I was looking to buy some salt or sugar scrubs the other day, and thought it would be a quick and simple gift to make. I did a google search for sugar scrub recipes and dozens came up. I ended up using bits and pieces of recipes that I found to come up with one of my own, using many ingredients that I already had on hand.

Recipe: 1 cup of brown sugar, 1 cup of turbinado sugar, 3/4 cup of grapeseed oil, 1/2 cup of almond oil, 2 tsp vanilla extract, and about 8 drops of tangerine essential oil (until you are happy with the smell).

Other Supplies: jar(s) to hold your scrub. This recipe makes approx. 1 1/2 pints. And labels to decorate your jars.

Mix sugars together, add oil and essential oils as needed. Pour into jars.

Cost: varies with flavors and oils, but about $2.00/jar including the jar.

Time: 10 minutes

Notes: I decided to use grapeseed oil because it’s a fairly light oil and it doesn’t have a strong smell or flavor, and we had it in our house. You could use more almond oil, but it’s more expensive. I bought the almond oil and essential oil at a local healthfood store (Henry’s). You can also buy oils online at a number of places including here. I used the wide mouth 1/2 pint canning jars, mostly because I had them, but also because you can reach your hand in and scoop a handful out without a spoon. It filled up 3, 1/2 pint jars perfectly. You can also substitute salt for the sugar.

I used this to scrub my arms and face today and it felt great, and smelled good enough to eat. You may want to remind your recipients that when used in the shower it can make the floor quite slippery.

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