Spring is the perfect time to detox! There are so many natural and effective products that are designed for internal cleansing, and using essential oils in combination with detoxifying water treatments will help your skin to properly clear the toxins out.

These quick & easy DIY recipes are designed to provide deep detoxification, shed dead skin cells, calm irritations and add rich moisture. If you followed along with last month’s post on DIY facial skin care recipes, then you’ve already started building your Raw Skin Care Pantry. Here are the ingredients you’ll need for your Raw Skin Care Detox.

Your Raw Skin Care Detox Pantry List

Many of these ingredients may already be in your kitchen or bathroom, the rest can be found at Well.ca!

• Ground almond – moisturizing, exfoliating, smoothing
• Aloe Vera gel – humectant, anti-inflammatory
• Calendula Oil – soothing, healing
• Clove Bud Essential Oil – detoxifying, analgesic
• Cocoa powder – nourishing, moisturizing, healing
• Dead sea salt (finely ground) – relieves muscle tension, stress, arthritic pain and rheumatism
• Detox Essential Oil Blend – balancing and detoxifying
• Ground flaxseed – exfoliating, anti-oxidizing, regenerative
• Frankincense Essential Oil – healing, regenerative, centring
• Frankincense Hydrosol – regenerative, healing
• Garbanzo bean flour – exfoliating, moisturizing, toning
• Green clay – purifying, pore refining, astringent
• Honey – cleansing, humectant, anti-inflammatory
• Indian Sandalwood Essential Oil – regenerative, moisturizing, rejuvenating
• Jojoba Oil – rejuvenating, moisturizing, brightening
• Lavender Highland Essential Oil – balancing, calming, healing
• Sweet Lavender Essential Oil – detoxifying, balancing, clearing
• Lemon Essential Oil – revitalizing, uplifting, skin brightening
• Matcha powder – detoxifying, toning, cleansing
• Mortar and pestle – great for combining essential oils into dry ingredients
• Oat flour – gently exfoliating, cleansing, anti-inflammatory
• Pink clay – purifying, soothing, healing
• Sweet Orange Essential Oil – purifying, moisturizing, uplifting
• Peppermint Essential Oil – detoxifying, hydrating, clearing
• Rose Bulgarian Hydrosol – calming, purifying, rejuvenating
• Rosemary Highland Essential Oil – detoxifying, toning, clearing (helps oil flow from the pore)
• DIY packaging for storing your new products!

Steam & Sauna

Spending time in a steam or sauna is an amazing way to boost your body’s natural detoxification processes. Heat treatments stimulate the nervous, immune and circulatory systems, and toxins are eliminated through sweating. All of these benefits can be increased with the use of specificessential oils and hydrosols in the form of a DIY Body Spritzer. Bring your spritzer right into the steam or sauna with you and spray it liberally all over your body.

Detoxifying Spritzer

Use to enhance the cleansing benefits of a heat treatment.

• 100 ml Rose Bulgarian Hydrosol
• 10 drops Detox Essential Oil Blend

1. Place your essential oil drops directly into your 100 ml bottle of Rose Bulgarian Hydrosol.
2. Shake well and enjoy!

Hydrating Spritzer

Use to enhance the hydrating benefits of a steam treatment.

• 100 ml Frankincense Hydrosol
• 7 drops Lavender Highland Essential Oil
• 3 drops Frankincense Essential Oil

1. Place your essential oil drops directly into your 100 ml bottle of Frankincense Hydrosol.
2. Shake well and enjoy!

Exfoliation

A beautiful, natural way to nourish and detoxify the skin is through a combination of exfoliating powders and essential oils. These treatments will gently eliminate dead skins cells and impurities that clog the pores and prevent proper detoxification. They’ll provide a healing, nutritious, and balancing treatment that will clear the skin without stripping away natural moisture and disturbing its protective mantle.

Detoxifying Powder

Use to exfoliate, cleanse and tone the skin.

• 2 tbsp green clay
• 2 tsp matcha powder
• 2 tbsp ground flaxseed
• 4 drops Rosemary Highland Essential Oil
• 3 drops Lemon Essential Oil
• 3 drops Sweet Lavender Essential Oil
• Honey or natural, unscented shower gel
• 60 ml glass jar
• Mortar and pestle

1. Place all of your powders and essential oil drops into your mortar and pestle and mixthoroughly.
2. Add enough honey or natural, unscented shower gel to create a smooth paste.
3. Massage onto your damp skin in gentle, circular motions. Allow to sit for a few minutes before rinsing in the bath or shower.
4. Store in your jar, tightly sealed for up to 5 days.

Soothing Powder

Use to calm redness, rashes and irritations.

