Natural Exfoliants

I dunno if my suggestion is lessy messy and not fragrant enough for you but perhaps you can try them. 

Oatmeal

Brown sugar

Milk

Very fine crushed rice grains

Honey

Rose petals (or any flowers will do)

Essential oils (the one you use to fragrant your home/burning purpose sometimes can't be used on skin)

Be creative, add and mix any of them. For dry+itchy skin, try oatmeal and milk+honey. You can choose to put few drops of sandalwood, rose, lavender, chamomile or ylang-ylang oil as well.

Source:-

Me, my grandma and friends 

I'm going to try the oatmeal with a few drops of licorice extract, and  baking soda as well.  Whichever is easier on cleanup and makes the best scent.  Thank you ladies!

I have oily skin on my face...  Lime sliced or coffee powder are good natural exfoliators

Natural body exfoliators is made by Rice, Milk or Lemon, Olive, Rose or Jasmin or Ylang ylang... Asia pacific traditional ingredients

I would not use any home made things ... what a mess !!  There are shower gels in the drugstores with exfoliating power that do the job, plus a loofah or a scrubbing brush.  If you do this everyday, you will harm !!! your skin.

Also, do not use fragrant oils for home use on your skin !!!  Good grief.

There's a lot of good information for DIY skincare available. It's a great way to get a maximum of the right active ingredients at a minimum of the price. Most ready made (affordable) skincare products contain large percentages of fillers and such tiny quantities of actives that they're almost worthless. It involves a surprisingly small amount of work.

Brown sugar is pretty much a classic for exfoliation. For that you don't even need to mix anything special. You can just add a teaspoonful to your shower gel in your hand and spread it.

Papaya (extract) is a super exfoliant, as well as non-colored jojoba "beads" in a base cleansing lotion, etc. Together, they are a miracle, especially for those of us living in arid climates. I have to use some kind of sloughing agent with every shower, or creams, dry oils, & lotions can't penetrate. My skin looks craggy, parched, and dusty otherwise.  But its important to remember to "feed" your skin after sloughing, and try to avoid anything that has sharp edges (sugar, salt, ground kernals), as these can cause micro-tearing of the finer tissues.

Last edited by Wichapi (2012-03-21 15:23:23)

the best for me is white yogurt and sugar

Last edited by mcelferr (2012-03-23 22:30:37)

I have tried A LOT of different things, but once I found out about microfiber cloths (yes, the kind you clean the house with) that has been all I will use. Not messy at all and completely natural. I first read about using them on your face on MakeupAlley. Here's the link to the (glowing) reviews.

http://www.makeupalley.com/product/show … 97255&

I'm also a big fan of AHAs for melting away the rough stuff. If you slather on an AHA cream, wait a few minutes, then gently scrub off with a microfiber cloth, your skin will be like silk!

How long do you boil the oatmeal?

And how do you use the vitamin E oil?

Details, please! Thanks!

This may be a bit too complex to make for the entire body, but it's great when applied to face. I mix an egg yolk with a little bit of baking soda and some oil (whichever one you like) and apply it to face for 10 min.

Wash off with warm water, apply some more oil to your skin...mm..This stuff exfoliates and tightens your pores, I have problem skin and really love it.