But you don’t need to worry. Skin specialist Minisha Rana from Delhi suggests scrubbing as one of the best ways to keep your skin healthy in these weather conditions. “Scrubbing increases circulation removes dead skin and rejuvenates you,” says Minisha.
Following what Minisha says, here are a few scrubs you can make at home without paying huge amounts for it.
Fruity Scrub – Try a fruit scrub with papaya this monsoon. Papaya is one fruit that is available in abundance in monsoon, which makes it the easiest and quickest scrub to make at home. Take about 5-6 cubes of a papaya or a papaya slice and mash it lightly. Mix this with a teaspoon of brown sugar and apply on the face, massaging in a circular motion. This scrub will help you clean the clogged pores within seconds. Leave it on for about two minutes and wash off with lukewarm water. This scrub is good for a dry to normal skin. For those who have an oily skin, prepare a fruity pack with orange and lemon juice.
Scrub Oats - For long, you believed walnut is the best ingredient for scrubbing oil, dirt and blackheads of your face and so you invested in those expensive branded walnut and apricot scrubs every month. Little do many know that those nutritious oats are also great for a tired and dull monsoon skin. Oats can be mixed with a gamut of food items to make the simplest yet remarkable scrubs. For eg: just take half a cup of oatmeal, half a cup of yogurt and add a few drops of Vitamin E oil, mix together and apply all over your body in the shower. Wash off and say hello to a beautifully glowing skin!
Sugar and Salt – Using brown sugar and rock salt crystals is the quickest way to scrub your skin effectively. Simply blend brown sugar and olive oil into a thick granular paste, keeping the quantity according to your preference, scrub all over and wash off! Your face will be nice and smooth within 2 to 3mintues. The best part about this pack is that it is best suited for both (oily and dry) skin types.
TIP: Do not scrub your face for more than 2minutes, and more than twice in a week!