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5 DIY Sugar Scrubs

Sugar scrubs are one of the easiest beauty products to make at home. These 5 DIY sugar scrubs will bring excitement to your beauty routine. If you deal with dry flaky skin or love to exfoliate your body, these sugar scrubs are for you. 

How to Use Sugar Scrubs

Using a sugar scrub is easy. I like to wash my body with this Green Tea Soap Bar Recipe and then follow up with one of the 5 DIY sugar scrubs. Simply rub the sugar scrub into your skin and rinse it off once you’re done. It is that easy! 

Benefits of Sugar Scrubs

Sugar scrubs can offer many benefits to the skin. The main purpose of a sugar scrub is exfoliation. Exfoliation can help remove any dead skin you may have on your body. Once the dead skin is removed, you will notice a difference in the appearance and texture of your skin. I always feel that my skin is extra soft after using sugar scrubs. This article offers some great in-depth information on the benefits of sugar scrubs for your skin.

Ingredients Needed for Making Sugar Scrubs

Many variations can be made with sugar scrubs, however, the basic main ingredients are:

As long as you have these two main ingredients, there are many fun variations you can make.

Vitamin E oil can be a great addition to sugar scrubs as well. Vitamin E oil is anti-inflammatory and moisturizing so if you deal with something such as a mild case of eczema, adding vitamin E oil into your sugar scrub can be beneficial. According to this article,

“Vitamin E may alleviate the dryness, itching, and flaking associated with eczema, or atopic dermatitis.

One study found that oral vitamin E supplements could produce significant improvements in eczema symptoms. Though vitamin E oil has not been well-studied in the treatment of eczema, it may increase the effectiveness of topical moisturizers.”

Optional Sugar Scrub Ingredients

  • Essential Oils 
  • Dried Flowers
  • Vitamin E Oil 
  • Coconut Milk
  • Goats Milk

When adding liquid ingredients such as coconut milk or goat’s milk, make sure to half the oil content. You can also find a powdered version of coconut milk and goat’s milk.

For example, when making a Goats Milk Sugar Scrub the ratios would be:

If you want another variation of sugar scrubs, I have a Green Tea Body Scrub Recipe you can find right here. 

In this post, I’ll share my favorite 5 DIY Sugar Scrubs variations.

5 DIY Sugar Scrubs

Brown sugar vanilla sugar scrub

Brown Sugar + Vanilla Sugar Scrub:

What You Need:

Instructions: 

Add all of the ingredients to a bowl.

Mix until sugar and oil are completely combined.

How to make coffee sugar scrubs

Coffee Sugar Scrub:

What You Need:

Instructions:

The coffee grounds should be used, so the coffee smell has been released. I like to take my coffee grounds and put them in a jar to dry out for a few hours before using them. 

Add all of the ingredients to a bowl.

Mix until sugar and oil are completely combined.

How to make citrus sugar scrubs

Citrus Sugar Scrub:

What You Need:

Instructions: 

Add all of the ingredients to a bowl.

Mix until sugar and oil are completely combined.

Floral Sugar Scrubs

Floral Sugar Scrub:

What You Need:

Instructions: 

If using dried roses, grind them up fine in a mortar and pestle.

Add all of the ingredients to a bowl.

Mix until sugar and oil are completely combined.

Note: You could use 5 drops of rose essential oil instead of using clary sage essential oil, however, rose essential oil is a bit pricey so I prefer to mix the two essential oils. 

Lavender Sugar Scrubs

Lavender Sugar Scrub:

What You Need:

Instructions: 

If using dried lavender, grind it up fine in a mortar and pestle.

Add all of the ingredients to a bowl.

Mix until sugar and oil are completely combined.

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Green Tea Body Scrub Recipe

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Green Tea Body Scrub Recipe

A body scrub, like this Green Tea Body Scrub, can be a great addition to anyone’s shower. Dead skin can leave you feeling dry, cracked, and the opposite of moisturized. Using a moisturizing sugar scrub in your weekly shower routine can make a difference in rejuvenating your skin naturally. This simple DIY shower scrub is easy to make and offers many benefits to your skin.

How to use a Body Scrub

Using a body scrub is simple and something you can add to your shower routine once or twice a week. The basics are: wash your body, use this DIY green tea body scrub recipe, rinse it off, feel rejuvenated. 

Exfoliating is great, taking off dead skin and feeling moisturized again is amazing. However, it can be a little harsh if you’re doing that every day which is why I recommend only exfoliating once or twice a week, this allows your skin to absorb the moisture, I recommend using a body oil or lotion after your shower, before exfoliating again. 

This recipe is specifically a green tea body scrub for the body. Although this scrub is fine to be used on the body and face, the skin on our face is a lot more sensitive, and using an exfoliator can be harsh.

