Holistic Feathers

Natural beauty recipe for orange body scrub

With the sunshine making its appearance after a late start to Spring in the UK, what better way to bring zest into your life than by using a juicy orange in your natural beauty skincare routine?

The delicious scent of a freshly-cut orange is a real energy boost to your senses. The orange essential oil “is a traditional Chinese medicine used dried orange peels to stimulate the appetite and modern research suggests that orange oil can help alleviate windy tums, stimulate the lymphatic system and improve digestion. Aromatherapists consider sweet orange to be antidepressant oil and use it for anxiety, moodiness, nervousness and frustration as sweet orange is an uplifting, mentally detoxifying and cheerful scent. Empowering and emboldening, it also helps to reduce self-doubt and helps to alleviate fears associated with new situations”(1).

So if your skin and soul needs a bit of a spring-time lift, how about treating yourself to a freshly-made, freshly-squeezed orange body scrub?

All you need is:
1 orange cut in half (or a large satsuma), freshly-squeezed with no pips but keep the pulp
2 tsp granulated sugar (or wheatgerm)
1 tsp olive oil

A clean  bowl and a clean spoon

To make the orange body scrub:
Squeeze the orange juice and pulp into a bowl and add the sugar (or wheatgerm) and olive oil, mixing into a smooth paste.

Now you are ready to go! Just use as a scrub on those sometimes-bumpy areas where skin tends to build up, such as around your ankles, on your knees, the backs of your thighs and your elbows. Gently use circular motions for about 2-3 minutes to ensure the scrub and all those natural goodies is getting a chance to work on your behalf! Rinse well and moisturise with your preferred choice of moisturiser, although we recommend using a fine body oil, such as sweet almond oil which is nourishing and replenishing.

(1) Information discovered at Health Learning Info