Home scrub as a gift for March 8

Home cosmetics - an excellent gift on March 8 with your own hands. Made with love - this time. It does not contain mysterious chemical ingredients of incomprehensible purpose - these are two. So why not please mom or girlfriend with such a gift?

Home-made hand scrub will especially please those who have to work a lot at home. Constant washing of dishes over-dry the skin of hands,and often do not save any creams and lotions. And the components of natural lemon scrub "work on all fronts": sugar and salt remove dead skin particles, olive oil moisturizes the skin, lemon refreshes it and fights with unpleasant odors that can remain on the skin of hands after cooking (for example, the smell of fish, onions or garlic).

To make home hand scrub, we will need ingredients that can be found in any kitchen:

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  lemon peel
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  olive oil
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  sugar
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  salt

In addition, you need to prepare such tools and materials:

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  grater
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  bowl of medium size
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  measuring cup and spoon
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  mixing spoon
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  bank or other container for ready-made scrub
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  ribbon for decoration

So, let's start preparing our home scrub. To start mix in a bowl one and a half glasses of sugar, one third of a glass of salt and a glass of olive oil. Stir until the mixture of salt and sugar is evenly impregnated with olive oil.

Then, using a grater for a peel we remove peel from one big lemon. Put the zest into a bowl and mix thoroughly until a homogeneous mass is obtained. If you want the scrub to smell more lemon, you can add a quarter teaspoon of lemon extract.

Then with a spoon We put our home scrub in a clean container. Do not forget that this is a gift, so the bankfrom the mushrooms with the appropriate label is hardly suitable - so it is worth taking care of something more beautiful in advance. After shifting the scrub, wipe the jar, if it got a spray, close the lid and tie the can with a ribbon or decorate to your liking.

Instead of a lemon, you can use any othercitrus - orange, grapefruit, lime ... It is not necessary to add salt to the scrub. Its coarse particles are suitable for effective exfoliation, but if you want a more gentle scrub, You can replace all or part of the salt with the same amount of sugar.

As you can see, such a useful gift for March 8 is easy to make with your own hands! Home scrub will please any woman - the main thing is to make sure that she does not have allergies to citrus fruits. Lemon hand scrub is suitable as a gift not only on March 8, but also for Birthday, New Year or any other holiday.