Fresh, smooth and velvety skin always attracts the attention of others. A homemade exfoliant made from fresh or frozen cranberries will help to achieve this effect. The first mention of cranberries as a medicinal plant can be found in ancient literature. Many women know about the beneficial properties of berries, but not all use them to prepare a mask, peel or scrub.
At home, you can make your own natural face and body scrub to pamper your skin with good care. Below is a simple recipe for an effective scrub that's perfect for home skincare.
Scrub helps
Such a miracle remedy not only improves color and smoothes wrinkles, improves skin tone, but also slightly brightens it, providing additional cleansing, narrows pores, tones, fights stretch marks, by increasing blood circulation and fruit acids. The exfoliant is also quite effective against age spots, especially when the pigment is not located very deep.
Cranberries contain vitamins C, A and B6, as well as tannins and pectin substances, acids, phosphorus salts, iron and calcium.
How to do it?
To make a berry scrub, take 100 grams. fresh or frozen cranberries, mince and mix with one teaspoon of coconut oil (or olive) and two tablespoons of cane sugar. Stir until smooth. The resulting gruel can be used to treat the face, neck, décolleté, and the whole body.
Resurfacing the skin of the face and body is best done at night, so that the skin can calmly rest, recover, and assimilate vitamins. After the procedure, rinse off with warm water and enjoy an amazing effect. Remember to apply a moisturizer or gel to your body immediately after cleansing when your pores are open. The skin is radiant, tightened, smoothed if you do exfoliation (exfoliation) 2-3 times a week. Let us remind you that summer is coming soon, the skin becomes more susceptible to UV radiation, be sure to choose a sunscreen according to your phototype and skin characteristics.