All of us love to wear a short dress or a skirt with smooth, spotless legs.
And nothing seems so irritating and awful as dark spots or bumps all over your legs that absolutely let down your game of beauty.
1st Treatment
Cucumber, Rose Water Scrub
You’ll Need:
- 1 cup cucumber puree
- 4-5 tbsp pure rose water
- 8-10 drops of any essential oil of your choice
- Mash the cucumber and make a cucumber puree and add rose water and the essential oil to it.
- Mix all the ingredients to make a scrub.
- Massage your legs with this scrub and keep it on for about 10-15 minutes.
- Wash off while massaging with cool water.
- Put some light body moisturizer.
To remove strawberry stains, use it daily for a fortnight.
- A vitamin C-rich cucumber functions as an antioxidant.
- This rose water and cucumber paste remove clogged pores, soothes irritated skin, and provides soft legs that are smooth.
2nd Treatment
Oatmeal and Cream Scrub
You’ll Need:
- ½ cup of oatmeal
- 2-3 tsp of baking soda
- 2 tbsp honey
- 1 tbsp cream
- Mix all the ingredients in the given quantity in a bowl and make a scrub.
- Massage your legs with this scrub and keep it on for about 10-15 minutes.
- Wash off while massaging with cool water.
- Put some light body moisturizer.
To get gorgeous legs, use this paste twice a week.
- Baking soda serves as a cleaner, extracts dead skin, and clears pores.
- Baking soda and honey possess bleaching properties.
- The daily use of it lightens the skin, giving it an equal tone.
- Baking soda exfoliates the skin as an anti-inflammatory agent, while honey and cream soothe and smooth the skin.
3rd Treatment
Sugar and Aloe Vera Scrub
You’ll Need:
- 2-3 tbsp brown sugar or regular white sugar
- 2 tbsp fresh aloe vera gel
- 1-2 tbsp of olive or coconut oil
- Mix all the ingredients in a bowl.
- Massage your legs with this scrub and keep it on for about 10-15 minutes.
- Wash off while massaging with cool water.
- Put some light body moisturizer.
To get desired results, use it thrice a week.
- As a natural exfoliator, sugar eliminates dead skin cells and opens up the pores.
- The goodness and hydrating properties of aloe vera and olive oil hydrates the surface of the skin and hydrates it.
- For its remarkable healing properties, Aloe Vera is commonly used in beauty care regimes.
- A complex carbohydrate known as acemannan that revamps the cells and clears pollutants is the main ingredient used in Aloe Vera gel.
Tips:
- Before shaving, dry brush your legs.
- Go for chemical exfoliation a few days before shaving, in addition to natural scrubs, to speed up the process of shedding dead skin cells and avoid clogged pores.
- Soak your legs in warm water before shaving to soften the hair follicles and the open pores.
- Prevent using razors and opt for a razor of good quality.
- To soften the hair and minimize discomfort, use hydrating and nourishing shaving cream.
- Contrary to common opinion, shave your legs to prevent strawberry spots in the same direction as hair growth.
- Apply any moisturizer or body oil after shaving the legs, or simply go for the icing on the legs to minimize inflammation and spots.