Homemade body scrub! For all skin types. (with pictures)

We often scrub our face, but pay very little or no attention to our body.
Just like our face it is important to scrub away the dead skin cells of our body as well.

When we scrub our body, it removes all the dead skin cells that block the new skin cells to reach the surface of our skin. This is the reason why it is so important to scrub your body at least once a week.
Scrubbing also allows skin to absorb the products that you use, better.

Now that we know why scrubbing is so important, here are two different recipes to make your own body scrub with the ingredients easily available in your kitchen.

The olive oil and honey scrub:
This scrub is for people who suffer from dry skin.
This scrub will provide nourishment to your skin, along with scrubbing away the unwanted dead skin cells gently.

Things you will need to make the scrub:
• 2 table spoon Olive oil
• 1 teaspoon of honey, and
• 5-6 spoons of granulated sugar.



How to make the scrub:
• In a mixing bowl add two table spoons of extra virgin olive oil.



• Now add honey to this, you can alter the ratio of honey and oil according to your own liking.




• At last add granulated sugar to this mixture until it forms a thick paste.





Mix well. 





This is how it looks:



You can easily make a large batch by multiplying the amount and store it in a container. This will stay good to use for a complete month.

This is my favorite scrub of all times. 

Remember that the olive oil and the honey together can be extremely moisturizing, So if you have normal or oily skin use lemon instead of olive oil.

I personally use lemon juice.

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The second recipe is a great way to use some unused creams and moisturizers that are just lying around your home to make amazing homemade body scrub.

The Body lotion scrub:

For this scrub you can use any cream or body lotion or moisturizer that you don’t use or don’t mind making a body scrub out of it.

Things you will need to make the scrub:
• Any moisturizer or cream or lotion of your choice, and
• Enough Sea salt to make a thick paste.

How to make the scrub:
• Take one-fourth cup of lotion, or according to your requirement.




• Then add enough sea salt to make a thick paste like consistency and mix well.




As easy as this scrub looks, it is a good way to empty those unused bottles and provide extra nourishment to the body.

The best thing about this scrub is that if your moisturizer or lotion has a nice fragrance, you will be smelling good all day long. :)

Scrub your body every week or once a fortnight to keep it healthy and radiant!

And the best thing about this scrubs are that they are inexpensive.
Have fun scrubbing!

Until next time! :)

 

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DIY: Off-shoulder top! (No stitching or extra skill required)

DIY off-shoulder top: We all have some T-shirts that we never wear or don't like, or a t-shirt that we like so much that we almost wear it everyday and when it starts getting old and loose it's charm we feel heart-broken, maybe! :) Today I will share a simple method with you that you can do and transform any t-shirt to a classy off the shoulder top with nothing but a pair of scissor. Sounds good right? I tried this on two of my t-shirt and failed in the first try, but the second one turned out great! But I forgot to take pictures both the times and was left with no choice but to use this old blue t-shirt that i absolutely hate! And yeah the picture quality is really bad so sorry about that in advance. Lets begin now! :) (P.S: Read the tips given down below for sure, because I will tell some very important points there.) Things you will need:

• Any scissor that will cut through the fabric easily, almost any sharp scissor will.

• Any t-shirt that you want to convert into off the shoulder top.

Method:

• Lay the t-shirt on a flat surface, in my case bed. Grab your scissor.

(See how bad this t-shirt is! Now yo know why I don't like it! :/)

• It's your choice which side you want to the top to go off-shoulder. I have chosen left side.


• Make a small cut near the neck of the top to the side which you want to be on the shoulder which in my case is right side,

• Notice how I made the cut very close to the stitching of the neck on the side which I want to be on my shoulder (right side).

• Now make the cut on the other side, which will be our off the shoulder side. But this time make the cut a little away from the neck, like so:

(P.S: See the tips below to know how far should you make the cut)

• Start cutting the neck from the right side (on the shoulder side), but be very close to the stitch.

(Bad picture quality, yes!:( *sigh* )

• Cut all the way, but stop a few inches before reaching the end.

• Now cut in the direction of the arrow, this time keep it a little away from the neck's stitch.


• Once the whole neck is separated stretch the shirt from the neck to loosen the fabric and give it a rusty look.

• I have used a full-sleeve t-shirt here so i cut the arms as well. If you are using half one skip this step.

• Now your Very self made off the shoulder top is ready to wear.


• This is what mine looked like:

Tips:

• You can use any t-shirt, full sleeves or half sleeves.


• Do NOT make the cut too far away from neck to the off-shoulder side.


• See the fabric of your shirt Before making the cut.


• If the cloth is thin, like mine do not keep the distance long or it will become off the hand top. Lol. Okay maybe i exaggerated. :D

Best idea is to first cut the whole neck close to it's stitching and then you can alter the off shoulder side according to your liking. Is this confusing? :/ Okay so I did my best to make this tutorial as simple as i could.   Hope you give this a try. If you have any questions leave a comment down below and i will reply to them instantly! Until next time lovelies! :) Few more pictures of the shirt: The sleeves: Sleeves again: You can even talk to me on twitter here: @Cbeautieshubhi If you want any information on anything let me know. :)

DIY: Make organic Holi/Rangoli colors at home!

Holi is an Indian festival, where people rub colors on each others face (and body, at some places). It's the only thing that i know about this festival. :)

Anyways, I am not a big fan of this festival, mostly because of the synthetic colors that are rubbed on the face.

We don't even know how those colors are made or what all has been mixed into it.

I always end up getting some kind of allergy or bad reaction from those deadly colors. :(

So why not make organic colors at home.

Here are a few simple recipe that you can use to make home made colors.

GREEN COLOR:

• Wheat flour
• Henna powder

Method:

Mix wheat flour into henna powder to make light green color. 

You can alter their quantities depending on what color are you looking for.

YELLOW:

• Turmeric powder
• Wheat flour

Method:

• Mix a few teaspoons of turmeric powder into wheat flour. 
• Don't take a lot of turmeric powder or else it will stain you clothes and may be face as well.

Extra tips:

• If you don't want to waste wheat flour you can substitute this with talcum powder.
• You can use diffrent things to make colors.
• Like, mix gram flour(besan and powder) or (beasn and turmeric)
• You can use fuller's earth(multani mitti) as well to make your own unique colors.

I know this post is a little late as holi is tomorrow butt i hope you give this a try.

See you soon! 

Happy Holi to you all! :)