This DIY lip scrub will loosen flaky, dead skin leaving your lips soft, smooth and healthy-looking.
There’s nothing worse than dry cracked lips. Cold winter weather can leave your lips feeling rough and chapped. I use this homemade lip balm on my lips daily, but sometimes a good lip scrub is needed to exfoliate damaged skin from lips.
While there are many lip exfoliants available to purchase online, it’s an expense I can’t justify. Why spend $10 on a product when you can DIY this at home for .10¢? I have an easy diy sugar lip scrub recipe that uses ingredients you probably have in your kitchen and it only takes a few minutes to make!
When choosing an exfoliant for your, sugar and baking soda are your best choices. The skin on your lips is extremely sensitive and many scrubs can leave them feeling aggravated and raw. They’re both gentle on the skin, yet effective at removing dead skin. I personally like to use sugar, but if you have very sensitive lips you’ll want to use baking soda instead.
DIY Lip Scrub Recipe
To start you’ll need a small container, coconut oil, and sugar (or baking soda). I added a drops of peppermint essential oils but that’s an optional ingredient.
Melt the coconut oil in a small saucepan and remove from the heat. Mix the white sugar (you can use brown sugar too) and coconut oil together and add 1-2 drops of your favorite essential oils. Note that some citrus essential oils are photosensitive and should not be used if you’ll be out in the sun. I used peppermint oil in this diy lip scrub, but other oils like lavender and geranium are wonderful too! Scoop the scrub into a glass jar or container and secure with a lid.
Scoop a small amount of the sugar scrub out of the container and gently rub it on your lips. Massage it on your lips in a circular motion to remove dead skin cells. Rinse off with warm water and follow up with lip balm, lipstick or DIY lip gloss. This scrub can be part of your weekly beauty routine and should be used 1-2 times a week or whenever you have dry lips.
About The Ingredients
Coconut Oil: Organic coconut oil is unlike any other skin product! Because of its low molecular weight and the method of binding to proteins, coconut oil can penetrate the skin more deeply than other products. Alternatively, you may use sweet almond oil or olive oil instead of coconut oil if needed.
Sugar: You can use white sugar, brown sugar, raw sugar, or coconut sugar for the base of your lib scrubs. Cane sugar is the standard in most scrubs and has almost no scent, while brown sugar and coconut sugar have a soft sweet fragrance. Sugar is a great natural exfoliator and is safe for sensitive skin.
Scents: Add a fragrance to this lip scrub to create a refreshing aroma. I use organic essential oils, but plant extracts (like vanilla extract), herbs, and fragrances work too. You can also add cocoa powder to the scrub mixture to make a chocolate flavored lip scrub!
Vitamin E: Vitamin E oil is excellent for preventing rancidity in cosmetics, and it also acts as an anti-oxidant in creams, lotions, baby products, and cosmetics.
PrintDIY Lip Scrub
This nourishing homemade lip scrub recipe removes dead skin, leaving your lips soft and smooth.
- Prep Time: 3 minutes
- Total Time: 3 minutes
- Yield: 1 ounce 1x
Ingredients
- 2 tablepsoons sugar or baking soda
- 1 tablespoon coconut oil
- 1–2 drops essential oils (optional)
Instructions
- Melt the coconut oil over low heat until it’s just barely melted.
- Remove from heat and let it cool.
- Stir the melted coconut oil with sugar and essential oils in a small bowl.
- Store the lip scrub in a small container.
Related: Homemade Coffee Scrub, DIY Lip Balm, and Coconut Oil Hair Mask.
This article was originally published on January 17th, 2020 and was updated with new phots on February 20th, 2022.
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My lip scrub turned out great! thank you for this great recipe!! I also added some butter flavor in place of essential oils to give it more flavor…😋
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I am going to try this recipe to include in a bridal shower party favor bag. I love the purple glass container pictured…where did you purchase it? I’ll follow your link so you get credit, I will be purchasing about 12. Also, what size is the container, how many ounces and how many tablespoons does it hold? Thank you!!
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Do I use fractionated coconut oil?
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No, regular coconut oil so it will solidify.
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Thanks for sharing this amazing recipe. The texture is perfect and works well on my lips.
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I just made this and I’m so disappointed. The result is not thick like a typical sugar scrub. It’s very runny despite my stirring and stirring. Are your amounts correct? I followed the recipe and did not add any essential oils. I melted the coconut oil, let it cool as instructed, then added the sugar. 🙁
Yes! I made another batch today with baking soda and sugar and they’re both perfect. Not runny at all. Did you use 2 tablespoons of coconut oil instead of one?
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The coconut oil is solid even at room temperature. Don’t use a liquid coconut oil.
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