Craft Project: Treat Yourself with Home Made Sugar Scrub

Posted on February 16, 2009 by Becky Striepe in DIY

Sometimes, at the end of a long week your poor feet just need some love. Rather than hitting up the big box store for something to pamper your sore feet, give this easy peasey sugar scrub recipe a whirl!

Sugar scrubs are a really simple bath product to make, and you can keep some trash out of the bin while you’re at it! All you need is a small tupperware or glass container (maybe one that previously held some Chinese delivery soup or marinated artichoke hearts?), granulated sugar, and some sort of oil. For mine, I used organic coconut oil and turbinado for the sugar. Olive oil works really well, too, as does sweet orange oil.

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The first thing you’ll want to do is wash your container really, really well. You don’t want your sugar scrub to smell vaguely of garlic or won ton soup! Since the size of the container is going to vary, let’s talk proportions. Fill the container with water and dump the water into a measuring cup to see how much it holds. You’ll want to use two parts sugar for one part oil. Stir the ingredients up well, and transfer them into your container. You’re done! In the tub or the shower, massage a generous amount into your feet to soothe, moisturize, and exfoliate all at once!

upGRADE it!
An easy way to make the scrub even more luxurious is to add 15-20 drops of your favorite essential oil. For mine, I used a blend called Meditation that’s got an earthy, soothing scent. For a pick me up, try tea tree, peppermint, or a citrus oil. If you’re looking for soothing scents, give lavender or something musky a try. Feeling adventurous? Try making your own oil blend, like 10 drops each of lavender and tea tree oils.

If you want to get even fancier than that, you can decorate the bottle with a custom label. To make mine, I measured the height of the bottle’s existing label, then cut a strip of a security envelope to wrap around:

I used a glue stick to attach a bit of white paper with the scrub’s name to the strip, since I liked the printed back side of the security envelope. If your paper is plainer, you can also just write on the label. Get creative!

Use your glue stick again to secure the ends of the label together, if you’re wrapping it all the way around. Since this is going to be in the tub, you’ll want to cover the paper with a strip of packing tape to keep it from disintegrating.

Have you ever made your own bath products? What are some of your favorites to put together?

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18 Responses to “ Craft Project: Treat Yourself with Home Made Sugar Scrub ”

Condo Blues

18. Feb, 2009

I made some for Christmas with peppermint candy I crushed in my blender. It must have gone over well because my Mom asked me last weekend, “sooo…have you made any more of that stuff you gave me?”

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- Ellen
  
  16. Apr, 2009
  
  I found this recipe for Chocolate Body Scrub
  Ingredients:
  3 tablespoons cocoa powder
  1 cup brown sugar
  1 teaspoon vanilla oil or extract
  Olive oil as needed to make a paste – use a light variety. (I used Canola and it worked fine)
  Mix these together. Apply to moist skin, massage gently in a circular motion with fingertips, rinse with warm water.
  From http://www.bathandbodyrecipes.com
  I keep it in a container in the shower and I love it.
  
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Becky Striepe

19. Feb, 2009

Condo Blues - You’re a genius! Do you mind if I crib this idea at Christmastime? I think the ladies in my family would flip for some candy cane scrub! What sort of oil did you use? I love the coconut, but maybe something with less of a scent would be better for this?

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Paula Mitchell Bentley

19. Feb, 2009

Candy cane scrub?! You’re not going to be the only one scooping up that idea! Definitely keep us posted as to what kind of oil would work best for this. Great ideas, keep ‘em coming.

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Peter

23. Apr, 2009

Handmade soap products that are all made from 100% natural ingredients, we have a very large selection of soaps to meet your needs and mood, why not enjoy a relaxing bath with one of our jumbo bath bombs with that extra fizz. We can also supply gift baskets for those special occasions!

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Dolphin B&B

11. Jun, 2009

I just wanted to say thank you for such a great post. I’ll be visiting your blog again and adding you to my reader ! Thank you again

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tiff

22. Jul, 2009

can you use oil that you would burn or no ?

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- Becky
  
  22. Jul, 2009
  
  Do you mean for the essential oil? That should be fine, though I’d make sure your skin doesn’t react to the oil first….do a patch test before using the scrub all over, you know?
  
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Faye

12. Aug, 2009

Lovely product. And very simple to make too. I’ve seen some papercrafting materials at Christina’s Crafts. I think they will be useful for the wrapping. Thanks for sharing this.

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schmetterling

28. Aug, 2009

hi blog you good

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body talk

13. Nov, 2009

I haved watched it on a tv and they say its really a good anti-oxidant..

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WiND

21. Oct, 2009

Прикольно! Все бы так писали

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17. Feb, 2009

[...] Really, you can just make the scrub and stick it into a clean container, but I decided to decorate my jar with a junk mail envelope and teeny heart punch. You can read the recipe and some tips on decorating the container over at greenUPGRADER! [...]

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11. Mar, 2009

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