Align Pilates Minneapolis » Ginger body scrub recipe http://alignpilates.com Trends, news and fun banter about pilates, yoga and health & wellness. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:04:20 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Scrub this http://alignpilates.com/health-nut/scrub-this http://alignpilates.com/health-nut/scrub-this#comments Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:43:28 +0000 KTK http://alignpilates.com/?p=3051
Here’s a great recipe for a homemade body scrub. Perfect for this time of season with the ginger and cinnamon. Pour it in a small Kerrs jar, wrap it with a bow and you have an instant gift for a girlfriend. If you can dare to part with it, that is.

1 cup sea salt
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 tbsp ground ginger root
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1 cup olive oil

Ginger is well known in holistic medicine for its healing properties. Its ability to reduce inflammation make it an ideal ingredient for softening and smoothing the skin in exfoliating products. It also adds a wonderful fragrance to the scrub when freshly ground. Cinnamon is strongly stimulating to the skin and warms the body. Olive oil, used as a base oil in this recipe, also softens and moisturizes the skin. I added the brown sugar to help thicken up the mixture.

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