Simple Oat & Marigold Body Scrub || DIY Natural Remedies

This scrub is super gentle and soothing making it perfect for dry and sensitive skin, and easy to DIY in no time with very little ingredients needed. Read on to find out more!

Oats (Avena sativa) are very useful and as well as being very good for you nutritionally and medicinally internally as a wholesome fibre that could possibly reduce high cholesterol and blood sugar levels and containing tryptophan helping with dopamine levels calming the nervous system. Oats have also been used for a very long time as traditional method to sooth skin externally to calm skin conditions such as contact dermatitis, weeping eczema, seborrhea and chickenpox as it is cooling and soothing to the skin.

Likewise, Marigold (Calendula officinalis) is a plant often used topically to soothe many skin ailments. It is particularly useful in encouraging healing from bruises, minor cuts and sores as it anti-inflammatory and has some possible anti-microbial effects too.

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Oat & Marigold Body Scrub

The oats once mixed with water create a milky and almost gelatinous texture which help calm the skin and won't dry it out too much, the green clay powder isn't necessary if you have white/red/kaolin etc clay powder that would work too, all will add a more cleansing and detoxing element to the scrub.

You Will Need:
- 3 tbsp regular rolled oats
- 1 tbsp green clay powder
- 2 tbsp dried marigold flowers (if you can't find these, break open a couple of Chamomile tea bags as Chamomile flowers are also very soothing for the skin)
- a muslin cloth/bag

Method:
- Pop all the ingredients into a bowl and give them a quick mix to combine. Lay out your muslin cloth flat and place the mixed ingredients in the centre.
- Gather the corners of the muslin cloth to form a bundle, making sure nothing spills out. Tie together using an elastic band or string.
- To use, tie the ends of the string onto your taps so the bundle hangs in the stream of water whilst you are running your bath. This will create a dilute infusion and will ease your skin whilst bathing. You can then use it whilst damp as a body scrub to gently buff your skin through the muslin cloth.

This recipe will make enough for one use. Throw away or compost the oat mixture once it has been used, then you can reuse the muslin cloth and make a fresh batch using dry ingredients every time you require it! Hope you enjoyed this post and have a lovely Easter! 🐣