Spring Cleaning – Spa Style With The Experts Of Willow Stream

Spring is the perfect time to clean out your closets and, for spa people like you, it’s the ideal time to clean, exfoliate and refresh your skin.

The closet part is normal, a nice old-fashioned tradition.  When the weather begins to warm up, cleaning and paring down the stuff you’ve accumulated over the winter is a no brainer. It’s good to be lighter in the spring.

A good scrub is a spring cleaning tradition here at Willow Stream.  And you can give yourself an effective and natural home-made skin exfoliation in your own private oasis whenever the spirit moves you. Here are some simple at home scrubs from the experts of Willow Stream. All you need are a few ingredients you probably have on hand right now.

A Simple Oatmeal Facial Scrub

1 cup of instant oatmeal
1/2 cup of clover honey
1 egg white

Crush the oatmeal with a rolling pin or a large wooden spoon. Mix in the honey, and then the egg white. Massage the mixture on your face. Leave it on for 3 to 4 minutes then rinse it off with warm water. Your skin will feel baby soft, and you’ll want to repeat this treatment once a week to keep your skin glowing. Follow with a daytime moisturizer. We recommend Kerstin Florian 24hr Creme.

The Coffee Body Scrub

2 cups of fresh ground coffee (not brewed)?1/2 cup of sugar
3 tablespoons of baby oil

Mix them together. Then get in your shower, wet your skin, apply the mixture, rub it in gently, and shower off.  You will feel wonderful all over, and ready for spring.
It is thought that coffee constricts the blood vessels, which is why it is in many eye creams. It is an anti-oxidant and thought to help heal the skin.  Follow with moisturizer. We recommend Willow Stream Energy Body Butter.

NOTE: It is best to not use a scrub just before an important event because a scrub can sometimes leave temporary blotches.