From the garden to your bathroom: Ingrid Callot teaches you how to make a body scrub from oranges

I was in my sunny kitchen this morning, making lunch for my little tyke Jacob and my handsome hubby Roger, when Edgardo Versoza called. “Ingrid Callot! I have a problem!” he shrieked on the other line. “I ran out of body scrub!”

Edgardo, my fabulous best friend, thinks that the world has ended. Not being able to use body scrub for a week is a thought that makes him go crazy. “Don’t worry,” I told him. “I can make you some homemade body scrub.”

In my home, helping save Mother Earth is a priority. My family and I abide by the three R’s and we even eat local produce. Even my beauty and make-up products are eco-friendly. I’m also known in the neighborhood as a domestic goddess so making homemade beauty products is a no-brainer. So to calm Edgardo down and prevent World War 3 from happening, I’ll make him a signature Ingrid Callot body scrub!

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All we need as ingredients are some cornmeal and half of an orange. I’m addicted to the scent of oranges and I always wear a citrus perfume. Confession: sometimes I even keep orange peels inside my bag so the inside will smell like oranges! Okay, back to the body scrub recipe. Just squeeze the orange juice, pulp it into a bowl, and add the cornmeal. Mix everything together to form a paste. Ta-dah! You now have a citrus body scrub! Apply the mixture on clean skin and scrub gently in a circular motion for two to three minutes. Afterwards, you can rinse, tone, and moisturize. Simple, isn’t it?

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I’m sure Edgardo will gush over my all-natural body scrub creation. You can also make this and give as a gift -- just put them in cute glass jars and wrap in colorful ribbons!

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