Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Homemade cherry sugar scrub

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One of my favorite pastimes when I was a child was to go to my great grandmothers house in the French countryside and climb up her cherry tree to pick up the cherries, find as many double cherries as possible and eat them!!
Here in Singapore there are no cherry trees but in the winter time we get delicious Australian ones; last week I bought a box of them but unfortunately I forgot about them at the back of the fridge and as they were a little too soft and too ripe to eat I decided to make a sugar body scrub out of them.

Ingredients:
6-8 cherries (pitted)
1 cup of fine brown sugar
1 tbsp (approx.) organic coconut oil
1 tbsp (approx.) of dried coconut flakes

Method:
*Grind the pitted cherries in a mortar until smooth (picture 7)
*Add the sugar, coconut oil + flakes and mix well, if the mixture is too liquid add more sugar until it reaches the desired consistency 

Benefits:
*Cherries are considered a super food, as well as having exceptional nutritional values when eaten, it is said that cherries are an anti-inflamatory, smoothen your skin and that they may provide benefits for skin problems such as acne and rosacea.
(To read the benefits of the other ingredients click here)

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28 comments:

  1. This looks so delicious. Love your photos. I'm so hungry now.

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  2. I didnt know about it, it seems very good as a body scrub and definitely to try! Always know the version with honey and sugar! kisses! xo

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  3. I used to do the same but with blackberries! Me, my brothers and sisters loved to pick them up. My mum used to make jam with them, it was delicious, such memories!!!!!!!

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  4. Looks very delicious!!

    xx Mounia
    Www.nonchalantrebel.blogspot.com

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  5. GREAT RECIPE, LURV IT. A MUST TRY..

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  6. yummy :))


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  7. That looks yummie and the photos turned out great!

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  9. What an awesome idea! This scrub looks good enough to eat and I bet it also smells divine.

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  10. this actually looks so good! Love how you mixed cooking (sorta) with fashion (beauty counts right?)

    -Nico

    www.SatinAndSalt.com

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  11. OMG this looks so good! I just am too lazy to make anything right now! lol

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  12. Yum yum <3 It looks delicious !

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  14. I'm a fan of cherries and this looks delicious - thanks for the recipe!
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  15. Looks delicious!!!
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    M.
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  16. It looks so cute and delicious!!! A very nice present to give!!

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  17. wow, your pic are always amazing!!! :O


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  18. yummy! really nice love the packaging too;)


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  19. How beautiful and delicious does this look?!

    Aisha
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  20. Your blog is perfect :)

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    Coline !

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  21. Does it have to be refrigerated or can it be kept in an airtight container?

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