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Homemade Blush Pink Sugar Body Scrub with Essential Oils

June 15, 2017 by Patti Estep 19 Comments

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This sugar body scrub is made with coconut oil, sugar and essentials oils. It’s super easy to make and I’ve even included free printable labels if you want to give away a few to your friends.

Blush pink sugar body scrub

 

This project is perfect for “make and takes”, girls night out or any group gatherings where you want to enjoy creating something while sharing time with others. Of course, it also makes a great gift.

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Materials for blush pink sugar body scrub recipe.

A good body scrub nice to use all year long. In the winter when your skin is so dry, a sugar body scrub is helpful and it’s fairly gentle on your skin.

It’s also great for exfoliating and polishing skin during the warm weather months when you are showing a lot more skin. And, if you’re fair skinned like me you probably hate showing your white legs in public. I don’t have the time to lay out in the sun, and with my family’s skin cancer history, it’s probably not a good idea anyway. So, I often resort to using a sunless tanning product.

Blush pink homemade sugar body scrub recipe.

I’ve tried many and they all smell bad. The one that has worked best for me is St. Tropez Bronzing Mousse applied with a foam mitt for even coverage. The other key to obtaining a natural, even tan, with a sunless tanner is to make sure your skin is exfoliated. They all tell you this in the directions. Exfoliating your skin removes dead skin and allows the product to go on smoothly and last longer. 

Blush Pink Sugar Body Scrub

Open jar of blush pink sugar body scrub.

This is where the sugar body scrub comes into play.  Using a formula of 2 to 1, sugar to coconut oil, you can make your own homemade sugar scrub, which is perfect for exfoliating all the dead skin on your body. For this one, I also added a drop of red food coloring to make it a pretty blush pink color. Just like the center of my pretty peonies. 

Adding, several drops of essential oil will make it smell great too. Feel free to use any combination of oils that you like best. I used a variety of citrus, lavender, and patchouli. If you want to learn more about blending essential oils, check out this article about perfume oil. You could also use fragrance oils for this project. They are cheaper and you can sometimes find scents that are not readily available in the essential oil market.

Free Printable Labels

Sugar body scrub round label.

I’m using 8 oz. plastic jars for safety in the shower but you could use mason jars. If you want to make some to give away or sell, feel free to print out the label above which fits perfectly on a sheet of Avery 5294 round 2.5-inch labels. Just click on the image above and it will download to a Word document.

Homemade Blush Pink Sugar Body Scrub

Blush pink sugar scrub with peonies.

 

Follow up with a good moisturizer or a dry body oil spray.

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P.S. There are many other fun bath and body projects on this blog like homemade herbal bath salts and shower steamers and tinted lip balm to name a few. All make great gifts and would be fun to create in groups.

 

Blush pink sugar scrub

 

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Homemade Blush Pink Sugar Body Scrub

Homemade Blush Pink Sugar Body Scrub

Yield: makes 2
Active Time: 5 minutes
Total Time: 5 minutes
Difficulty: easy

This sugar body scrub is made with coconut oil, sugar and essentials oils. It's super easy to make and I've even included free printable labels if you want to give away a few to your friends.

Materials

  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup solid coconut oil
  • 1/2 - 1 teaspoon essential oils, 50 - 100 drops

Tools

  • plastic bowl
  • whisk for stirring
  • measuring spoons

Instructions

  1. Combine sugar and coconut oil in a medium bowl.
  2. Whisk together until smooth.
  3. Add essential oil and mix well until you the scent strength you desire.
© Patti Estep
Category: crafts

 

 

 

About Patti Estep

Patti is the creator of Hearth and Vine, a home and garden blog filled with projects to inspire your creative side. She loves crafting, gardening, decorating and entertaining at her home in Pennsylvania. When she is not working on a project at home or searching for treasures at nurseries and thrift stores with her girlfriends, you’ll probably find her with family and friends, at a restaurant, or home party enjoying new and different food adventures.

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Comments

  1. Karen

    June 30, 2019 at 4:03 pm

    Are these oils that you find in the cooking section?

    Reply
    • Patti Estep

      July 01, 2019 at 6:36 am

      Karen, the coconut oil you find in the cooking aisle is fine for this project. However, you are unlikely to find essential oils there. They may have them in the bath and body section of a large grocery store. Usually with the natural organic products. I have also bought them at GNC. Most of the time I order my online.

