Homemade Foot Scrubs

We often find our feet callous and cracked, dried out. A foot scrub is what our feet need so that the dead skin layer can be removed and the new one can emerge. Facial exfoliants and body scrubs have the same effect. They should be applied after you have taken a shower or have soaked your feet in a homemade foot soak. This way the skin is softened and easier to scrub off.

Homemade foot scrub recipes come with different ingredients. Each has to have an exfoliating agent: sea salt, brown sugar, Epsom salt, oatmeal. Each one also has to have a relaxing and soothing ingredient that calms the skin down and prevents any possible irritations.
Lets start with a simple scrub

Brown sugar foot scrub
Same as in the brown sugar body scrub, brown sugar helps slough off the dead skin cells.

Ingredients:
2 tablespoons brown sugar
2 tablespoons ground oats
2 tablespoons aloe vera gel
1 tablespoon honey
1 teaspoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
1 teaspoon almond oil (in case you don’t have almond oil, use olive oil, it is a great substitute).

Preparation:
Before you start preparing this scrub, grind the oatmeal using a coffee grunder or food processor. It has to be of sandy consistency, flaky and light otherwise it will scratch the skin.
Mix all the ingredients in a large bowl. Mix until it resembles a paste
Use circular motion and massage gently.
Rinse off with warm water.

Salt foot scrub

Ingredients:
1 cup of sea salt or Epsom salt
1/2 cup of cold water
2 drops of lavender essential oil

Preparation:
Start off by gradually adding water to salt and lavender oil
As you are adding it, you want to make sure the mix starts looking like a paste. It has to be not too liquid and not too solid, it should be like soft though otherwise it will run between your fingers
Rub your feet and soles in circular motion
Rinse off with warm water

A friend told me about this foot care tip:

Use a regular foot cream or any greasy cream. Apply on your feet and wrap up in foil. Leave the foil on for a couple of hours. After you remove it, the best thing to do is foot massage after which you wipe off the excess cream.

COFFEE FOOT SCRUB:

Ingredients:
4 tablespoons of ground coffee (fresh is the best)
3 tablespoons of corn meal (or ground oatmeal)
3 tablespoons of sea salt or Epsom salt
3 tablespoons of Olive or Almond oil
2 drops of lavender oil (or peppermint if you don’t need relaxing, but simply want some energy boost)

Preparation
Mix all the ingredients well
Scrub your feet in circular motion
Rinse off with warm water and pat dry

A perfect finish to such decadent pampering would be foot massage, preferably given to you by someone special

I hope that some of these homemade foot scrubs intrigued you enough to try them and show off wonderfully pedicured feet

If you are ready to take your pampering to the next level, wonderful foot scrub recipes (did I mention cheap and quick to prepare?) are waiting. Make your own homemade foot care recipes now.

Homemade Foot Soak:
Ingredients:
Small pieces of lime
A few drops of lime oil
Half cup of sea salt
8-12 fresh mint leaves
Method – Mix all the ingredients into hot water.

Citrus Foot Soak
Ingredients:

¼ cup of Baking Soda
5-6 drops of lemon essential oil
¼ cup of Epsom Salt
5-6 drops of orange essential oil
Method – Combine soda and salt in the essential oils carefully. One should mix ingredients until mixed up systematically. Pour this combination in an airtight bottle. It is ready to use and one can apply 2 tbsps of foot soak with lots of water.

Rain Forest Foot Scrub
Ingredients:
6-8 drops of bayberry oil
½ cup of fine-ground seas salt
6-8 drops of eucalyptus essential oil
½ cup of baking soda
A tablespoon of sunflower oil or glycerin

Directions:
Combine soda and sea salt together and mix in the essential oils. After that, combine in the oil or glycerin while one is prepared to apply. This is the best method that will make sufficient for the complete therapy. One should keep it on a dark place.

Herb Foot Soak
Ingredients
¼ cup of Baking Soda
Lavender, peppermint and horsetail leaves
1/4 cup of Epsom salts
Some drops of lavender essential oil

Directions:
combine the soda and salt together and mix in the essential oils. One should mix all ingredients properly by making use of fork. Store this combination in an airtight bottle. One can use 2 tbsps of foot soak with blast of water.

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