Want smooth, flawless, and radiant skin? Just removal of hair and moisturizing won’t give you the perfect. You will need something more than that, something which gives your skin a facial removes dead skin cells from the surface and makes your skin glow. The benefits of body polishing are innumerable. The recipe for luminous, impeccable, and soft skin comes in the form of Body Polish.
Body Polishing not just makes your skin look perfect, but also exfoliates, unclogs pores, promotes cell turnover, moisturizes, and promotes blood circulation of your skin. We at Beauty Tips By Nim bring a few body polish recipes you can create at home and how to use them.
1. Strawberry and Sugar Scrub Body Polish:
Take about 5-6 strawberries and mash them into a pulp. In a bowl, add the strawberry pulp, 5 tablespoons of sugar, and 1 teaspoon of almond and blend the ingredients. When this blend takes the form of a coarse paste, the strawberry and sugar body polish becomes ready to use.
Apply the strawberry and sugar body polish paste all over your body and massage it on your skin. Let the paste dry on your body for about 10 minutes or so, rinse the paste off with lukewarm water, at last.
This body polish is beneficial to use because strawberry has skin brightening, strong astringent, anti-inflammatory, and anti-oxidants properties. It is also a direct source of Alphy Hydroxy Acid.
Sugar helps exfoliate your skin and makes it soft and smoother. It is also a direct source of glycolic acid. Almond is enriched with Vitamin E oil and moisturizing qualities. So after using this amazing body polish, your skin will feel smooth, exfoliated, and glowing.
2. Sea Salt and Vitamin E Body Polish:
In a bowl, add 3 tablespoons of Vitamin E oil, 3 cups of sea salt, 3 teaspoons of honey, and 2-3 teaspoons of baby oil. Blend all the ingredients and form a paste. Massage the paste all over your body, work your fingertips to rub the paste into your skin to exfoliate your dead skin cells properly.
Sea salt is a brilliant natural exfoliator that exfoliates your dead skin cells, and dirt has antibacterial properties, which prevents any breakouts and flare-ups later on. Vitamin E oil has antioxidizing properties which protect your skin against UV rays damage.
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3. Baking Soda and Coconut Oil:
These are two of the ingredients you can easily find within your vicinity in your home. All you have to do to create this body polish is start by adding a half cup of baking soda and a half cup of lemon juice in a bowl. Blend the ingredients well, add drops of lavender essential oil, along with 2 tablespoons of coconut oil.
Stir all the ingredients together well. Apply this body polishing blend of baking soda and coconut oil onto your skin, and let it rest for 10 minutes or so before rinsing it off with warm water.
Baking soda is revered as a natural exfoliator. It also restores the pH balance of your skin, prevents infection and bacteria from causing harm to your skin, and reduces the chances of skin flare-ups. Coconut oil is a nourishing, moisturizing, and hydrating source for your skin. These two ingredients blended together create one of the best natural body polishers.
4. Oatmeal and Grape Seed Oil Body Polish:
Take a cup of oatmeal powder in a bowl and add half a cup of sea salt, a required amount of gapeseed oil to it. It depends upon whether you want this paste to be coarse to smooth. Other than grapeseed, you add your choice of essential oil to this blend. Massage this blend onto your skin for 4-5 minutes, and rinse the paste off your skin using lukewarm water.
Oatmeal cleanses your skin, soaks up any extra oil present on the skin surface, and has antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. Additionally, grapeseed oil is enriched with several vitamins such as Vitamin C, D, and E. It also moisturizes your skin and has amazing skin benefits.
5. Sugar and Avocado Oil Body Polish:
In a bowl, add two cups of sugar, the pulp of two cucumbers, and your preferred amount of Avacado oil to it. Blend the ingredients well. You can use this body polishing blend on any skin type as it suits all. Massage the blend onto your skin for 5 minutes, rinse off properly with lukewarm water.
Cucumber needs no introduction for its hydrating and nourishing qualities. Did you know cucumbers also clear your skin pores and make your skin glow? Avacado oil additionally has vitamins A, D, and E, along with essential fatty acids. It increases your skin’s collagen metabolism and protects your skin against harmful UV rays.
