These kitchen must-have ingredients can help you prepare your own skin treatments at home! Plus, they are budget-friendly and can be included in an infinite number of homemade mixes.
- Ingredients that you should keep on hand:
Sea salt: it acts as an exfoliator. It's the perfect base for all your DIY scrubs.
Naturalia Brown sugar: it helps in removing dead skin cells.
Cocomi Coconut oil : You’ll need a soothing oil, like coconut, olive, almond.
Potion Kitchen Lavender Essential oil: it adds a relaxing aroma to your at-home spa experience.
Loose leaf tea: try adding loose leaf tea like Jasmin, Earl Grey, black tea. Loose leaf tea acts as an exfoliator.
- DIY scrub recipes
Making your own DIY body scrub is so easy as you probably have all the needed ingredients in your pantry.
Relaxing Lavender Scrub Recipe
This scrub is relaxing, it soothes the skin and helps in exfoliation.
Ingredients
2 cups sea salt
1 cup of Cocomi coconut oil
20 to 30 drops Potion Kitchen Lavender Essential Oil
Instructions
In a bowl, add the salt and the coconut oil. Add enough essential oil until you achieve the scent you want. Use immediately, or refrigerate in an airtight container for 1 whole week.
Lemon Body Scrub
Lemon is a fragrant ingredient that goes a long way, especially when combined with coarse sea salt and soothing coconut oil.
Ingredients
2 cups Sea Salt
1 cup Cocomi coconut oil
¼ cup lemon juice
Instructions
Stir all ingredients in a mixing bowl until combined. Use immediately, or refrigerate in an airtight container for 1 whole week.
Coffee Body Scrub
The next time you brew coffee, save the grounds for this three-ingredient scrub.
Ingredients
½ cup Cocomi coconut oil
½ cup coffee grounds
1 to 2 tsp of Virgo olive oil
Instructions
Combine coconut oil and coffee grounds in a small bowl. Stir in 1 tablespoon of olive oil, adding more as needed until your desired consistency is reached. Use immediately, or refrigerate in an airtight container for one week.
Jasmine Tea Body Scrub
For calming the mind and soothing the skin
Ingredients:
1 tbsp brewed Jasmin tea
1 cup Naturalia brown sugar
2 tbsp Cocomi coconut oil
1/2 tbsp J Grove honey
Contents of 4 Jasmin tea bags
Instructions:
Brew a cup of jasmine green tea. Set aside 1 tbsp in a container and let cool(drink the rest!)
Place sugar in a small bowl, then stir in cooled tea, coconut oil, honey, and contents of green tea bags.
Cinnamon Sugar Lip Scrub
This can definitely be your new favorite lip scrub , it will leave your lips moisturized.
Ingredients:
6 tsp of Naturalia brown sugar
3 tsp of J Grove honey
3 tsp of Cocomi coconut oil
1 ½ tsp of LivGood Cinnamon
Instructions:
Combine all ingredients in a small bowl and stir until smooth. Transfer the mixture to a glass container and keep sealed in the refrigerator for up to two weeks. To use, massage onto clean lips for one minute before gently wiping clean with a damp cloth.
- LivGood's Best Body Care Products
If you don't have time for a DIY cream or scrub tonight , just fill your LivGood box with our favorite skin care products.
The Skin Bud Pure Hemp Seed oil:
- Helps boost skin collagen production
- Eases muscles and joint discomfort
- Strengthens and repairs damaged hair
- Stimulates hair growth
- Reduces skin irritation and inflammation
- Moisturizes and soothes skin
Potion Kitchen Hair Heroes Treatment:
This hair formula is made with Almond, Castor, Organic Coconut, Lavender and Rosemary Oils offering hydration, protection, and moisture to revive your hair.
Potion Kitchen Rosehip & Geranium oil:
Rosehip oil is perfect for optimizing healthy regeneration of skin cells and softening and smoothing scar tissue. It restores skin tone, hydrates, corrects hyperpigmentation and dark spots and reduces acne scars, wrinkles and fine lines. It also protects against sun damage and acts as a natural retinol (source of Vitamin A).