How to Make a Homemade Scrub for Your Scalp

Exfoliation on the scalp removes any leftovers from hairstyling products, dirt, excess skin, grease, and dead skin cells that accumulate at your hairs’ roots. A scrub massage improves the blood circulation of the scalp.

One shouldn’t spend tons of money on ready-made scrubs in stores. 5-Minute Crafts is sharing simple recipes to make effective scrubs right at home.

The general principle of preparing a scalp scrub and some tips

Homemade scalp scrubs include ingredients that mechanically cleanse the surface of the skin (also known as abrasive agents), like sea salt or regular salt, sugar, clay, ground coffee, fruit pits, etc. In order to reduce the abrasiveness of these ingredients and to give proper care to the scalp as well as nourish the hair roots, substances with an oily base, such as olive (burdock or argan) oil or honey, are added to them.
Opt for fine salt or salt-based scrubs because large particles can scratch your skin.
Apply the scrub to wet hair and only at the root area.
Wash your hair with shampoo after the exfoliation procedure.
Peeling shouldn’t be done more than 1-2 times a week. More frequent scrubbing can lead to excessive sebum production.
Those who have blonde hair shouldn’t use coffee-based scrubs because it can result in darkening the hair.
Don’t use scrubs if your scalp has any present damage or injuries (like infections or abrasions).
Before using a homemade scrub, test it on a small area of your skin to make sure you’re not allergic to its components.

Recipe #1: sea salt and olive oil scrub

You’ll need:

2 tbsp of sea salt
2 tbsp of olive oil

How to make it: Mix the ingredients until smooth. Massage the mixture into the scalp for about 3 minutes. Then wash your hair with shampoo and rinse thoroughly with running water.