What’s better than soft, smooth, exfoliated skin? Soft, smooth, exfoliated skin that smells like fresh-picked strawberry limeade!
You can easily make your own using strawberry lime sugar scrub recipe (don’t miss the free printable below). It just takes a few ingredients from your kitchen and essential oils.
Then add a cute printable jar label and a little gingham ribbon for a great (and inexpensive) homemade gift! Give it on its own, or add a few other favorite essential oil DIYs for the best homemade spa gift ever…
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exfoliating hand scrub in the cutest little heart shapes
chocolate lip scrub (tastes great & gives you super soft lips even in the middle of winter)
chamomile & lemongrass foot scrub
lavender, oatmeal, and milk bath soak for dry skin
What do you need to make strawberry lime sugar scrub?
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1 cup freeze dried strawberries (find them here)Â You could also dehydrate your own strawberries; just be sure to get all of the water out of the strawberries.
2 cups raw sugar (often available at grocery store in baking aisle. Here’s what I use. You can also substitute regular white baking sugar.
1/2 cup organic virgin coconut oil – the kind that’s solid at room temperature (here’s the kind I use)
20-30 drops lime essential oil
blender or food processor
free printable label (click here to get the free printable)
16 oz mason jar (like this) or smaller glass jars (like these) or you can also use HDPE #2 or PET #1 plastic jars
optional– ribbon or twine for decoration
How to make strawberry lime sugar scrub?
step 1:Â add 1/2 cup sugar to a blender or food processor
tip: I like to use raw sugar in this recipe because it gives a slightly coarser texture, and as a result, exfoliates my skin better than regular baking sugar. But you could use regular baking sugar if you prefer (or if it’s what you have on hand).
tip: the full recipe will use 2 cups of sugar. In this first part of the recipe, you only use 1/2 cup to blend into a finer consistency with the strawberries. The other cup and a half is added in a later step.
step 2:Â add 1 cup of freeze dried strawberries
tip: do NOT use fresh strawberries. The moisture in the fresh strawberries will dramatically shorten the shelf life to only a few days (and the sugar scrub would need to be kept in the refrigerator)
tip:Â If you have a food dehydrator, your could substitute dehydrated strawberries for the freeze-dried strawberries I used, but be sure that all the moisture content is out of the strawberries before you use them in this recipe.
step 3: blend on high speed until the strawberries and sugar are a fine powder. This usually only takes about 10 seconds or so.
step 4:Â add the other 1.5 cups of sugar
tip: I prefer to use raw sugar for its coarser texture and improved exfoliating properties.
step 5:Â add 1/2 cup organic coconut oil
tip:Â I use the kind of coconut oil that’s solid at room temperature, but if you’d like, you can substitute fractionated coconut oil (the kind that’s liquid).
step 6:Â add 20-30 drops of lime essential oil
step 7:Â mix in food processor or blender on medium speed for 5-10 seconds and then scrape sides and repeat if needed
tip:Â if sugar scrub is too thick, you can add more coconut oil or even a liquid carrier oil like fractionated coconut oil to thin the mixture to your desired consistency
step 8:Â scoop into jars
tip: recipe makes one 16 oz jar (pint) of strawberry lime sugar scrub
tip: if you won’t use this very often or you want to give these sugar scrubs as gifts, you can use smaller jars instead. One batch will fill 8 cute small 2 oz mason jars (find them here).
step 9 (optional):Â apply a free printable label (click here to get the free printable)
Here’s the strawberry lime sugar scrub recipe one more time
yield:Â 16 oz or 2 cups of strawberry lime sugar scrub
step 1:Â add 1/2 cup raw sugar to a blender or food processor
step 2:Â add 1 cup of freeze dried strawberries
step 3:Â blend on high speed until the strawberries and sugar are a fine powder
step 4:Â add another 1-1/2 cups of raw sugar
step 5:Â add 1/2 cup organic coconut oil
step 6:Â add 20-30 drops of lime essential oil
step 7:Â mix in food processor or blender on medium speed for 5-10 seconds and then scrape sides and repeat if needed
step 8:Â scoop into jars
step 9 (optional):Â apply a free printable label (click here to get the free printable)
How to use sugar scrub
- use clean spoon to scoop small amount of sugar scrub out of jar — You only need a small amount. A little goes a long way with this scrub.
- wet skin
- apply sugar scrub to skin and massage in circular motion
- rinse skin
- pat skin dry and apply a great natural moisturizer (here’s my favorite homemade body butter– it feels fantastic after this scrub)
tip: be careful — shower floor could get slippery as there are oils in this scrub. Rinse shower floor well.
tip: There aren’t any added preservatives in this scrub, so be sure to keep your sugar scrub clean and dry.
tip: Lime essential oil is photosensitive and can cause reddening, rash, or other skin reactions when exposed to the sun. If you’re going to be out in the sun, be sure to be safe and either wash this scrub off completely and/or apply sunscreen.
click here to get the free printable recipe and jar label
here are a few other essential oil posts that I think you’ll like:
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calming magnesium body butter for a great night’s sleep
essential oil deodorant that really works
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