Homemade Moisturizing and Exfoliating Hand Treatment...Yum!

The shower scrub that I was supposed to make turned into a hand treatment (which could be used in the shower, but I prefer it on my hands), but I am perfectly fine with that. I even showed my husband how to make it. It's so simple that pretty much anyone could do it right now with ingredients that they have in the pantry.

I used three ingredients:

organic sugar,
olive oil,
and lime essential oil.

*You could use a wide assortment of essential oils for this, it's your choice.

*You don't have to use organic ingredients, you can use regular granulated sugar.

Materials:

~a small dish (preferably glass) to mix ingredients in
~a spoon to mix with
~a glass container with a lid to store extra product

*I try to save jars that would work good for storing these kinds of things.

...and I have to show you this because it was so darn pretty. I noticed the reflection of the lace curtains in the oil. How neat is that?

 

 

I worked on mixing in a little sugar at a time until I came out with this. I added drops of lime essential oil to the mixture, stirring frequently, and making sure I didn't add too much by using this method: add a couple drops, mix well, smell, and go through this process until it was just right. I came out with this...

 

 

To use this stuff I simply just grabbed a little with my fingers, and started to rub it *gently* all over my hands. The sugar was quite rough, but I used it to scrub my knuckles and between my thumb and other four digits. I scrubbed for about a minute, and then added a little bit of water to my hands and just let the sugar dissolve while still rubbing gently. To remove excess product just use a very tiny amount of soap and wash your hands as you normally would. If you want to keep the treatment on, I suggest gently towel drying your hands and sitting back with a warm cup of tea, but wipe your hands enough to not have slippery hands!

Did you think I was going to *not* mention a cup of tea?

Now that you did it once, I would love for you to repeat this process. You should do it twice a day for a couple/few days. In between treatments, you should apply a lotion or oil to your hands to keep them soft.

Just grab that great smelling stuff and rub it on.

If you want to keep your hands smooth throughout the winter I would consider using a cream with beeswax or something similar. In case you are allergic to beeswax, there are alternatives. I also use a lot of things that are olive oil based, or some other oil base such as grape seed and jojoba oil. Oils are great!

We need oils inside and out to stay healthy. With that little tidbit, I bid you ado, and I wish yourself and your family great health and happiness on this cold January evening...and forevermore.

Much love,

~Amanda Star~