Introduction

Body scrub makes a great gift that you can customize for the receiver. Homemade salt scrubs are a way to invigorate and freshen skin with spa-quality ingredients at affordable prices. Salt scrubs make wonderful homemade gifts. Affordable homemade salt scrubs are all the rage these days. A homemade body scrub can exfoliate the skin and help to rejuvenate skin.

Exfoliating is skin treatment where the upper layers of dead skin cells are sloughed off by a loofah sponge, sea salt, brush, or by other means. You can improve your complexion tremendously by exfoliating and sloughing off the old, dead skin cells. Exfoliating products usually contain alpha-hydroxy acids, beta-hydroxy acids, or salicylic acids.

A trip to the spa for an exfoliating treatment is certainly a luxury, but who has the time or money? You can make a wonderful body scrub exfoliator at home with ingredients you have on hand right now! Plus, this way you can control the ingredients, making it much less likely to irritate your skin. Save money and try some of these wonderful, effective, homemade exfoliating scrubs.

Homemade Recipe

Here’s a recipe that I came up with that works well and will save you money at the same time. The ingredients are:

oatmeal
green tea
sea salt
vanilla
honey
sugar

Use a small bowl to mix the ingredients. First, line the bottom of the bowl with sea salt and sugar. Next add a teaspoon of honey and a half teaspoon vanilla. Add 2 teaspoons of oatmeal. Lastly, add a little green tea to form a wet sandy mixture. Mix this well and you have a nice cheap exfoliating scrub for yourself.

Conclusion

This exfoliating salt body scrub is exceptionally simple and I was certainly impressed with the results.

By: Christopher Connolly

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So now you know how to clear up the occasional bout of adult acne, prevent fine lines and wrinkles (or at least try), and use makeup to hide imperfections (see Celebrity Beauty Secrets Part I and II). Now what about the rest of you? With warm weather knocking at our formerly frost-bitten doors, a girl has got to look golden. Say goodbye to pasty skin, lifeless hair and those extra winter pounds with these celebrity beauty secrets.

The Perfect Tan

So what do Jessica Alba, Britney Spears, Paris and Nikki Hilton, and Nicole Richie have in common? Yes they’re all famous and they’re never seen without a perfect tan (hey, you still should look good in your mug shot or psych ward intake photo right?)

And where else do these celebutants and leading ladies get their bronzed glows than LA Sunset Tan. You know, the notorious LA tanning spa featured on E! Entertainment’s hit reality TV show “Sunset Tan”. Who can forget the Olly Girls?

“At LA Sunset Tan, we provide the star treatment to our clients that keep celebrity clientele including Jessica Alba, Lindsey Lohan and the Hilton sisters looking radiantly bronzed,” says Kevin Haman, CEO and Founder of LA Sunset Tan. “Our signature “LA Sunset Tan Cocktail” offers guests VIP robe service and complimentary beverages as they slip from the state-of-the-art, high-pressure bed into a sunless spray unit in order to achieve the freshest golden glow.”

LA Sunset Tan even offers a spray tan that defines muscles, giving the look of a six pack. Is anything real anymore? If it looks good, who cares right?

A Cure for Cellulite

From patented solutions to natural remedies, celebs have access to the best cosmetic surgeons and doctors. Besides the make-up artists, hair stylists and fashion designers, some stars turn to talented doctors to transform flaws into assets-literally overnight.

Dr. Lionel Bissoon, who brought the cellulite cure from France to the US eight years ago, then stabilized the solution and the delivery technique, turned his talents toward rejuvenation that can make a difference instantly.

Called Mesotherapy, this method is simply dozens of quick pricks with small amounts of solution injected almost painlessly into the middle layer of the skin. Mesotherapy produces consistently effective results for stars of any shape, size, or weight.

When celebrities need a quick lift, Dr. Bissoon uses The Mesolift, a rejuvenation technique that can take years off a face while also giving the illusion that the star has lost weight-a thinner sculpted face makes the body appear slimmer.

The Mesolift process delivers vitamins, minerals and amino acids directly into the skin to nourish and rejuvenate, promote production of collagen and elastin, and stimulate the metabolism. Anti-aging solutions that are actually good for you.

The solutions work immediately, so sagging jowls, droopy eyes, a puffy face, or a double chin disappear almost as soon as they are injected. So the celebrity can even visit Dr. Bissoon on Oscar day (or for any event in front of cameras) and walk out of his office looking refreshed, relaxed and rejuvenated for the evening.

Almost as fast is body sculpting for love handles, back fat or saddlebags, which paparazzi capture with unflattering accuracy (or company picnic photos for the rest of us). Through the use of proprietary fat burning solutions injected into the “meso” or middle layer of the skin the fat cells are permanently destroyed and the body eliminates them naturally through the bloodstream in just a few weeks.

Oscar Day arrives and voila! Celebs walk the red carpet toned and tightened with thinner thighs and smooth buttocks beaming with a healthy happy glow.

Crowsfeet and Fine Lines

“As nominees and celebrities prepare for their close ups, many of them look for small changes; maybe they are tired of the crows’ feet around their eyes or they would like fuller, plumper lips. For them, injectable fillers are a great answer,” says Dr. 90210Plastic Surgeon Dr. Paul S. Nassif.

The key is subtle enhancements that don’t sound the alarm. That’s why Dr. Nassif developed “The Anti-Gravity Facelift,” which leaves no visible scars and has been noted for achieving natural-looking results in the shortest recovery time.

You don’t have to have celebrity bank accounts to take advantage of the many non-invasive cosmetic procedures out there such as the diamond-abrasion photofacial (microdermabrasion without the messy crystals), which costs no more than $300.

