It’s officially summer and the holidays are upon us, it’s time to get those bods looking fabulous ladies! A quick and easy way to get your skin glowing is to slough off all those dull, dead skin cells that were accumulated during the colder months to reveal some shiny, healthy skin ensuring that you are instantly ready for summer!

I made this quick and easy lavender scented exfoliating body scrub which was cost effective and produced beautiful results. This body scrub is inexpensive to make as you will find most of the ingredients in and around your kitchen. The beauty of this scrub is that you can make as much or as little of it as you want and the quality of this exfoliating body scrub was as good, if not better, than the pricey store bought exfoliating body scrubs! This little goodie can also double as a fabulous Christmas gift if you are counting your pennies this festive season or wanting to add a personal homemade touch to your gift giving.

 Ingredients:

• 1/4 cup Oil (you can use whatever you have on hand, be it olive oil, coconut oil or even vegetable oil…yes you read correctly! That’s what I used and it still worked like a treat!).
• 3/4 cup White Sugar (If you want a coarser exfoliating scrub then substitute brown sugar, however this will vastly change the colour of the scrub. The sugar acts like exfoliating beads, so the bigger the granules of sugar the greater the exfoliating power of the scrub).
• 2 tablespoons Lemon juice.
• A few drops of Lavender Oil, increase or decrease depending on how strongly you want the body scrub to be perfumed (can omit if you don’t have lavender oil or substitute for any other fragranced oil).

Method:

1) Pour the oil, white sugar, lemon juice and lavender oil into a bowl.
2) Stir vigorously until all ingredients are well combined. The scrub should not be excessively oily or have a layer of oil sitting on top of the sugar mixture…if this is the case just add more sugar to balance it out.

3) If you want to make a greater quantity of product then simply increase the quantities of the ingredients accordingly.
4) Pamper yourself with some “me” time and run yourself a long, hot, relaxing bath and get scrubbing! This lavender exfoliating body scrub is a completely multi-purpose scrub and can be used as an all over body scrub… from your face all the way down to your heels.
5) Apply a moisturiser as soon as you step out the bath, your skin will be supple and soft from the body scrub and the moisturizer will lock that goodness in for longer.
6) Feel totally ready to hit the beaches with your silky soft skin, only skirts, shorts and bathing suits are now allowed with that smooth skin! Just throw on some sun screen for the day and shimmer lotion for night and you’re ready for summer!
7) If you are giving this lavender exfoliating skin care body scrub as a gift, try decanting it into a cute little glass jar and wrap a ribbon around it, très adorable!

Article by: Renee http://www.beautybulletin.com/blog-directory/our-bloggers/the-lite-side-of-life