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12-10-2012 at 1:20 PM
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NPR: Home skin scrub recipe?!

Well kind of pregnancy related considering I blame hormones for this one...

My skin looks like bull poop right now, it's dry and my nose is all flaky. I don't have any moisturizer outside of a standard st.ives body lotion, and I'm not to keen about using that on my skin. I use Bare Minerals so it just makes the flakes look worse. I have pretty much everything in my cabinets right now, except milk. I have heavy cream, eggs, brown sugar, white sugar, EVO, veggie oil... and much more... anyone have a good homemade skin scrub??? Something to buff away all the dead skin, so I'm nice and smooth and maybe even give me a bit of moisturizer???

And... I have 2 hours before I need to go meet the event coordinator at our venue. So go! TIA!!!!

 
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12-10-2012 at 1:37 PM
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How about avocado with sugar mixed in it? 

I'm curious to see other responses as well.
 
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12-10-2012 at 1:45 PM
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dallop of honey, 3 non-coated aspirin, and enough water to make a paste (usually a few drops)

rub it all over your face, let sit for about 5-10 mins, then exfoliate and rinse off. your skin will feel so smooth!! 

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12-10-2012 at 2:08 PM
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RussianMommy:

dallop of honey, 3 non-coated aspirin, and enough water to make a paste (usually a few drops)

rub it all over your face, let sit for about 5-10 mins, then exfoliate and rinse off. your skin will feel so smooth!! 

Aspirin is a no-no in pregnancy. Not sure how much would be absorbed through your skin, but I would stay away from it. 
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12-10-2012 at 2:10 PM
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Granular sugar and olive oil, mix like a paste and scrub your face, wash with warm water, then follow with this mask:

1/2 cup uncooked oats and 1 tbs.honey, Mix ingredients together to form a paste. Massage into face and neck. Let the mask sit on skin for 10-15 minutes before rinsing.

 
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12-10-2012 at 3:13 PM
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You can use a baking soda paste/exfoliator.  Just add water to some baking soda rub all over your face and rinse off.
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12-10-2012 at 5:25 PM
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Sugar mixed with olive oil, then wipe off with a hot washcloth.
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12-10-2012 at 8:29 PM
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TX-Bride:
Granular sugar and olive oil, mix like a paste and scrub your face, wash with warm water, then follow with this mask:

1/2 cup uncooked oats and 1 tbs.honey, Mix ingredients together to form a paste. Massage into face and neck. Let the mask sit on skin for 10-15 minutes before rinsing.

Thanks ladies! I ended up doing the sugar and then following up with the oat/honey mask... although I used way more then 1tbs honey, so maybe I did it wrong... but either way it made my skin so amazingly smooth!!

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12-10-2012 at 9:24 PM
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mrsannie:
RussianMommy:

dallop of honey, 3 non-coated aspirin, and enough water to make a paste (usually a few drops)

rub it all over your face, let sit for about 5-10 mins, then exfoliate and rinse off. your skin will feel so smooth!! 

Aspirin is a no-no in pregnancy. Not sure how much would be absorbed through your skin, but I would stay away from it. 

 

Aspirin is a definite no-no!!!! Mrsannie is right!!! you aren't supposed to use salycic acid because it comes from aspirin! I have the skin from hell right now! and have done more research on what is safe to use during pregnancy!
 
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12-12-2012 at 11:44 PM
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I would do a goat or cow milk yogurt mask and leave on for 10-15 mins and gently wash off with a warm washcloth. The lactic acid in the yogurt exfoliates away dead skin cells and is also very soothing. This is my go to winter mask. :) 
 
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