It is easy and fun to make homemade body sugar and salt scrubs. They make great gifts to give or to pamper yourself with. This project was featured on Creative Juice on HGTV. You can watch the full episode on watch.hgtv.com.
Homemade sugar and salt scrubs are so simple to make and they are the ultimate tension tamer. Body scrubs are the ultimate tension tamer. They are the essential home-spa product. Essential oils are a must for any scrub formula.
Sugar Scrub Ingredients:
2 c. turbinado (raw) sugar
1/2 c. avocado oil
1/4 c. apricot kernel oil
essential or fragrance oil (we used ginger and vanilla)
honey
plastic screw-top jar for storage
shrink bands sized to fit jars
embossing or heat gun
1. Mix together sugar, oils and honey with fragrance or essential oils.
2. Spoon the mixture into containers, seal and label with a sticker or pre-made label printed on sticky paper.
3. Insert the jar through the shrink band sleeve. Apply heat with an embossing or heat gun. The band will shrink and wrap around the jar, sealing it closed.
This recipe makes approximately four 4-oz. containers.
Salt Scrub Ingredients:
2 c. coarse sea salt
1/2 c. avocado oil
1/4 c. apricot kernel oil
essential or fragrance oils (we used cucumber and green tea fragrance oils)
honey
plastic screw-top jar for storage
shrink bands sized to fit jars
embossing or heat gun
1. Mix together coarse sea salt, oils and honey with fragrance or essential oils.
2. Spoon the mixture into containers, seal and label with a sticker or pre-made label printed on sticky paper.
3. Insert the jar through the shrink band sleeve. Apply heat with an embossing or heat gun. The band will shrink and wrap around the jar, sealing it closed.
This recipe makes approximately four 4-oz. containers.
This project was featured on Creative Juice on HGTV – Watch the full episode now.
