Home made body scrub recipes

Body scrubs are great!  They leave skin feeling fresh and smooth as well as healthy and glowing by exfoliating off old layers of dead skin.  (They are also a must before applying sunless tanner or getting a spray tan.)  However, sometimes you just don’t have the money to buy one or just don’t have one on hand to use when you need a good scrub.  No worries….you can make your own body scrub using any one of these amazing recipes below with ingrediants that you most likely already have stashed in your kitchen pantry.

Below is a collection of body scrub recipes that I have found while scouring the web….enjoy!

Just remember the consistency of your scrub should be not too oily/runny but it also shouldn’t be dry/crumbly…you want to find that “happy medium” between the two.  Also, you can always adjust any of these recipes to better suit your needs and preferences.  If your scrub is too oily/runny just add some more sugar or salt.  If your scrub is too dry, add some more oil. 

ULTIMATE SEA SALT SCRUB

(All scrubs that incorporate sea salt into them are excellent at detoxifying)

Ingredients:

• 1 cup course seal salt
• 1/2 cup baby oil (if you don’t have baby oil, you can substitute with vegetable oil)

Directions:

• Combine all ingredients into a bowl and stir
• Cover the bowl and let it sit for 24 hours
• Stir the mixture
• Apply to body and massage into skin for a few minutes
• Rinse

CITRUS SCRUB

Ingredients:

• 1 cup course sea salt
• 1/2 cup raw sugar
• 1/2 cup coconut oil
• 10 drops grapefruit essential oil
• 10 drops sweet orange essential oil
• 5 drops lemon essential oil

Directions:

• Combine the sea salt and sugar in a small jar (do not fill to the top)
• Heat coconut oil on low heat until it becomes a liquid
• Remove coconut oil from heat and add esstential oils
• Pour coconut oil and essential oils mixture over the sea salt and sugar mixture (do not stir ingredients)
• Apply to body and massage into skin for a few minutes
• Rinse

SAGE SEA SALT SCRUB

Ingredients:

• 2 cups fine sea salt
• 1 cup olive oil
• Fresh sage (4-6 leaves)
• 1/2 cup date sugar
• 1 grapefruit (red or white)

Directions:

• Puree the olive oil and sage in a blender for one minute on high
• Pour puree mixture into sea salt and date sugar and mix well
• Zest rind off grapefruit and add to above mixture and mix well
• Apply to body and massage into skin
• Allow scrub to sit on skin for a minimum of 1 minute
• Rinse

(Any remaining scrub can be stored for up to 14 days in a refridgerator)

IRISH CREAM SUGAR SCRUB

Ingredients:

• 1 cup sugar
• 1 tbsp. dry milk
• 1/2 cup coconut oil
• Couple drops of peppermint oil
• Couple drops of green food coloring

Directions:

• Combine all ingredients (oil last); mix well
• Apply to body and massage into skin
• Rinse

IRISH COFFEE SCRUB

(Coffee works to reduce the appearance of cellulite.  Anyone battling cellulite should try a scrub that incorporates coffee into it.)

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup coffee
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup organic nut oil
• Couple drops of mint oil

Directions:

• Apply to body and massage into skin
• Rinse

DELICIOUS SCRUB

Ingredients:

• 1 cup organic cane sugar
• 1/3 cup celtic sea salt
• 1/2 cup organic coconut oil
• 2-3 tbsp. almond oil
• 1 tbsp. vitamin e
• Couple drops of lavendar essential oil

Directions:

• Combine all ingredients (oils last); mix well
• Apply to body and massage into skin
• Rinse

SUGAR OLIVE OIL SCRUB

Ingredients:

• 3 tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
• 2 tbsp. honey
• 1/2 cup sugar

Directions:

• Combine all ingredients and mix well
• Apply to body and massage into skin
• Rinse

(Any remaining scrub mixture can be stored for up to 30 days)

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