Saturday, May 12, 2012

Best body/facial scrub!

After a year or so of research and testing I finally discovered a way to make the best scrub.

What you'll need:
A container(size of your choice) with a lid.
1 bottle of non coated aspirin tablets(or BCpowders, but I found the non coated tablets were cheaper)
Green tea packets(dry)
Coarse sea salt(You can substitute with just plain iodized salt if you want a finer grain, sometimes I prefer the finer grain)
Liquid soap of your choice.

Instructions:

1, Start out by pouring a minimum of 10 aspirin tablets on a plate and drop enough water on them to soften them, but not make them a liquid.

2, Fill your container halfway with salt.

3, Once the aspirin has softened into a wet powder like texture mix it in with your aspirin

4, Tear open your green tea(a min. of 4 packets) and mix them in.

5, Once you have everything mixed together fill the container a quarter of the way with the liquid soap.

6, make sure everything is mixed well and you're done.

DO NOT USE THIS ON YOUR FACE. The salt is WAAAY too abrasive. If you want a face scrub out of it get rid of the salt and use sugar instead.

Salt is a great exfoliate, it also kills bacteria. Sugar will also work as a nice exfoliate.
Aspirin contains salicylic acid which can be found in most acne medications.
The green tea works as a moisturizer and will make your skin soft.
The soap is really just for fragrance, because the aspirin will give it a metallic smell, it's not really necessary, but it is much nicer. You can use like anything for this, my first time making it I didn't have anything more than a bottle of dishsoap, and it worked just fine.