Excerpt
from Clean Body: The Humble Art of Zen-Cleansing Yourself
by Michael DeJong
Skin Recipes
- Mix together
equal parts of extra virgin olive oil and salt to create a wonderful skin
softener. Mix the two, so that the salt soaks up the olive
oil, and
then scrub your entire body, head to toe. Expect to be energized
as
well as exfoliated. Massage the mixture into your body and wash
off
thoroughly. You'd pay good money for this treatment if you were
at a
spa!
- Cut
two lemons into super-skinny slivers. Dribble half a dozen drops
of
olive oil onto the citrus slices. Give it a toss, and finish with
three
cups of sea
salt. Then, it's hands off while the concoction cures for at
least five
minutes. Add your citrus dermadip to a hot and steamy
bath. Lock
the door, put on some soothing music, and submerge yourself into the
citrus mix by loosening up and settling down for a long, luxurious,
lazy soak. Reappear recharged and revived. You owe yourself this one!
- Liberate
yourself of dead skin cells with this awesome all-over exfoliator.
Blend three quarters of a cup of sea salt or coarse kosher salt, three
tablespoons of baking soda, and one-quarter cup of olive oil in a
bowl.
Jump into a warm-to-hot shower, douse yourself down, dip a washcloth
into the mixture, and scrub everything you can reach with the all-over
exfoliator. Rinse well. Find your newly revealed,
stunningly soft skin
sparkling fresh and re-energized.
The above is an excerpt from the book Clean Body:The Humble Art of Zen-Cleansing Yourself by Michael DeJong. The above excerpt is a digitally scanned reproduction of text from print. Although this excerpt has been proofread, occasional errors may appear due to the scanning process. Please refer to the finished book for accuracy.
Reprinted with permission from Clean
Body, copyright 2009 by Michael DeJong, Sterling Publishing Co.,
Inc.