How to Make Your Own Lavender Rosemary Sugar Scrub at Home

Are you someone who loves to garden, craft, or cook? Or perhaps you just enjoy smelling nice? Then you'll want to try making this Lavender Rosemary Sugar Scrub for your skin.

Not only is it easy to make, but you can use any flower or herb you have on hand if lavender and rosemary aren't your thing.

So put on your aprons, it's time to get crafty in the kitchen and make some skin-loving sugar scrub!

I always keep some sugar scrub next to the kitchen sink. It works great for cleaning hands from gardening dirt, crafting glue or paint, fish or other cooking odors, etc.

It is also wonderful for sloughing off dry skin and smoothing dry elbows and heels. Some use it as an exfoliant before shaving or using self tanners.

WARNING: this has oil in it so use caution if using it in the tub or shower, especially on the feet. Instead, I'd recommend soaking in a foot bath, dish tub or even a large bowl of hot water, apply the scrub to your feet, soak your feet again then dry completely with a towel.

Ingredients for Sugar Scrubs

There are so many options when making sugar scrubs from the sugar to the oil to the scents. Get creative and mix and match different blends.

• sugar (or salt): white sugar, brown sugar, coconut sugar (coarse sea salt or Epsom salt)
• oil: coconut, vegetable, canola, mineral, etc.
• scent: essential oils, herbs, flowers, citrus peel, extracts, dry coffee grounds

NOTE: Extra Virgin Olive Oil can have a strong scent which may overpower the scrub.

How to store sugar scrub

Keep it any airtight container.

I usually use canning jars with two piece lids since I keep mine tucked into a drawer. You may want something more attractive like these if you want to display it or give it as a gift.

 

Until next time, happy cooking/crafting/gardening
~Audrey