One girl in her tub
The sun has decided to play a game of hide and seek with us here today, its just about peeking out intermittently between clouds so the generous summer climate of yesterday is gone, for now at least. Temperatures are set to rise again early next week and the suns going to grace us once again so why not take these duller days as an opportunity to prepare ourselves for its glorious return. Besides its the june bank holiday weekend and whether your a fake tan bronzed babe or an ethereal pale beauty we all need a good body scrub to have our skin looking its best. So heres my top, budget busting, body buffing solutions.
Up first is the humble, reliable exfoliating glove. We all have a pair of these lurking around the bathroom, and if you don’t you should have. They’re available from any pharmacy or supermarket for €1.99 a pair, so their purse friendly, however, i would recommend investing in a slightly more expensive, better quality pair like the body shop ones for example at €5.99 as they tend to hold their shape a lot better than the cheaper equivalent and the better the glove fits the better the scrub you get. They’re great you can scrub as much or as little as you like and you can use with your favorite shower gel, plus, they come in a rainbow of colours so they’ll buff your bits and brighten your day all at the same time.
Next on the list is Sugar Crush from Soap & Glory. I’m sure most of you have heard of its sister scrub Flake Away, but the mouth watering scent of Sugar Crush pips it to the post in my opinion. It is exactly what it says on the pot, a body scrub made of sugar, crushed brown sugar to be exact, with macadamia grains for even more scrubbing power, other ingredients include sweet lime and almond oil so this scrub really gets your taste buds tingling and gives you an instant pick me up, its tough on scaly dry skin too. Priced at €11 for a 300ml tub it won’t break the bank either.
Number three and possibly my favorite comes from Lush. The body butter bars from Lush scrub and buff as well as moisturise, use them on wet skin and rinse off for perfect smooth and glowing skin. You can pick from different fragrances and colours in these bars but my favorites are Buffy, which uses ground rice almonds and aduki beans as exfoliators and smells like a holiday on a Brazilian beach and Aqua Mirabilis which uses ground almond shells as an exfoliator and has subtle comforting scents of sandalwood and cocoa. The bars are great theres no packaging and no preservatives and also no waste, you can really feel them scrubbing at your scaly bits and the natural oils and butters in them leave your skin feeling soft and silky. With a price tag of just over €6 for a 90g bar its a steal!
Last but not least a real budget busting solution to flakes and scales straight from the kitchen press, this can be a little messy but it works and it wont cost you a penny because its already in your press. Its a simple little recipe, mix sugar and olive oil together in a bowl to your own desired consistency and start scrubbing. The sugar scrubs and buffs and the olive oil leaves your skin soft if a tad oily, rinse with or without soap et voila!! Budget Buffing at its best!!
There you have it, if any of you have some more favorites or home scrub recipes, please share. Happy scrubbing!!
Images; "Sugar Crush" by Soap & Glory at boots.com, Aqua Mirabilis body butter bar lush.co.uk, exfoliating gloves image from aliexpress.com
