How to Make a Fragrant & Colorful 5-Minute Sugar Scrub
by Mary @ Home is Where the Boat Is
7 Materials $12 5 Minutes Easy
Find the easy steps to make a sugar scrub that’s fragrant and pretty too. Ready to
gift or use in just five minutes!
This DIY Sugar Scrub can be customized using the fragrance and colorant of your
choice. It’s also affordable to mix up for wedding shower or bridal party gifts, ‘thank
you’ gifts for teachers or to share with friends, family and neighbors. Your dry skin
and feet will thank you and appreciate a little TLC from this moisturizing and
exfoliating sugar scrub too!
This sugar scrub recipe starts with granulated sugar and coconut oil. I used
fractionated coconut oil, which remains in a liquid form and is fragrance-free and
moisturizing. Alternatively you could use olive oil, avocado, sunflower or grapeseed
oil to mix up a batch of sugar scrub if that’s what you have.
The standard recipe and ratio of a sugar scrub is 2:1, sugar to oil. Example: 1 cup of
sugar to 1/2 cup of coconut oil. I prefer a scrub that’s a bit more ‘sugary’ in texture
with slightly less oil, so I used 1/3 cup of coconut oil to 1 cup of sugar, which is still
plenty moisturizing.
Here’s the fun part, customizing your sugar scrub with fragrance and color! Add
some essential or fragrance oil and colorant, a few drops at a time and mixing until
you reach to your designed shade and fragrance. I used some Lavender and
Rosemary Oil and colorant that I had leftover from my DIY Bee-utiful Soap
(https://homeiswheretheboatis.net/2019/07/22/bee-utiful-diy-lavender-rosemary-
soap-bars/) .
About 6 – 8 drops of oil was all I needed for a fragrant scrub, along with 4 – 5 drops
of colorant. Oils and colors vary so mix sparingly at first, as you can always go back
and add more. I added a teaspoon of dried lavender buds to the sugar scrub to add
some additional fragrance and pretty texture. Note: Make sure any colorant or
fragrance you use is designated as safe to use on your skin.
To make an easy and pretty label for the jars of sugar scrub, I used some note cards
I found at Dollar Tree, tracing around the lid and placing the pattern under the
outer band to screw on the jar tops. Scrapbook paper or wrapping paper would also
be an affordable way to add some pattern and decorative design to your jar tops.
I mixed up several batches for gifts in an assortment of sizes, filling pint, half pint,
and 4 oz. mason jars. My inner gardener did a little happy dance when I found these
shovel spoons (https://amzn.to/3UDESAA) .
I thought they would would make a cute addition for a just a few dollars each, tying
them on to the pint jars for my gardener friends. Both fun and functional to scoop
out the scrub and nod to gardening season! Click the "go" button below for more
photos, details and sugar scrub supplies.
Have a question about this project?
2 questions
SoUncool on May 14, 2021
Does the food color stain your skin though?
Lollipop on May 14, 2021
After scrubbing and rinsing some of the oil goes down the drain. Won’t it clog the
drain after a while of using?
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Connie Ertel McMaugh on May 15, 2021
Maybe I will try a super fine grain salt..so thank you for your response.
Em on Jun 02, 2021
I have found that sugar scrubs with any oil make the shower floor very slippery.
