Making a DIY honey sugar body scrub is super easy and oohh so good for your skin.
The purpose of this body scrub, with moisturizing oils and essential oils, is to exfoliate dead skin cells, to illuminate and moisturize your skin, and to stimulate lymph drainage.
Honey and sugar are a winning combination to beautify skin. Together they exfoliate, moisturize and clarify skin, leaving healthy, glowing skin.
It is also a very affordable scrub. Bonus!
What’s the buzz about honey?
~It is a humectant, so it draws moisture into the skin.
~The enzymes in honey help to clarify the skin, keeping pores clear and unclogged. The exfoliating action of honey and sugar also keep the skin and pores clean and clear.
~Helps heal wounds.
~Helps clear acne breakouts and pimples, as it’s anti-bacterial.
~It naturally brightens skin.
This is a great beginner scrub recipe, as it is quick to come together!
Tips to make a honey sugar body scrub:
What is nice about this do-it-yourself recipe is that raw honey is easily available and affordable.
If you want a light scrub or a deep one, sugar is the perfect ingredient because of its ability to dissolve so easily in water.
~Store in an airtight container.
~Use within a month, when storing in the refrigerator.
~To use, wet your skin with warm water, and apply the honey sugar body scrub onto your skin. Rub it into the skin with circular motion.
Rinse the scrub off with warm water and pat dry.
How to make the honey sugar body scrub:
I love to combine white and brown sugars for this DIY recipe, as it’s the perfect remedy for winter skin. Whip up a batch in just minutes and take a little time for self-care.
Time to make the recipe: Difficulty:
5min Easy
Estimated cost:
$4.50
Ingredients:
- 2.8 oz granulated sugar
- 2.8 oz brown sugar
- 2.8 oz coconut oil
- 1 teaspoon vitamin E oil
- 3 oz of raw honey
- 10 drops essential oils
- Glass jars
Instructions:
- Add all of the ingredients into a small mixing bowl
- Stir well to incorporate the oils
- You can use your own choice of essential oils.
- Once all blended, place into a jar and store for up to one month.
- Be sure to label jars and put the date made on it.
Recipe makes about 4 oz – usually good for about 4 treatments if you are using around 2 tablespoons per use.
Love this honey sugar body scrub recipe? Then I think you’ll enjoy: coffee body scrub, Himalayan salt scrub, lemon sugar scrub, whipped body butter, coconut lime body scrub, and DIY lip scrub. These homemade beauty products are all made with simple ingredients and make wonderful birthday presents or holiday gifts with a personal touch!
PrintHomemade Honey Sugar Body Scrub (Less than $5 to Make!)
Making a DIY honey sugar body scrub is super easy (5 minutes and under $5!) and oh so good for your soon-to-be-glowing skin!
Ingredients
- 2.8 oz granulated sugar
- 2.8 oz brown sugar
- 2.8 oz coconut oil
- 1 teaspoon vitamin E oil
- 3 oz of raw honey
- 10 drops essential oils
- Glass jars
Instructions
- Add all of the ingredients into a small mixing bowl.
- Stir well to incorporate the oils.
- You can use your own choice of essential oils.
- Once all blended, place into a jar and store for up to one month.
- Be sure to label jars and put the date made on it.
Recipe makes about 4 oz – usually good for about 4 treatments if you are using around 2 tablespoons per use.
Notes
What is nice about this do-it-yourself recipe is that raw honey is easily available and affordable.
If you want a light scrub or a deep one, sugar is the perfect ingredient because of its ability to dissolve so easily in water.
~Store in an airtight container.
~Use within a month, when storing in the refrigerator.
~To use, wet your skin with warm water, and apply the honey sugar body scrub onto your skin. Rub it into the skin with circular motion.
Rinse the scrub off with warm water and pat dry.
