DIY: Brown Sugar Body Scrub

My favorite body polish by Fresh costs $65 for a 14 oz jar! (GULP!) It’s heavenly. It exfoliates gently, smells…well…fresh, and leaves my skin feeling like silk. It’s ridiculously overpriced and not something I splurge on very often.

Instead, I perfected a recipe that could pass any side-by-side comparison and have been using it during every bath time since, making up for all the times I didn’t because I’m a cheap bastard. Now I’m a smooth, soft, shiny, silky happy cheap bastard!

The basic formula is two parts sugar to one part oil. So, for every cup of sugar, you’ll want 1/2 cup of oil. I used a combination of brown sugar & sugar in the raw (a/k/a turbinado sugar for the larger crystals) and a blend of coconut & olive oil.

My exact breakdown was:

1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup sugar in the raw
1/4 cup olive oil
1/4 cup coconut oil
Essential oils (any blend about 10-15 drops total)

You can use ANY sugar or oil you like or have on hand…jojoba, almond, olive, white, brown, turbinado, whatever. As long as you keep that basic formula of 2 parts to 1, you should be good to go. Essential oils are nice to enhance the smell, too. For this scrub, I prefer citrusy scents like orange, lemon, lemongrass (Is lemongrass citrusy? I dunno, but I dig it.), grapefruit and the like.

I use my finger to stir it up beforehand as the sugar settles to the bottom between uses. I use about a tablespoon each for the backs of my arms and elbows, my décolletage, knees and feet.  Be careful of a slippery tub and *pat* yourself dry to retain that silky smooth feeling.

SUPPLIES:
You’ve probably got sugar and some sort of oil.
Essential oils are super cheap and available in local health stores and Amazon, of course.
I got these cute little labels from MyOwnLabels.com

ENJOY!