6. Rice Flour Body Polish:
Add in 1/3rd cup of rice flour, 1/3rd cup of sea salt, 1 teaspoon of turmeric powder, and coconut oil in a bowl. Blend all the ingredients together and create a thick consistency. You can olive oil too if you want in this body polish blend. Apply this scrub all over your body, let it rest for 5 minutes to dry, and rinse the paste off in the shower with lukewarm water.
7. Honey And Rejuvenating Bath Salt:
Add a tablespoon of honey to 1 teaspoon of Himalayan rock salt, 1 cup of bath salt, (try this 100% organic handcrafted Rejuvenating Bath Salt by Nimify Beauty), 1/2th cup of coconut oil, and a tablespoon of rosemary leave in a large bowl. Blend all the ingredients to a thick consistency and massage body polish onto your skin for 2-3 minutes. Rinse the paste off in the shower with lukewarm water. You can store the rest of the body polish in a container and keep it in a cool place, away from sunlight.
Rejuvenating Bath Salt by Nimify Beauty is enriched with the goodness of Epsom salt, dried flower petals, lavender essential oil and many more natural ingredient that nourishes your skin, and makes it glow. Additionally, honey is known for its anti-bacterial and moisturizing properties. Use this body polish at least twice a week to get flawless, and bright skin.
8. Coffee Grounds and Coconut Oil:
Add in coffee grounds or coffee powder in a bowl with 2 tablespoons of coconut oil and blend the ingredients well. Create the blend into a coarse paste, you can add additional oils like olive oil, lavender essential oil, too. Massage the blend onto your body for about 3-4 minutes and rinse the paste off in the shower with lukewarm water.
Coffee powder exfoliates your skin, protects your skin against harmful sun rays, reduces cellulite, and has anti-aging properties. Coconut oil makes your skin feel soft, supple, and hydrated. It also reduces skin inflammation and reduces the appearance of dark spots and rashes on the skin.
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9. Baking Soda, Lemon, And Coconut Oil Body Polish:
Blend 1 cup of baking soda, 1/2 cup of lemon juice, 1 tablespoon of unrefined coconut oil, and 2 drops of your choice of essential oil in a bowl. Massage the body polish onto your skin, and let it sit for 3-4 minutes.
You can use this DIY body polish twice a week for the best results. Baking soda and lemon juice cleanse and exfoliate your skin together, along with reducing the chances of any infections, breakouts, and inflammation. They also have anti-aging and skin cell turnover properties when used together. The oils in the body polish nourish and moisture your skin so that it doesn’t become dry and dehydrated.
10. Sugar, Orange, And Olive Body Polish:
Mix 1/2th cup of brown sugar, 1/4th cup of olive oil, and 2 teaspoons of fresh orange juice. You can also choose to add in 1 teaspoon of orange zest for color and fragrance, and 3 drops of orange essential oil. Blend the ingredients into a paste and massage the resulting body polish on your body for 3-4 minutes.
Orange juice and oil have a lot of excellent benefits for the skin such as it treats acne problems, reduces pain or inflammation, and fades dark spots on the skin. They also have antibacterial, anti-inflammatory & antifungal properties. Your skin will have a radiant glow and flawless appearance after one use.
If there is leftover body polish, store it in a container and place it in a cool place, away from the sunlight. Do not over-exfoliate with your body polish as it can cause redness, irritation, and inflammation. It is advised to use a body polish only thrice a week at most, whatever the skin type. Do not apply all the body polishes all at once.
Do a patch test on your inner skin before using any of the body polishes to check for any undiscovered allergies. Also, check if the body polish suits your skin type or not. Those with dry and sensitive skin type can add it shea butter to dilute a body polish.
Share with us in the comments your review about the body polishes and do tell us if you have any more suggestions of body polishes you can create at home.
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FAQs on DIY Homemade Body Polish:
What are the benefits of body polishing?
Body Polishing not just makes your skin look perfect, but also exfoliates, unclogs pores, promotes cell turnover, moisturizes, and promotes blood circulation of your skin.
How to make baking soda and coconut oil body polish?
Add a half cup of baking soda and a half cup of lemon juice in a bowl. Blend the ingredients well, add drops of lavender essential oil, along with 2 tablespoons of coconut oil.
What are the benefits of Rejuvenating Bath Salt by Nimify Beauty?
Rejuvenating Bath Salt by Nimify Beauty is enriched with the goodness of Epsom salt, dried flower petals, lavender essential oil and many more natural ingredient that nourishes your skin, and makes it glow.
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