Oranges & Lemons, Sold For A Penny

Exfoliation is a must if you are after naturally healthy and glowing skin. The right way to exfoliate your skin is to be gentle and use a mild scrub. And you can always rely on homemade natural exfoliators which are mild, yet effective on your skin.

One of the best way to prepare a homemade scrub is by using orange peel powder. It has multiple benefits, starting from curing acne and blackheads to boosting your complexion. It also provides anti-oxidant support to our skin.

Here’s how you can also prepare orange peel scrub at home

1. Take 3-4 medium sized oranges and remove the peel
2. Cut them up in to thin slices and spread the orange peel slices on a tray and place it under the sun
3. Cover the tray with a thin piece of cloth or paper. It may take up to 2-4 days for the orange peels to dry up
4. Once they are dried up, powder them using a grinder and store it in an airtight container and use to prepare your own DIY orange peel scrub

Some benefits of using an orange peel scrub

1. Orange peel is a great source of vitamin C. In fact, it contains more vitamin C that the fruit itself. This high amount of vitamin C helps to boost your skin health in multiple ways
2. It helps with skin whitening and brightening melanin which is the natural pigment, present on the skin and is responsible for our skin color. More melanin results in a deeper skin tone. Vitamin C has the ability to reduce melanin synthesis, thus lightening our skin color