Natural beauty is in fashion today. Eyelashes and nails of extraordinary length fade into the background, as well as a rich layer of makeup. A well-groomed woman looks much prettier. However, becoming so is not so simple. To be well-groomed from the top of the head to the toes, you need to constantly look after yourself, do not forget about manicure, hair, and in the summer also about the feet.
Scrub
You can not wear open sandals on a stiletto or wedge without first having done a pedicure, and its important part is the care of the heels and feet. And for these purposes it is not necessary to visit a beauty salon, because there is a scrub for legs. This tool is a magic panacea that allows you to quickly and without any cost to bring your feet in excellent condition.
To achieve a really good effect, there is no need to buy a cosmetic product in a store. It is possible to make a foot scrub at home. And he will cope with rough skin no worse. And to cook it yourself is not at all difficult.
Product Description
It would seem, why so worry about the rough skin on the legs, if this is natural? But you can not argue with the fact that numerous cracks, corns and corns do not decorate at all. In addition, in addition to the fact that the foot scrub eliminates keratinized, old skin cells, it is also able to rid microorganisms that accumulate in the dead layer, causing an unpleasant foot odor. And the scrub application process itself is nothing but a limb massage that allows you to disperse the blood through the veins, including improving nail growth.
The main component is abrasive
The composition of any scrub should traditionally include some exfoliating component called an abrasive. These are small hard grains that, when rubbed against the skin, remove everything that is dead and unnecessary. Foot scrub is no exception. For its manufacture, milled sea salt and coffee grains are usually used. In addition to these standard options, you can also use semolina or buckwheat, chopped apricot kernels, walnut shells. It’s a bit more difficult to prepare such products, but they are much better at handling their main task. Next, we will consider some recipes for foot scrubs.
The basis
In addition to the abrasive, you need to take care of the base. It should be light, but nutritious, and even better, if for all that it will also have a softening effect. As a base for a foot scrub, any vegetable oil that can only be found in the kitchen can be used: olive or sunflower. Another option is to buy a special composition for these purposes, since today the choice is huge.
In shops and pharmacies you can buy flaxseed, sea buckthorn, coconut, grape seed oil or walnut. Also, the base can be sour cream or cream with a high percentage of fat content. An excellent solution would be the most common cream used by a woman in daily care.
Salty
Speaking about how to prepare a foot scrub at home, it is worth stopping by choosing the right recipe. The most affordable, effective and therefore popular are salt and coffee scrubs. To prepare the first one, you need 3 tablespoons of salt (it is better to take sea salt) and about 150 milliliters of liquid soap. Then to the resulting mixture you need to add a little bit of essential oil (optional), and then apply to the feet. Massaging the legs with this scrub is recommended for no more than 10 minutes. Then rinse with warm water. It is extremely important to remember that soap should be without additional fragrances, the most common. Choosing the right essential oil, it is better to focus on options made of rosemary or apricot.
Coffee
Ground coffee beans scrub is also easy to prepare. He needs about 1 tablespoon of ground coffee, as much cinnamon and cocoa powder. All 3 ingredients need to be mixed, and then add another spoonful of sugar and 150 milliliters of any base oil.
Massaging the feet is also worth about 10 minutes. After time, everything is washed off with water. The advantage of this scrub is that, in addition to removing the dead layer of the epithelium, cocoa perfectly moisturizes the skin. Essentially, the coffee product acts as a
foot cream scrub, moisturizing and scrubbing at the same time.
The opinion of the girls about coffee and salty products
These tools are really simple, and most importantly, affordable for any woman. As for efficiency, it seems that coffee or salt foot scrub works fine. Reviews are the best confirmation of this. As many say, these remedies exfoliate perfectly, but girls also note that the effect is short-lived. Therefore, the scrubbing procedure must be carried out at least once a week. If you can’t do this so often, you can try other recipes for foot scrubs with a tougher abrasive.
With semolina
These are semolina products or apricot peeling. Scrub with semolina can be prepared from a tablespoon of ground cereals (the so-called semolina) and half a tablespoon of any cream.
It is necessary to bring the mixture to a uniform consistency, then proceed to application to the feet and massage. Do not keep the composition on your feet for more than 10 minutes. Women using this scrub say that the skin after it becomes not only clean, but also softer and more tender.
Apricot scrub
For apricot scrub, you need dry crushed seeds of apricot or peach. Particles should be as small as possible, it is desirable that it was impossible to separate one grain from the others by eye. The resulting abrasive in the amount of 2 tablespoons is combined with oil (1-1.5 tablespoons), a few drops of lavender or sage essential oil. Everything is applied to the heels, massaged for about 5 or 7 minutes, and then removed.
A similar recipe is very good, however, in order to consolidate the effect, after scrub it is necessary to flavor the skin of the feet with a moisturizer. Apricot peeling is perfect for those whose skin is quite coarse. Those whose heels are not too neglected, it is better to refrain from such a tough tool and opt for something more delicate, for example, a product based on oatmeal.
To prepare it, you need to mix 2 tablespoons of soaked oatmeal with 1 tablespoon of honey and massage the feet for 5 minutes. Such a scrub also copes well with unpleasant microorganisms.
From ingrown hair
In addition to processing the feet, home scrubs do a good job with ingrown hairs. The saline product described above is also suitable for these purposes, but, in principle, the list of “helpers” of a modern young lady is not limited to them. Now we’ll tell you how to make a home foot scrub from ingrown hair. To do this, mix 1 tablespoon of body powder and the same amount of hydrogen peroxide. The composition is rubbed into the place of hair ingrown into the skin for 10 minutes and washed off with water.
After all the manipulations, you need to lubricate the skin with a cream. Another option that solves the same problem is an aspirin scrub. It will take about 4 crushed tablets, a teaspoon of honey and some water. All this is mixed and applied locally, only on problem areas. After 15 minutes it is removed with warm water.
Conclusion
Whatever foot scrub you choose, you should always remember that it is important not only to fully follow the recipe, especially paying attention to the ratio of components, but also to follow the rules for performing the scrub procedure. Before applying any product, you need to properly steam the skin of the feet in warm water with the addition of your favorite essential oil. Having mastered several simple recipes that have already become canonical, you can begin to create your own.
The main thing is not to overdo it with an abrasive. And of course, it is important to understand that foot care is not limited to scrubs alone. In addition, there are also special baths with vitamin components like decoctions of herbs or oils, regular massage. And you need to do all this not only in the summer, when you can afford to open your heels, but also all year round. After all, it is always much easier to maintain something in good condition than to restore what is in a deplorable state. And the legs are no exception.