      Reply
  2. Britnie

    March 06, 2019 at 6:04 am

    How long does these scrubs last?

    Reply
    • Patti Estep

      March 06, 2019 at 6:31 am

      Britnie, the ingredients in this sugar scrub should last at least 6 months. However, getting water in it (using it in the shower) and possible bacteria from your hands could cause it to grow mold. So far, I’ve been able to use it up before there was a problem.

      Reply
  3. Mary

    December 17, 2018 at 12:20 pm

    Where do you purchase the essential oils?

    Reply
    • Patti Estep

      December 17, 2018 at 2:18 pm

      I usually purchase mine on Amazon. However, you can find essential oils just about anywhere these days. I have seen them at Walmart, TJMaxx and Trader Joes. The quality does vary but I’m no expert so I can’t say one is better than the other. One brand I have found to be good and affordable is NOW. Have fun crafting.

      Reply
  4. vanessa

    March 27, 2018 at 11:55 am

    Wouldn’t the food coloring, stain ur skin? Or make ur skin that color?

    Reply
    • Patti Estep

      March 28, 2018 at 7:12 am

      No. I have not found this to be the case. Perhaps its because there is the smallest amount of red food coloring in this sugar scrub making it a light pink.

      Reply
  5. Guadalupe

    December 23, 2017 at 10:38 pm

    Easy and natural, you have great ideas always Patti. Regards

    Reply
    • Patti Estep

      December 24, 2017 at 9:49 am

      Thanks Guadalupe!

      Reply
  6. Lesley

    July 01, 2017 at 7:55 am

    This is just so LUSH LooKing!🌸 I am going to use Hibiscus flower Powder in it for color:) it makes a great pink! With some Xtra nutrients along with the whole prettiness too! “They”‘are calling it the “New Botox!” if you infuse it with Oassion Flower it relaxes facial
    Muscles! Kinda good to know :).. hey I’m eyes off track here! So sorry! Enjoy your weekend Sugar Babies :)-

    Reply
    • Patti Estep

      July 01, 2017 at 8:01 am

      Hi Lesley,

      That’s good to know. I have never used that kind of ingredient for color or any other benefit but it does sound interesting.

      Thanks for sharing, and stopping by,

      Pati

      Reply
    • Mashi

      March 21, 2019 at 11:38 pm

      What if you are allergic to coconut? What other oil can be used?

      Reply
      • Patti Estep

        March 22, 2019 at 6:29 am

        Mashi, you can use any carrier oil. Sweet Almond, jojoba oil, sunflower, olive oil, etc… The only difference it that coconut hardens as it cools, so the consistency is thicker but they all work.

  7. Barbara Chapman ~ French Ethereal

    June 19, 2017 at 5:15 pm

    Hi Patti!

    A wonderful idea! I posted this out to my Ethereal Beautiful You board on Pinterest for you and will post to DIY projects via Tailwind. I love all these idea for scrubs! I’m allergic to a lot of grasses and things so I can’t make for myself, but I have a daughter who loves these as well as my new daughter-in-love. <3

    Thank you for this idea,
    Barb 🙂

    Reply
    • Patti Estep

      June 19, 2017 at 8:23 pm

      Hi Barbara,

      I’m so glad you like the scrub and I hope your daughter and new daughter-in-law love it too.
      Thanks for sharing and stopping by,
      Patti

      Reply
  8. Pamela @ Flower Patch Farmhouse

    June 16, 2017 at 12:54 pm

    This sounds wonderful. I had a friend give me some epsom salts that she added lavender essential oil to and what a relaxing combo to add to the bath.
    My feet especially need the exfoliation in the summer as I wear sandals constantly and it takes extra scrubbing to get the dirt off.

    Reply
    • Patti Estep

      June 17, 2017 at 6:55 am

      Hi Pamela,

      This works great on dry feet. If you want something a little stronger you could try table salt for your feets too.
      Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!
      Patti

      Reply
  9. carole

    June 15, 2017 at 7:37 am

    What a neat gift idea, this stuff is expensive when you purchase from retailers. Like you, fair skin, white legs and it’s all good. I’ve given up on laying in the sun years ago. I’m running into some additional time lately which means I’m learning to relax and I’ve been making some fun things here and there so this is going on my list for next week. Thanks!

    Reply

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