, it will be fine too)
• 1 tablespoons of Honey (you can choose either regular ones or organic ones, both are fine)
• 1/4 cup of Sugar
• A container or anything you could contain the mixture in
• A spoon to stir the ingredients together
• Face towel

As usual, first, add the olive oil and honey then pour the sugar in and mix well until you get a thick mixture. You can choose to use it right away or you can change the proportions if you want to store it. Personally, I like to use it right away.

How to apply?

1. First and foremost, make sure, always make sure your face and your lips are clean. Remove all of your makeup completely before applying the scrub. You can choose to cleanse your face first before exfoliating it. It is highly recommended to cleanse your face first!
2. You can choose how much you need to exfoliate your face. But, always remember, small amount is always better. 
3. Be gentle, your skin is very fragile, make sure to scrub is in circular motion ensuring all parts of the skin has been exfoliated. 
4. Always, always avoid your eye area. This is always a number 1 rule when it comes to your face.
5. Scrub, scrub, scrub! Scrub for 1-2 minutes and then rinse it off!
6. Use a towel to dry your face. 
7. Apply your moisturizers if you feel like you need it because normally, after this scrub, your skin feels smooth. This step is optional. 

Tip: I recommend to always do this during nighttime and also, it is not recommended to do this everyday because your skin will turn red and therefore, promoting breakouts. Do this once or twice per week to rejuvenate your skin. Try it!

I hope you liked this DIY. See you on my next post.

Love, Delilah.