Benefits of Matcha for Skin

The green tea body scrub recipe can be made using matcha green tea, or regular green tea. I use matcha green tea when making this exfoliator because I love the benefits of matcha for skin!

Matcha can be great for helping the body absorb oil, you can try this after-shower body oil recipe from my blog here, which allows for the skin to stay moisturized. 

Matcha is also known for protecting the skin from UV damage. Although most of us love spending a lot of time out in the sun, that can be damaging to our skin if we spend TOO much time in the sun (no one likes a sunburn, right?). Using this matcha green tea body scrub recipe can help protect your skin from UV damage caused by long sun exposure. 

Benefits of Essential Oils for Skin

This DIY body scrub recipe uses an essential oil blend called Soft Skin, which is curated for doing just that. Soft Skin uses oils such as lemon, lavender, frankincense, and more. 

According to the Plant Therapy description of this essential oil, “Soft Skin Essential Oil Blend was created to give your thirsty skin some extra help! The essential oils in this blend were specially chosen to help counteract dry skin and to prevent the look of fine lines while supporting and rejuvenating the look of mature skin.” 

Many essential oils are packed with vitamin C since they are derived directly from plants. The use of vitamin C on your skin, like with a body scrub, helps reduce signs of aging like fine lines and wrinkles and improves the elasticity of our skin which is how we get that ‘glowing’ look.

Essential Oil Combinations

There are many different essential oil blends you can make to use in this recipe if you don’t have the soft skin essential oil I used.

The most similar blend to the one I used would be:

Another great blend of essential oils is:

You can find a video tutorial for this recipe on my YouTube channel HERE!

Green Tea Scrub for Body

Equipment

  • Mixing Bowl
  • Spoon
  • Measuring Cups

Materials

Instructions

  • Cut open green tea packets and put the contents of the packet into the bowl
  • Combine the sugar, green tea, dried jasmine, and 10 drops of soft skin essential oil in the bowl
  • Add in the sweet almond oil
  • Using your spoon, mix until well combined. The mixture should be coated completely with the sweet almond oil, leaving no dry sugar
  • Store in an airtight container that can get wet in the shower

Notes

I used matcha green tea packets that are meant for making a cup of tea, you could also use matcha green tea powder (use 3 teaspoons) if you have any on hand. If you don’t have matcha green tea, using normal green tea packets or loose tea would work just the same. Using tea packets or a tea powder works better than loose leaf tea because it has already been ground down to dust. If using a loose leaf tea that has larger pieces, you might want to grind it down first to ensure it will not get stuck in your shower drain. 

You can purchase the exact essential oil, soft skin by plant therapy, at this link here. If you do not want to buy this specific oil you can create a blend of rose, lavender, frankincense, and lemon. Although, This oil has a few more unique oils in the blend however the ones I just listed are more common oils that you might already have on hand. 

When using dried jasmine be sure to break the flowers apart in your hand before adding them to the bowl so once again, they will not get stuck in your shower drain. Using dried flowers is optional however I do love the added scent with this particular recipe. 

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Green Tea Body Scrub Recipe

Exfoliating and Rejuvenating Body Scrub

Equipment

  • Mixing Bowl
  • Spoon
  • Measuring Cups

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Cut open green tea packets and put the contents of the packet into the bowl
  • Combine the sugar, green tea, dried jasmine, and 10 drops of soft skin essential oil in the bowl
  • Add in the sweet almond oil
  • Using your spoon, mix until well combined. You want the mixture to be coated completely with the sweet almond oil, leaving no dry sugar
  • Store in an airtight container that can get wet in the shower

Notes

I used matcha green tea packets that are meant for making a cup of tea, you could also use matcha green tea powder (use 3 teaspoons) if you have any on hand. If you don’t have matcha green tea, using normal green tea packets or loose tea would work just the same. Using tea packets or a tea powder works better than loose leaf tea because it has already been ground down to dust. If using a loose leaf tea that has larger pieces, you might want to grind it down first to ensure it will not get stuck in your shower drain. 
You can purchase the exact essential oil, soft skin by plant therapy, at this link here. If you do not want to buy this specific oil you can create a blend of rose, lavender, frankincense, and lemon. This oil has a few more unique oils in the blend however the ones I just listed are more common oils that you might already have on hand. 
When using dried jasmine be sure to break the flowers apart in your hand before adding them to the bowl so once again, they will not get stuck in your shower drain. Using dried flowers is optional however I do love the added scent with this particular recipe. 
Matcha Green Tea Body Scrub

A quick video tutorial on how I made this

https://naturalrootedhome.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/green-tea-scrub-blog-video.mp4
Green Tea Body Scrub

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