5 Incredible DIY Sugar Scrub Recipes

Uncover incredibly soft skin and will shed those dry skin scales with these delicious smelling DIY sugar scrub recipes!

I love making DIY sugar scrub. I’ve made it for years now, and not only do we love them in our shower, but they make great gifts as well. Since I’ve made several rounds of this stuff over the years, my fun now comes from coming up with new flavor combinations (I know that technically they’re scents, but I have always called them flavors, anyone else do that?)

These become especially useful this time of year, as the moisture disappears from our skin as the leaves disappear from the trees The large granuals in the sugar slough off dry skin flakes and the soothing oil leaves behind silky smooth, moisturized skin that will require no lotion!

DIY Sugar Scrubs

Here are the basics you need for any of the recipes (get a printable instruction card at the bottom of this post):

• Glass jar with airtight locking lid
• 1/2 cup turbinado sugar
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• Almond Oil (fractionated coconut, grapeseed or even just olive oil will work too). Pour the oil on top of the sugar (it will take awhile to sink in all the way so you will pour it in slowly). All other ingredients will be added to this recipe.

Really the scent combinations are endless, but these are a few of my recent favorite concoctions, along with free printable labels (you can download them here!)

Orange Coconut Sugar Body Scrub

This one reminds me of a fresh creamsicle, it definitely smells good enough to eat!

When you smell this, you will see why I call them flavors; it smells delicious enough to eat!

• 20 drops orange essential oil
• 20 drops coconut essential oil
• The zest of 1 orange (you can get all of the zest with one of my favorite kitchen tools, a Microplane).

* Note that if you use orange zest, it will shorten the shelf life of the sugar scrub to about 3 months. So if you plan to gift it or you don’t plant to use it right away, you can just omit that part.

Mix all ingredients together.

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Cucumber Mint DIY DIY Body Scrub

This one is so invigorating!

• 30 drops cucumber oil
• 20 drops peppermint essential oil

Mix all ingredients together.

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Lavender Eucalyptus Sugar Scrub

Very calming; great for before bed and clearing congestion.

• 25 drops Lavender Essential Oil
• 15 drops eucalyptus essential oil
• 1/8 cup dried lavender

* Note that if you use dried lavender, it will shorten the shelf life of the sugar scrub to about 3 months. So if you plan to gift it or you don’t plan to use it right away, you can just omit that part.

Mix all ingredients together.

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Rosemary Lemon DIY Sugar Scrub

This one is so refreshing and smells like spring!

• 20 drops rosemary essential oil
• 20 drops lemon essential oil
• The zest of 1 lemon

* Note that if you use lemon zest, it will shorten the shelf life of the sugar scrub to about 3 months. So if you plan to gift it or you don’t plan to use it right away, you can just omit that part.

Mix together.

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Lime Green Tea DIY Sugar Scrub

This one is so fresh and energizing!

* The shelf life of this recipe is about 3 months due to the tea and lime zest.

Add 20 drops lime essential oil into the carrier oil.

Pour carrier oil, lime oil and lime zest into jar with sugar, mix well.

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Do you have any favorite DIY beauty products? If you decide to give any of these a try, I hope you enjoy the flavors! 😉