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Luxurious Sugar Scrub Recipe [Easy!]

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FACT: Sugar is not good for your intestines!

FACT: Sugar can be very good for your skin…

Those expensive sugar scrubs you see in department stores and spas… they cost pennies to make! Sugar scrubs are a simple beauty recipe with countless variations, and they can be incredibly moisturizing and exfoliating to the skin.

If you are new to making your own beauty products (or even if you are a veteran natural beauty alchemist) I highly encourage you to try out these sugar scrub recipes.

They can be used on face, body or (especially) feet for silky skin. You can add endless ingredients for your desired outcome, and they take under ten minutes to make.

Convinced yet?

Here’s The Basic Recipe:

Use 2 parts sugar (regular white or brown sugar work great) to 1 part oil (almond, olive and coconut are great), add 1/2 tsp Vitamin E oil (or the gel from a few capsules), add other optional ingredients, and mix well.

Sound simple? It is!

Here are a few of my favorite combinations:

These last on the counter for up to 2 months (or more) and smell good enough to eat… Actually, they are good enough to eat, but don’t… sugar is bad for your intestines!

All of the ingredients (except the sugar) are available in high quality organics here.

Ever made your own sugar scrub or facial products? What is your favorite combination? Let me know below!

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  • Frankenbarbie01

    I make these with sea salt and they dont leave your tub sticky if you miss the rinsing =)

  • http://Oatsandbeansandbabygrow.com gina @ oatsandbeansandbabygrow.com

    I made sugar scrubs for my female friends for Christmas last year (2010). I found the cutest Christmas tree jars and made peppermint scrub…they came out so cute!

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=653992478 Gissel Orellana

    Which one would your recommend for dry skin?

  • Mbbinaghi

    I use coffee grounds to make my scrubs… wakes me up in the morning too :)

  • http://twitter.com/Vetrimagal Jayalakshmi

    What an easy way to get scrubbed, and cheap too. Very good idea. Thanks.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=52805591 Rebecca McGrath

    What brand of Vit E and Almond Oil do you use? Hard to trust brands on amazon.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=52805591 Rebecca McGrath

    I made my one with sugar, cinnamon, coffee grinds and olive oil. Just fantastic! My skin feels so soft and not dry at all. Normally my skin will get dry and itchy after a shower even if I do lather myself in lotion. Gives me ideas .. I bet this could be turned into awesome Birthday and Christmas gifts for my friends and family.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=52805591 Rebecca McGrath

    I made my one with sugar, cinnamon, coffee grinds and olive oil. Just fantastic! My skin feels so soft and not dry at all. Normally my skin will get dry and itchy after a shower even if I do lather myself in lotion. Gives me ideas .. I bet this could be turned into awesome Birthday and Christmas gifts for my friends and family.

  • Carol Procter

    Just made this with lavender oil, my face feels amazing, lovely and soft.

  • Aubrey Cushing

    Great ideas – thank you! :)

  • Sarahcadle

    What is a benefit from using sugar vs. coffe or salt?

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  • Katerinaheddell

    Texture, sugar is usually softer on your face than salts, and any other grounds because it is much smaller (especially brown. White sugar is a little closer to a salt feeling)  If you are using the scrub everyday on your face  you’ll probably want a soft exfoliant because the harder ones take off more skin and can do camage over time. But for your body any of the above will work perfectlt. It all depends on what scents you favor.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=573505544 Christine Hadley

    I cannot use a topical vitamin E in any of my lotions or soaps, as they make my skin break out in hives, whereas I can ingest it…and yes, I experimented with various things and the common ingredient every time was the E :-p

    Anyway, is there another oil or something that can replace the E in these recipes? I know in the shampoo one (which I plan on making ASAP) someone mentioned using jojoba, but not sure if that would translate over into a scrub or lotion as well.

  • http://wellnessmama.com Wellness Mama

    You could actually just omit it…

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=573505544 Christine Hadley

     Awesome. Have I mentioned yet that I am pleased as punch for discovering your site? And thanks for being so forthcoming with the answers to my questions.

  • Hadassah

    I’m definitely trying this! Nothing like a good ‘scrub’ to really feel clean!

  • http://www.facebook.com/akaycarr Amanda Kay Carr

    I use brown sugar, grapeseed oil, honey, vitamin e oil and a little lemon juice. I make it fresh per use and it’s wonderful!

  • kbl

    Thanks for the variations! I use, and really like, a brown sugar, oatmeal, olive oil scrub. I’ll have to try one of your recipes though.

  • kerry

    I’ve made a scrub like these before but the olive oil totally coated my whole bath tub. It made is very slippery and hard to clean- anyone else have this issue? What did you do?

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  • Bren

    Does anyone know whether or not Canola Oil can safely be used in place of the Olive Oil?

  • http://wellnessmama.com Wellness Mama

    It could, but I don’t even recommend using it on the skin…

  • Melissa

    So I made a batch of scrub yesterday, and I used it on my hands shortly after I finished and I loved it! However, this morning, I was going to use it in the shower, but it was as hard as a rock, I guess due to the coconut oil hardening? Is there any way short of keeping it a warmer temperature to keep the coconut oil from hardening?

  • http://wellnessmama.com Wellness Mama

    It’s tough in the winter, but usually the shower heats it up after a few minutes…

  • J.

    Try baking soda to clean up.

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  • abby

    If you clean the tub with a scrubby then rinse it should come right off :)

  • http://www.facebook.com/mtnbratt Joy Staley

    I made mine with brown sugar, coconut oil, peppermint essential oil, vitamin E oil, and a splash of vanilla extract. It gave it a very warm scent. Yes, the tub gets very slippery, but I spray it with scrubbing bubbles after my shower and let it sit for about 10 minutes and rinse. So far, no one has fallen :)

  • http://www.facebook.com/mtnbratt Joy Staley

    I keep a small spoon next to the tub to get the scrub out of the container. A few seconds in my hand and it is ready to use.

  • http://www.facebook.com/latonjia.gill Latonjia M. Gill

    I made this with coconut oil and used some lemon and tangerine essential oils…it was glorious. Tip on easy clean up: Add 2 cups white vinegar, 1/4 cup baking powder and 30 drops leamon essential oil to a spray bottle, spritz the tub and shower after getting out and wait go dry off anf primp then come back and rinse away! That easy!

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  • Victoria H

    A few days ago I made a great invigorating sugar scrub. I used 1/2 cup white sugar, 1/2 cup epson salt, 3-4 Tlbs almond oil, and 1 tsp lemon essential oil. I mix all of the ingredients together and placed them an air tight jar. I think it would be good to use on my entire body during a shower but, so far I have only used it to scrub my hands in the kitchen. It feels and smells so good, and leaves my hands smooth and fresh. I have to make myself rinse because I get caught up in the moment.

  • http://www.facebook.com/paousman.jobe.9 Pa Ousman Jobe

    this olive oil/sugar scrub made me itch like never before!!! i used to itch after a shower but when i used the scrub it made it a billion times worse. why? :(

  • AnaV

    How often do you use this? every day? Once a week? and when? after the shower? before?

  • Skeptic Rina

    I use a mixture of just coconut oil and brown sugar for my face on a daily basis.

  • http://wellnessmama.com Wellness Mama

    Candida maybe?

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