SPRING TIME BODY PREP...BIKINI BODY READY!!!

Greeting loves! I don't know about you but I am getting ready for my summer, with lots of mini trips planned there will be multiply bikini outings and I am getting my body bikini ready!!!! Beyond diet and exercise this is also the time of the year I start to shed my winter skin and prep it for the warmer months ahead.  I like to step up my exfoliation routine and add a few more steps to help smooth the texture of my skin.  The recipes below are easy and can be made with ingredients from your local health food store and/or your kitchen, they don't take much time at all and make you feel like a Queen!

SALT OR SUGAR GLOW

2 CUPS COARSE SEA SALT OR BROWN CANE SUGAR

1/2 CUP GRAPESEED OR OLIVE OIL

OR

1/2 CUP WATER

6-8 drops of essential oil of choice(optional)

place all ingredients in a bowl and exfoliate the entire body from toes to chest. Shower off, apply additional body oil or moisturizer if desired. 

can be done 3-5 times a week, is a prep step before big events or potential bronzing activities!

CELLULITE BODY WRAP

8 DROPS OF GRPEFRUIT ESSENTIAL OIL

2 DROPS EACH OF THYME, FENNEL, LAVENDER, GERANIUM & JUNIPER BERRY ESSENTIAL OIL

2 CUPS ALMOND OIL

CELLOPHANE OR SARAN WRAP

turn up the heat in your bathroom or bedroom, mix all ingredients together in a squirt bottle, exfoliate skin using a dry brush or loofah, knead oil mixture generously into legs, thighs, arms and bootie. avoid face and neck. wrap your arms and legs with the cellophane or saran wrap from the bottoms up. sit comfortably for 20 minutes, remove wrapping and shower off with cool water. 

can be done 1-3 times a week

COFFEE GROUND SCRUB

EQUAL PARTS COFFEE GRINDS & WATER TO MAKE A SCRUB

best done in the sauna or steam room or even a heated bathroom. scrub areas of the body that present with fat deposits or cellulite in circle like motions. be sure not ot over scrub or irritate the skin. rinse off in cool shower.

can be done 1-3 times a week

Prevention and maintenance of the skin is more then half the the battle, if you can get these into your routine you will be thanking me!

Hope to see many of you poolside!

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