THE WIFE Guide: Body Scrubs

Every Wife wants gorgeous skin that is glowing and smooth to the touch, especially with the Summer months right around the corner! Body scrubs are great for maintaining healthy skin by exfoliating off tired and dead skin cells, while moisturizing your entire body at the same time. Add a scrub to your beauty routine once or twice a week in the shower or bath to revitalize and tone your skin. After you have used the polish, rinse the scrub from your legs. Then, use the remaining oils as a shaving oil. It gets an amazingly close shave and your legs look gorgeous and feel soft! The following scrubs are our favorites at THE WIFE and range from affordable to pricey and how to even make your own at home.  –Taryn Cox for THE WIFE

Pure Fiji Coconut Milk and Honey Sugar Scrub – My very favorite and top choice for a body scrub! Restore skin to a fresh healthy glow with this extraordinary combination of raw honey, fresh sugar cane crystals and nutrient- rich exotic oils for the Fiji Islands. Raw cane sugar and honey will buff away aging skin cells and unclog pores and polish your skin clean. Your new smooth skin is protected with nature’s best source of anti-oxidants and the powerful hydration and nutrients in a blend of pure coconut and exotic drift nut oils. Ideal for all skin types. This generous 16 oz jar will give 15-18 treatments. Natural skin care – The Pacific way. $66.50 for 15.5 oz. at PureFiji.com

Laura Mercier Body Scrub: Inspired by the comforting scent of almond and coconut, this polishing body scrub with sugar granules and exfoliating beads gently smoothes skin. Imitating the islands’ ambiance, Laura created a warm fragrance rich with powdered sugar, vanilla extract and a hint of cinnamon – Includes notes of vanilla mousse as well as vanilla meringue. This body scrub clarifies and tones the skin. Vitamins A & E protect & soothe while Grape & Olive Oils soothe, soften & moisturize skin. $46.00 at Lauramercier.com

Vitabath Sugar Scrub: Vitabath® Exfoliating Sugar Scrub, now in a easy to dispense tube! A luscious blend of sugar granules, Sunflower, Coconut and Macadamia Seed Oils leaves skin feeling silky smooth and intensely hydrated. Vitamins A, B3, C and E help promote glowing, radiant skin. $18.00 at MyVitabath.com

Make Your Own: When making homemade body scrubs, you’ll need to start with a salt or sugar base. Sugar can be gentler on the skin than salt, choose a sugar or salt that has small granules and won’t tear at skin. If you have sensitive skin, try dark brown sugar. Next you’ll need to choose an oil: organic extra virgin coconut oil, almond or olive oil all work great. You want 1 part oil to 2 parts sugar or salt. Go the extra mile and add 5 drops of an essential oil for a delightful scent. Also consider adding lemon zest, dried lavender, thyme or rosemary. Try Martha Stewart’s Homemade body Scrub or my favorite recipe below:

Vanilla Coconut Brown Sugar Body Scrub:

Ingredients:

• 1/2 Cup Brown Sugar
• 1/4 Cup Coconut Oil (Melted or Softened)
• 1 Tsp Vanilla Extract
  
• 100mm Le Parfait Super Terrines Jar

Directions:

Mix ingredients all ingredients together and store in Jar. Massage on skin while in the shower bath and rinse. –Taryn Cox for THE WIFE