No Fuss Hair

Ever wonder how celebrities look great even in those candid photos? Almost everyone looks fabulous if her hair looks fantastic. So do celebrities have stylists do their hair every single day? Of course not! They just know how to blow dry their hair. And you can too. Raymond Marc Salon in Walnut Creek, California offers blowdrying classes for the hair challenged (it’s hard holding the blowdryer in one hand and the brush in the other!). If you can’t make it to California, make an appointment at your local salon for a lesson.

At-home beauty remedies

Want glowing skin like Jessica Alba, Scarlett Johansson and Reese Witherspoon without the high cost of chemical peels, facials and expensive spa treatments?

Look no further than your medicine cabinet! For smooth feet, glowing skin and gorgeous hair, Epsom Salt has been the beauty secret for stylish and savvy women for decades. For just pennies a pound and available at your local drugstore or supermarket, Epsom Salt is a proven way to achieve a red carpet ready look.

Epsom Salt is a great at-home spa treatment that is easy to use as a gentle face mask, an exfoliating skin treatment, or a bath salt, leaving skin radiant and glowing.

Exfoliate: Mix 2 cups of Epsom Salt with 1/4 cup of petroleum jelly and a few drops of lavender essential oil. Use the mixture to gently scrub away dry skin patches.

Gentle facial: Mix 1/2 TSP of Epsom Salt into cleansing cream for a deep-pore cleansing. Massage on skin. Rinse with cool water. Pat dry.

Relaxing soak (remember, stress aging you): Add two cups of Epsom Salt to the water in a standard-sized bathtub; soak for at least 12 minutes, three times weekly. For an extra treat, add a few drops of eucalyptus oil for a refreshing scent.

Hair volumizer: Combine equal parts of warm, deep conditioner and Epsom Salt. Work the warm mixture through your hair and leave on for 20 minutes. Rinse.

Foot scrub: Mix 2 cups of Epsom Salt with 1/4 cup of petroleum jelly and a few drops of your favorite essential oil. Use the mixture to gently scrub the heels and dry, rough patches on the feet. Repeat every few days.

By: A. Covington

About the Author:
Amy Covington is a fashion writer with a penchant for silk scarves, designer handbags , and anything luxury. Amy maintains three blogs for Belisi Fashions, a luxury accessories brand, based in Palm Beach. Updated daily, readers get a regular dose of beauty tips , fashion, health and lifestyle articles, product reviews and commentary.

A foot soak also known as a foot bath is a wonderful way to repay our feet. Taking care of our feet is not only applying nail-polish, performing a foot scrub, or cutting our toenails. They work hard for us, and although they are a strong and complex anatomical structure, they need that extra step in foot care to make they even more resilient.

These recipes have different effects. A salt foot bath relaxes the feet and takes away the swelling. Essential oils are versatile: lavender essential oil foot bath has a very relaxing effect unlike the peppermint foot soak recipe that rejuvenates the feet.

Baking powder homemade foot soak

* 1/2 cup of rice

* water

* 3 tablespoons of baking powder

Preparation

* Cook rice in enough water so you have rice water left, around 2-3 cups

* Add baking powder into it, let it cool down a bit and soak your fee

* Soak them for as long as the water is warm

* Dry them well

This simple recipe is very effective for smelly feet as baking powder acts as an antibacterial agent preventing excessive perspiration. It kills the existing bacteria and prevents any possible infections. The rice water is good for improving micro-circulation.

To make it into a tea tree oil foot soak, try adding a couple of drops of tea tree essential oil into it. Tea tree oil is one of the best ingredients to use in order to fight fungal infections such as athlete’s foot home remedy.

Chopping some parsley into it also has an antibacterial effect and helps improve the circulation.

Salt foot bath

Ingredients

* 1/2 cup of sea salt or Epsom salt

* Water

Preparation

* Prepare a large pan of water. Boil it and let it cool down to a temperature you feel comfortable with

* Add salt into it, let it dissolve and soak your feet

Salt helps tired, swollen, and achy feet. A solution containing salt and water is hypertonic compared to your skin and skin cells. This means that it drains excess water out of your feet and soaks it up.

Lavender Herbal foot bath

Ingredients

* 5 liters of water

* 2 drops of lavender essential oil

* 1/4 cup of sea salt or Epsom salt

Preparation

* Boil water and cool down a bit

* Add lavender oil and salt

* Soak your feet

Lavender is not only used in relaxing bubble baths and foot massage, it is a wonderful ingredients for your feet. It smells good and provides relaxation your feet need.

You could also try sandlewood or Ylang Ylang oils, they also have a soothing effect.

Peppermint foot soak recipe

Ingredients

* Water enough to cover your feet and reach your ankles

* 3 drops of peppermint essential oil

* 1 drop of eucalyptus essential oil and 1 drop of lemon essential oil (these two are optional but aid the invigorating sensation of this foot soak

Preparation

* Boil water and let it cool down a bit.

* Add the oils and soak feet as long as you like

Skin softening soak

Ingredients

* 1/4 fresh lemon juice

* a bit of cinnamon

* 2 tablespoons of olive oil

* 1/4 cup of milk

* 1/4 water

Preparation

* Mix all the ingredients and soak your feet as long as you like

* In order to maintain the effects this foot soak use it 2 times a week

After you are done with this foot soak, your skin will feel smooth and pedicure will be a breeze. Cuticle care is performed after this, as they are softened and can be pushed back painlessly.

Foot soak combined with reflexology or foot massage is a great way to relax or rejuvenate your feet. You can combine oils, ingredients, and find a
homemade foot soak that is perfect for you.

By: Biljana Drake

About the Author:
Biljana Drake is an avid collector of homemade skin care recipes. For more great skin care tips, facial masks recipes, homemade remedies, visit her website http://www.skin-care-recipes-and-remedies.com.