Shahana Ali from The Powder Lounge gives a classic top tip for awakening tired, dull looking skin on the face or body.
Ttry exfoliating with a home-made brown sugar face and body scrub. Brown sugar is wonderful as a gentle exfoliant, having small, dissolvable grains which possess a natural antiseptic quality, making it perfect for oily, congested skins as well as those with dry or sensitive skin.
The scrub is quick and easy to make and adds a glow to tired skin by revealing the fresher, newer skin underneath. This new skin reflects
light more readily, and gives a moist, rejuvenated and dewy effect to the skin. You can make the face scrub using a heavier oil (e.g. Olive oil instead of Sweet Almond Oil) if you want to make a gentle scrub for a more potent exfoliating effect for body scrubs, use a little cold water, instead of oil, with handfuls of brown sugar, leaving the skin silky smooth.
PP
December 14, 2010
Yeah but, it’s cheaper, in these times of belt tightening and at least you’re guaranteed quality, instead of paying through the nose for one spoonful of brown suger exfoliant. Or something.
Janey
December 14, 2010
Totally agree, this just sounds like making a big old mess in my kitchen and taking a long time.
MakeMeUpBeforeYouGoGo
December 14, 2010
Bah. Like I feel like making my own exgfoliator when there are about fifty perfectly good ones on the market.