Reveal smooth, soft, and supple skin with this fragrant and natural Homemade Coconut Oil Sugar Scrub, the perfect way to personalize your skincare using only 3 easy-to-find ingredients!
Our pantries reveal a lot about ourselves. If we have 10 boxes of pasta in the cupboard, one can assume that pasta is a main diet staple. If we have sugar, baking soda, and flour, perhaps that reflects on our baking frequency. Despite all, many of us have both plain sugar and coconut oil for a variety of culinary uses.
Utilize your pantry ingredients in new ways by making your own DIY skincare! Not only is it fun, but it is so rewarding to use great-quality products with natural ingredients. Homemade Coconut Oil Sugar Scrub is the perfect beginner DIY recipe to reveal soft, smooth skin on legs, arms, feet, and hands. You’ll love the results so much, you’ll keep this scrub in your shower for weekly use!
Benefits of a Sugar Scrub
The skin is the largest organ of the human body. It is so important to care for our skin, keeping it clean and moisturized. Beautiful, healthy skin reflects a healthy body within.
A sugar scrub is utilized when the top layer of skin has become dry, itchy, and flaky. For many of us, this occurs during the colder months when the air is more dry. Using a sugar scrub helps buff away these dead skin cells to reveal new, fresh, and moisturized skin that is hydrated and healthy.
The coconut oil in sugar scrub also helps to moisturize the skin after you’ve scrubbed. Using a DIY sugar scrub a few times per week is the best way to achieve healthy, polished skin for a fraction of the cost of traditional skincare.
Choosing a Scent
You can use any essential oil you like in this homemade sugar scrub! To start, be sure your chosen oil is safe for contact with the skin. Some are used strictly for air scents while others are safe for skin.
You may choose anything from floral, musk, sweet, or nature scents. You can even mix and match which scents you’d like to combine! Just be sure to use only a few drops at a time, as essential oils can be very strong and overpowering. Start light and add more as needed.
Ingredients in Homemade Coconut Oil Sugar Scrub
All you need for the easiest sugar scrub are three, simple, clean ingredients!
- 2 cups sugar (either ½ white sugar and ½ brown sugar, or all white sugar)
- 1 cup coconut oil, melted and slightly cooled (you can also make your own coconut oil at home)
- 8-10 drops of your favorite essential oil
How to Make Homemade Coconut Oil Sugar Scrub
Mix all ingredients in a bowl until well combined.
Store in an airtight container in a cool, dark place for up to 6 months. We prefer lidded glass jars.
To use: Scoop one tablespoon of scrub into your hand and gently massage over legs, feet, arms, and hands to reveal smooth, buttery skin. Rinse with warm water.
Notes/Tips/Troubleshooting: Melt the coconut oil and then allow it to cool for a few minutes before use to avoid melting the sugar.
Storage: Store in a tightly sealed glass container in a cool, dark, dry area
FAQ
It is possible. Be sure to scrub lightly only a few times per week to avoid any irritation.
Coconut oil is an ingredient that is safe for the body and deeply moisturizing. It also solidifies at room temperature, making it great for a scrub.
You can use either or a mixture of both! Either sugar will work well for exfoliation.
Use on your legs before or after shaving, arms, feet, and hands.
The skin of the face is thinner and more sensitive than other areas of the body. Use scrubs specifically designed for the face and use this homemade DIY scrub for the body.
Generally speaking, I like a 2:1 ratio of sugar to oil for a scrub. That seems to be a good balance that gets a good combo of exfoliation and moisturizer.
Generally, I’m a big fan of coconut oil for sugar scrubs. It’s a strong carrier oil with lots of health benefits, it travels well, and it doesn’t overpower the other ingredients.
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PrintHomemade Coconut Oil Sugar Scrub
Reveal smooth, soft, and supple skin with this fragrant and natural Homemade Coconut Oil Sugar Scrub, the perfect way to personalize your skincare using only 3 easy-to-find ingredients!
Ingredients
- 2 cups sugar (either 1/2 white sugar and 1/2 brown sugar, or all white sugar)
- 1 cup coconut oil, melted and slightly cooled
- 8–10 drops of your favorite essential oil
Instructions
- Mix all ingredients in a bowl until well combined.
- Store in an airtight container in a cool, dark place for up to 6 months. We prefer lidded glass jars.
- To use: Scoop one tablespoon of scrub into your hand and gently massage over legs, feet, arms, and hands to reveal smooth, buttery skin. Rinse with warm water.
Notes
Melt the coconut oil and then allow it to cool for a few minutes before use to avoid melting the sugar.
Dorish
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