Face exfoliating requires use of very gentle scrub mixture, and the following recipe is just that. Nuts and oats can be milled with the old-school method by using of pestle and mortar but I prefer to use food processor or coffee grinder. The only thing is to remember to grind everything really fine.
Fine milled oats mixed with a little bit of yogurt, make a perfect combination for gentle exfoliation such as the one required to use on the face. Ground seeds and nuts additionally release their natural oils which nourish the skin. Yogurt has toning and skin whitening effects and it helps to close pores.
Enjoy.
Suzanah
What is needed:
- 1 tbs of ground oats
- 1 tbs of ground almonds
- 1 tbs of ground sunflower seeds
- ½ tbs of yogurt (I used homemade yogurt, you can find the recipe here)
- Optional: add your favorite essence oil
Steps:
1. Grind all ingredients in the food processor, coffee grinder or with mortal and pastle.
2. Add yogurt and mix everything together
Tip: You can keep ground seeds for couple of week. Just take 2-3 spoons mix them with yogurt when needed. But make sure that you keep the mix dry otherwise it will go moldy.
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Thank you!!
You're welcome.
Hi Suzanne! Just followed you and I'm excited to check out your other posts. This is such a cool DIY. Great idea to keep the dry ground and ready to mix when needed. I always have stuff like this go bad too fast and never thought of just doing the amount I need to use. I used to love apricot kernel face scrub in my teens, before going simple-natural, and this reminds me of it. I will be modifying it a bit with thick coconut milk instead of yogurt, maybe I'll also throw in some ground apricot kernels. What scent of essential oil did you use? It looks like lemon, which I love, and saw it's a blend labeled Neroli. I'm anyways looking for good ones to try. Take care.
Thanks so much!! I like your idea of substituting yogurt for coconut milk. I will try it next time :) Apricot kernels are extremely hard to get here so I used what I had at hand. I am really glad you liked this scrub. The neroli is actually a name for the the bitter orange blossom. It doesn't smell like fruits at all and If I had to compare it to something it wood be freshly shaved young bark with a really tiny citrus smell. Maybe it sounds wired but I do like this fragrance. Cheers!!