Dry Skin? Try This Olive Oil Sugar Scrub!

I get really dry skin in the win­ter because I live in a very dry cli­mate and every­one has their heaters blaz­ing, which sucks all the mois­ture out of the air. In addi­ton to get­ting a humid­i­fier, I use oil to wash and mois­tur­ize my face, with­out get­ting a sin­gle pimple.

So today I’m shar­ing with you one of my favorite recipes for dry skin — it’s so sim­ple, it feels won­der­ful, and it’s been around forevahhhh.

{BENEFITS}
Removes dead skin cells so mois­ture can pen­e­trate, mois­tur­iz­ing, pro­tec­tive, heals scars and acne, anti-aging.

{INGREDIENTS}
2 Tbsp. organic, cold-pressed olive oil
1 Tbsp. organic, raw honey
1/4 cup organic cane sugar
1 small, dark glass con­tainer (you do not want to store your scrub in plas­tic, dark glass pre­vents the oil from oxi­diz­ing and will not leach into your scrub)

{STEP #1}
Pour your olive oil into your glass con­tainer. Then pour in your honey. Mix well.

{STEP #2}
Add the sugar slowly and mix as you go. You may use less or more than 1/4 cup. You should end up with a thick scrub. Add a lit­tle more oil if you feel it’s too thick.

{STEP #3}
Apply to your freshly washed face, neck, and chest. In win­ter, I use Talu­lah Moon­flower Gen­tle Cleans­ing Balm to wash. Now mas­sage the scrub in gen­tly. If you have very sen­si­tive skin, rub the scrub in your hands for a few sec­onds to soften up the gran­ules, then apply.

{STEP #4}
Rinse off with luke­warm water. Give a final splash of cool water. Skip the toner (you want to keep the remain­ing olive oil on your skin) and apply a qual­ity nat­ural mois­tur­izer. I use organic vir­gin coconut oil from Trop­i­cal Tra­di­tions to soften my skin and pre­vent black­heads, or I’ll use my favorite mois­tur­izer from 100% Pure.

{STEP #5}
Store in a cool, dark place like your med­i­cine cabinet.

Enjoy! Let me know how you like this lus­cious scrub!

~Stephanie

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