Posted Jan 11, 2014
MCT Information Services
By Carrie Curry, Richmond Register, Ky.
RICHMOND — This extreme winter weather can really take a toll on your skin. Give your hands and feet some special winter care with these easy to made scrubs and body butter.
Lavender Coconut Salt Scrub
2 cups coconut oil
2 cups Epsom salt
30 drops lavender essential oil
Add coconut oil, Epsom salt, and essential oil to a small bowl and mix well with a spoon until well combined. Store in an air-tight container.
Be sure to wash out the tub after using this or any other body scrub.
Vanilla Sugar Scrub
1/2 cup white sugar
2 cups brown sugar
1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil
1 Tablespoon honey
1 Tablespoon vanilla extract
Add sugars and mix together, add olive oil, honey, and vanilla and stir well. Store in an air-tight container.
I whipped up this semi-homemade body butter last week that is my new favorite lotion to use on my hands. The scent really gives me a pick me up in the morning, and I also like that eucalyptus essential oil has antibacterial properties. You could easily switch out the eucalyptus for lavender essential oil.
Eucalyptus Body Butter
16 oz. container unscented lotion
8 oz. container vitamin E cream
1 cup coconut oil
60 drops eucalyptus essential oil
Mix lotion, vitamin E cream, and coconut oil together with a mixer on high for at least five minutes, until coconut oil fluffs up. Add the essential oil and mix well. Store in air-tight containers.
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