DIY Body Scrub

An important element of my skin care routine is regular body scrubbing. Yes, there are so many body scrubs you can buy in the stores, but they are expensive and contain all kinds of unnecessary and toxic ingredients. For example, the Body Shop's Mango Exfoliating Sugar Scrub costs $22 for 250ml (1 cup) and the ingredients are listed here: 

Ethylhexyl Palmitate, Sucrose, Sodium Chloride, Helianthus Annuus Hybrid Oil, Silica, Mangifera Indica Seed Oil, Glycine Soja Oil, Parfum, Phenoxyethanol, Ricinus Communis Seed Oil, Tocopherol, Butyl Methoxydibenzoylmethane, Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis Oil, Benzyl Alcohol, Capsicum Annuum Extract, Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil, Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Extract, Datem, Citric Acid, CI 77891, CI 19140.

I won't go through and analyze every single ingredient in this product, but Synthetic Fragrance is used, which makes sense because you can't get a natural essential oil from mangoes. Synthetic Fragrances are to be avoided because they cause:

• Allergies/immunotoxicity 

• Endocrine disruption

• Non-reproductive organ system toxicity 

• Ecotoxicology 

• Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs) 

Propyl Paraben causes:

• Developmental/reproductive toxicity

• Allergies/immunotoxicity 

• Endocrine disruption

Phenoxyethanol causes:

• Allergies/immunotoxicity 

• Endocrine disruption

• Non-reproductive organ system toxicity 

• Ecotoxicology

After reading the toxic effects the ingredients in a typical body scrub have on your body, you're probably ready for a healthier alternative, right?! That's what I'm here for. The body scrub I make takes literally seconds to mix up, and makes my skin feel so smooth and soft, naturally!

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