How to make a scrub with lemon?

How to make a scrub with lemon?

why buy an exquisite scrub, when your closets contain the essentials? Home and natural, cheap and so easy to do, the homemade lemon scrub promises to chase blackheads and tighten skin texture. At Fourchette & Bikini, we believe in it and get started!

Close up on the lemon scrub

Lemon, a beauty asset? Three times yes! The pretty fruit contains vitamin C, citric acid, tannins and flavonoids. In other words, it is antioxidant, fights aging of the skin and stimulates cell renewal. It cleans, disinfects, purifies and tightens the pores of the skin.

Be careful, however, some warnings are current. The citric acid contained in lemon is one of the fruit acids used in peels, potentially aggressive: to rid the skin of its dead cells and force it to regenerate, it scours the superficial layers of the skin. It is therefore avoided on fragile skin, thin, dry or irritated! At the slightest burning sensation during the application, rinse immediately and abundantly with warm water, then hydrate immediately with a soothing cream, renewing regularly. In all cases, the scrub is limited to once a week, at most.

The lemon is also photosensitizing, and can cause the appearance of pigmentation spots if the skin is then exposed to the sun. So we reserve the scrub with lemon for the evening, and it avoids holidays on the sea.

More concretely, bet on the lemon scrub for:

-Tighten the pores of the skin
-Eliminate blackheads
-Sanitize oily skin
-Fade acne marks
-Alleviate brown spots
-Tonify mature skin
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Lemon scrub, instructions for use
Before…

Lemon scrub, easy! No difference with a classic scrub, we first remove the skin before tying the hair to clear the face. The thing more? For optimal results, soak a towel with lukewarm water and let it sit for a few seconds on the face, to open the pores.

After…

Once the scrub is done, rinse with warm water, abundantly to remove any citric acid residue. Then dry without rubbing, dabbing the face with a clean towel. All that remains is to apply a good moisturizer, it's done!

-The recipe of homemade lemon peel

-Salt recipe

-Choose an organic lemon, untreated, then cut it in half.
-Sprinkle sea salt over lemon flesh, then sprinkle with lemon juice with the other half of the fruit.
-Apply the half-lemon "salted" on the skin, in circular movements, massaging gently, and avoiding the contour of the lips and eyes.

Sugar recipe

-Choose an organic lemon, untreated, then squeeze its juice into a bowl. Take 2 tbsp. soup.
-Add 1 teaspoon of olive oil and 1 tablespoon of brown sugar.
-Mix until you get a granular paste.
-Apply the scrub in circular motions, massaging gently, and avoiding the outline of the lips and eyes.