As you prepare for a trip, whether to a warm tropical location or somewhere close to home, make sure you give your body a good exfoliating treatment to help your skin glow. Sure you can buy one, but do-it-yourself exfoliation treatments are easy enough to create at home as this recipe from The Green Beauty Guide demonstrates.

This is a luxurious body treatment to try before you leave for a vacation or head for the beach. Ascorbic acid and AHAs from lemon will help fade any skin discolorations, while sugar will exfoliate and nurture your assets.

Ingredients:

1 cup jojoba or grape seed oil
1 cup brown raw sugar
1 large lemon
3 drops of peppermint essential oil
2 drops lemon essential oil
10 mg vitamin C crystals

Method:

Combine the ingredients in a bowl and store it in the refrigerator for up to two weeks.

That's one easy method so what are you waiting for? Pick up a lemon and get to work, then visit the Green Beauty Guide for more natural beauty advice.

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