• 3 tbsp oat flour
• 1 tbsp garbanzo bean flour
• 8 drops Lavender Highland Essential Oil
• 2 drops Indian Sandalwood Essential Oil
• Honey or natural, unscented shower gel
• 60 ml glass jar
• Mortar and pestle

1. Place all of your powders and essential oil drops into your mortar and pestle and mix thoroughly.
2. Add enough honey or natural, unscented shower gel to create a smooth paste.
3. Massage onto your damp skin in gentle, circular motions. Allow to sit for a few minutes before rinsing in the bath or shower.
4. Store in your jar, tightly sealed for up to 5 days.

Revitalizing Powder

Use to hydrate and restore vitality to the skin.

• 2 tbsp garbanzo bean flour
• 2 tbsp pink clay
• 1 tsp ground almond
• 1 tsp cocoa powder
• 4 drops Indian Sandalwood Essential Oil
• 3 drops Frankincense Essential Oil
• 3 drops Sweet Orange Essential Oil
• Honey or natural, unscented shower gel
• 60 ml glass jar
• Mortar and pestle

1. Place all of your powders and essential oil drops into your mortar and pestle and mix thoroughly.
2. Add enough honey or natural, unscented shower gel to create a smooth paste.
3. Massage onto your damp skin in gentle, circular motions. Allow to sit for a few minutes before rinsing in the bath or shower.
4. Store in your jar, tightly sealed for up to 5 days.

Bath

Who says you have to leave your house to go to the spa? Your bath is the perfect place to give yourself a detoxifying body treatment. The use of dead sea salt and essential oils in a bath will help to boost immunity, stimulate circulation and soothe sore muscles.

Detoxification isn’t just a physical need; sometimes your mind needs to detoxify as well. The bath is a sanctuary in which you can relax and let go of the day’s stresses and anxieties.

Detoxifying Bath Salts

Use to boost the cleansing benefits of a warm bath.

• 4 tbsp dead sea salt
• 5 drops Peppermint Essential Oil
• 6 drops Rosemary Highland Essential Oil
• 60 ml glass jar
• Mortar and pestle

1. Place all of your ingredients into your mortar and pestle and mix thoroughly.
2. Use approximately 1 tbsp at a time in a warm bath.
3. Store in your jar, tightly sealed.

Soothing Bath Salts

Use to reduce redness, rashes and irritations.

• 4 tbsp dead sea salt
• 12 drops Lavender Highland Essential Oil
• 60 ml glass jar
• Mortar and pestle

1. Place all of your ingredients into your mortar and pestle and mix thoroughly.
2. Use approximately 1 tbsp at a time in a warm bath.
3. Store in your jar, tightly sealed.

Sore Muscle Bath Salts

Use to soothe muscle tension and stiff joints.

• 4 tbsp dead sea salt
• 10 drops Lavender Highland Essential Oil
• 2 drops Clove Bud Essential Oil
• 60 ml glass jar
• Mortar and pestle

1. Place all of your ingredients into your mortar and pestle and mix thoroughly.
2. Use approximately 1 tbsp at a time in a warm bath.
3. Store in your jar, tightly sealed.

Treatment Oil

Gently massaging a treatment oil into your skin daily will encourage the natural emission of toxins from your muscles and lymph nodes. These combinations of ingredients have been chosen to address specific imbalances and bring your body and skin back into a state of equilibrium.

Detoxifying Treatment Oil

Use to reduce cellulite and water retention, tone muscles and tighten the skin.

• 100 ml Aloe Vera gel
• 14 drops Sweet Lavender Essential Oil
• 10 drops Rosemary Highland Essential Oil
• 6 drops Peppermint Essential Oil
• 100 ml glass lotion bottle

1. Fill your lotion bottle with Aloe Vera Gel.
2. Add your essential oils.
3. Shake well.

Soothing Treatment Oil

Use to reduce redness, rashes and irritations.

• 50 ml Calendula Oil
• 15 drops Lavender Highland Essential Oil

1. Add your Lavender Essential Oil directly to your 50 ml bottle of Calendula.
2. Shake well.

Moisturizing Treatment Oil

Use to restore moisture to dry, devitalized skin.

• 100 ml Jojoba Oil
• 15 drops Lavender Highland Essential Oil
• 10 drops Sweet Orange Essential Oil
• 5 drops Indian Sandalwood Essential Oil
• 100 ml glass lotion bottle

1. Fill your lotion bottle with Jojoba Oil.
2. Add your essential oils.
3. Shake well.

These recipes make it quick and easy to detoxify the body and shed the leathery snake skin of winter; leaving you smooth, fresh and revitalized for the warmer months ahead. Let us know which you’re most excited to make (and how it goes!) in the comments!