TheHippyHomemaker

Every girl out there who has ever used a salt or sugar scrub, knows and LOVES that luxurious feeling that your skin gets after rinsing off. In the middle of the summer time, I am usually partial to a coconut lime version of one of these, but during the winter time I am in need of certain specific comfort scents; citrus, peppermint, cinnamon, and vanilla.
I managed to get each of these scents into these all-over-body scrubs, and all while using items that I had in my pantry. When you go to Walmart or Target, you might find yourself paying $4.00 - $10.00 for a salt/sugar scrub and it will be laden with carcinogenic chemicals, whereas, now you can make them and they are all natural to boot!

I made THREE different scrubs to give you an idea what you can do with what you might have in your pantry. I had all the items needed for this gift, in my pantry already. This was quite a simple gift to make as well. For all of the decorations, I printed out some mason jar labels from Limeshot. They are a graphic design company that has some mason jar labels up for free. I just printed the blank ones and wrote in on them, then I cut them out and glued them on a corresponding color of construction paper; then I cut that out as well. A glue stick worked just fine to glue the labels to the plastic twist on lids I bought on Amazon. (When I bought them I knew they would be perfect for making body products and storing them in mason jars because I know first hand that it can be annoying using the ring and lid combo in the shower together.)

There are three basic ingredients to any good body scrub; 1)salt/sugar/exfoliant of some kind, 2)carrier oil (olive, jajoba, almond, etc.), 3)essential oils or other natural fragrance. Any of these recipes can be adapted to any preferences out there, so get creative and make gifts special and personal. I write these recipes in an 8 oz. measurement for a general recipe size, but I actually doubled the recipes for my jars because I had 16 oz. jars on hand.

CITRUS SALT SCRUB

1 cup Epsom salt
1/3 cup olive oil
Zest of lime, lemon, and orange
10 drops lemon or orange essential oil (optional)

Just mix ingredients together in a jar or container of some sort, and then decorate to give as a gift (or use on yourself).

VANILLA CINNAMON BROWN SUGAR SCRUB

1 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 tsp. vanilla extract
1/2 Tbsp. ground cinnamon
1/3 cup jojoba oil (or whatever carrier oil you prefer)

Just mix ingredients together in a jar or container of some sort, and then decorate to give as a gift (or use on yourself).

PEPPERMINT LAVENDER SUGAR SCRUB

1 cup white sugar
1/3 cup jojoba oil (or whatever carrier oil you prefer)
10 drops peppermint essential oil
5 drops lavender essential oil

Just mix ingredients together in a jar or container of some sort, and then decorate to give as a gift (or use on yourself).