Salt, Sugar, Corn Meal, Oatmeal, Yogurt and Honey: Six Inexpensive, Natural Ingredients for Super Skin!
I remember my Grandma well, with her beautiful, soft skin. She had a “peaches and cream” complexion, and she barely wrinkled, even in her 80s!
She was a simple, immigrant woman of modest means. She couldn’t afford trips to a spa, or pricey cosmetic products. Yet she had the skin of a movie star.
Her secret?
She knew what natural skin potions to whip up from stuff in her kitchen cupboards.
She used ingredients that were healthy, inexpensive, and free of dyes and chemical irritants. She used salt, sugar, corn meal, oatmeal, yogurt and honey!
Do you have the desire to look like a goddess, but the budget of a working girl? No problem. Just use the tried and true recipes my grandmother did!
You’ll find eleven, inexpensive, easy to make, effective recipes below.
Why not experiment and give them all a try?
Salt and sugar scrubs are a great way to exfoliate and stimulate the skin. Their coarse texture helps to slough off dead skin cells on the surface and give an invigorating massage to the new layer of skin underneath. The result? Fresh looking skin!
Here are some simple recipes for you to try:
To make a simple skin exfoliant, combine:
1 cup of raw sugar (it has bigger grains and a coarser texture)
½ cup olive oil
Mix the sugar and oil together to make a paste
Rub it into your skin using a soft wash cloth, bath sponge or loofah.
Rinse well with warm water.
If desired, you can add 1 Tsp of your favorite kitchen herb. Try ground ginger for a nice oriental scent, or thyme or rosemary for a nice herbal smell.
To make a skin scrub for the man in your life, mix together:
2 TBSP coarse sea salt
2 TBSP Epsom salts
1 TBSP ground bay leaf
2 TBSP safflower oil
5 to 10 drops spearmint or wintergreen essential oil
For a fragrant salt scrub, try this one containing lavender:
Mix together into a paste:
2 cups coarse sea salt
1 cup almond oil
1 TSP vitamin E oil
5 Drops lavender essential oil
Rub it into your skin with a wet cloth, bath sponge or loofah.
Rinse well with warm water.
Pat the skin dry.
Oatmeal and corn meal are good to use as mild exfoliants and for facial scrubs. They are less abrasive than salt, and less irritating to sensitive skin
Yogurt is wonderfully hydrating, and makes your skin silky smooth.
Here are two more recipes for you to try:
To make a mild facial scrub, combine:
1/2 cup honey
2 cups oatmeal
1/3 cup corn meal
Spread the paste gently onto the face and throat area.
Rub it in with a soft, damp wash cloth.
Rinse well with warm water.
For a fragrant, hydrating facial scrub, mix together:
2/3 cup finely ground almonds
1/3 cup plain oatmeal
1/3 cup plain yogurt
1 TSP crushed, dried lavender
Apply the paste gently to the face and throat.
Rub it in with a soft wash cloth.
Rinse well with warm water.
Honey has three wonderful properties that give you beautiful skin:
It is anti-microbial (germ killing), non-irritating (so it is ideal for babies and those with sensitive skin) and it is an humectant (it keeps the skin hydrated, or moisturized).
To soften your skin overall, add ¼ cup of honey to your warm bath water and soak for 15 minutes.
To make a liquid skin cleanser, mix together in a small bowl:
1/4 cup honey
1 tablespoon liquid soap
1/2 cup glycerin
When the mixture is fully blended, pour it into a clean plastic cosmetic bottle, and cap it tightly.
Pour it onto a wet, soft washcloth or face sponge and rub it gently into your skin. Rinse thoroughly.
To make a moisturizing facial mask, mix together 2 TBSP of honey and 2 TBSP of milk. Gently smooth it on your face and throat.
Leave it on for 10 minutes, and then rinse it off with warm water.
Pat your skin dry with a soft towel.
To make a cleansing facial scrub, mix together:
1 TBSP honey
2 TBSP finely ground almonds
½ TSP lemon juice
Rub it gently onto your face, then rinse with warm water.
To make a firming facial mask, whisk together in a small bowl:
1 TBSP honey
1 egg white
1 TSP glycerin
¼ cup flour
Smooth the paste over your face and throat.
Leave it on for ten minutes.
Rinse with warm water.
To make a smoothing skin lotion, mix together in a bowl:
1 TSP honey
1 TSP vegetable oil
¼ TSP lemon juice
Rub it into hands, elbows, heels and other dry spots.
Leave it on for 10 minutes.
Rinse off with warm water.
To find more beauty recipes, and nutritious food recipes containing honey, visit
The National Honey Board at http://www.honey.com
Do you need aromatherapy supplies to make these recipes at home?
Look for them online at:
Glenbrook Farms Herbs and Such
http://www.glenbrookfarm.com
Irene Helen Zundel is a freelance writer, educator and mother, and an expert in child development, home schooling and creative parenting and home making.
Visit her online at http://www.irenehelenzundel.com
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