Coconut Sugar Scrub Recipe

This exfoliating coconut sugar scrub recipe will make your dry skin as soft as silk! Scrub away those dead skin cells and hydrate with coconut and vitamin e oil with this all over body scrub. It’s super easy to make with just four ingredients and smells amazing!

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Juanita

I added lavender essential oils to mine and it smells heavenly! The two types of sugar really helps to get a good scrub. I loved this so much, I made a big batch to share and tied wooden spoons to it with twine. Turned out so cute as a little surprise homemade gift for my friends!

Why You Will Love This Easy Homemade Sugar Scrub

I love making my own DIY sugar scrub as it saves money and is fully customizable! Here’s why I think you will love this coconut body scrub:

• Tropical Elegance: This homemade sugar scrub will transform your shower to a Caribbean beach front featuring your own gorgeous, silky and glowing skin.
• For The Whole Body: Your lips, hands, elbows, and heels will thank you for the extra attention to exfoliating and moisturizing thanks to super emollient coconut oil.
• Budget Friendly: Store-bought body scrubs can get expensive fast! Making your own homemade body scrub is much cheaper and easier on your wallet.
• Customizable: Scent it with essential oils or make your sugar scrub coarse or gentle, depending on your skin’s preference.
• Gifts Galore: This DIY sugar scrub recipe makes wonderful stocking stuffers, along with teacher, nurse, and postal worker, thank you gifts.

Ingredients Needed

The smell of coconut, super soft skin, plus a little vitamin E equals a stay-cation like no other! These four ingredients mix up faster than you can say “I’d love a spa day at sea, please!”. Scroll down to the recipe card for exact amounts.

• Coconut Oil: I always use unrefined, cold-pressed coconut oil. You do not want to use a liquid form of coconut oil.
• Vitamin E Oil: Vitamin E oil is an optional addition with many benefits for your skin, you can also use something like almond oil instead!
• Types of Sugars: I like to use a combination of regular, white, granulated sugar and coarse turbinado sugar to provide the perfect skin-smoothing balance.

How to Make Sugar Scrub

Coconut oil and therapeutic vitamin E oil provide the over-the-top moisturizers in this coconut sugar scrub. All you have to do to whip up this homemade body scrub is combine your ingreidents together and store it in a jar! Scroll to the recipe card at bottom of the post for full detailed instructions.

• Combine: Mix both sugars together in a large bowl. Stir the oils and combine until the mixture looks and feels like beach sand. I usually use my hands for this!
• Add to Jar: Place mixture in an airtight jar, a mason jar works great, until ready to use.
• How to Use: Stir to redistribute the oils just before using your homemade sugar scrub. Apply to hands, feet, or just about anywhere in a circular motion. Rinse with warm water and enjoy silky smooth skin any time!

Tips & Variations

• Scent-sational: Add a few drops of essential oils to infuse another layer of aromatic enjoyment. Try you favorite herb, citrus or floral scents such as mint, lavender, lemon, lime, orange, jasmine, plumeria, or cherry blossom to name a few! I personally love this coconut vanilla essential oil added to my homemade body scrub.
• Melt: Microwave the coconut oil, which is solid at room temperature, until just liquified, but not hot, for easier mixing. Start with 10 to 15 seconds, and then add to the sugar mixture with vitamin E oil as directed.
• Face or Lip Scrub: For delicate skin like your face or lips, I recommend using only granulated sugar for a finer, less harsh, sugar scrub.

How to Store DIY Sugar Scrub

Keep this homemade sugar scrub recipe in a tightly sealed jar, stored at room temperature, for a year or more. If mixture seems dry, add a tablespoon or two of melted coconut oil and then stir it up to revive your scrub!

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Yield: 3.5 cups

Coconut Homemade Sugar Scrub Recipe

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This super exfoliating, homemade Coconut Sugar Scrub will make your skin as soft as silk! Perfect for your own use, or to wrap up in pretty jars as a gift for family, friends and more. It's super easy to make with just 4 ingredients, and smells amazing!

Prep Time5 minutes minutes

Total Time5 minutes minutes

Ingredients

• 1 cup unrefined coconut oil
• 2 cups turbinado sugar, sugar in the raw – the coarse flakes
• ½ cup granulated sugar
• 4 tablespoons vitamin e oil, or almond oil
• vanilla coconut essential oils, optional for added scent

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Instructions 

• Combine the two sugars in a bowl and mix to incorporate. Add coconut oil and vitamin e and stir to combine. I find this to be easiest to do with my hands! Add a few drops of essential oils, if desired, for added scent.
• Store in an airtight jar for a year. If it's been a while, stir the sugar scrub before using (the oils will settle when not being used).

Notes

Melt: Microwave the coconut oil, which is solid at room temperature, until just liquified, but not hot, for easier mixing. Start with 10 to 15 seconds, and then add to the sugar mixture with vitamin E oil as directed.

Face or Lip Scrub: For delicate skin like your face or lips, I recommend using only granulated sugar for a finer, less harsh, sugar scrub.

© Jessica

Cuisine: American

Category: DIY & How To

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