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We love exfoliating our skin and making those rough, dry patches transform into a smooth, clean surface. There are so many exfoliating scrubs on the market, but some can contain plastic microbeads, which are no good for the environment. They don’t break down and they’re too tiny to be filtered out by sewage systems. So what happens? Fish swallow them. Read more about why California proposed a ban on these beads here.
You wont miss the exfoliating sensation by ceasing to use those beads. It’s actually easy to make your own scrubs. It’s also super fun and can be a main event at your next party. Get some cute jars, make labels, and set out bowls of different ingredients and scrub recipes. Let guests make their own products and have something useable and smelly-good to bring home!
Since these are made from all natural ingredients, these scrubs are really SO good you could eat them!
1.Baby Rose Sugar Scrub
If you’ve received a bouquet of roses, it’s time to put the petals to use with this luxurious scrub.
Ingredients:
- 1.5 cups of plain white sugar
- 1/4 cup of baby oil
- 12 rose petals
- a food processor
- a pretty jar
Click here for scrub instructions from Smart School House.
2. Coffee Scrub for Fading Stretch Marks
Anyone can use this scrub, but in particular it’s awesome for helping to fade the appearance of stretch marks.
Ingredients:
- Coffee
- Olive Oil
Click here for instructions from SkinnyMs.
3. Pluot-Pear Body Exfoliator
Just throw these ingredients into a blender, lather over your entire body and take in the clean, fruity scent of pear and pluot.
Ingredients:
- 1 pear
- 1 pluot
- 1 cup raw cane sugar
- 3 tablespoons lemon juice
Click here for instructions.
4. Pumpkin Spice Body Scrub
To make this scrub, you mix sugar, nutmeg, and cinnamon together, then mix that concoction with pumpkin. Wow, that sounds like you’re making a pie, not a skin care product!
Ingredients:
- 1 cup (vegan) sugar
- 1 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 cup organic canned pumpkin (or homemade pumpkin puree)
Click here for instructions.
5. Vanilla Pumpkin Body Scrub
This sugar scrub looks so pretty with its different colored layers because the original recipe calls for red and yellow food coloring. But instead of grabbing nasty red color from the store, just use beet juice!
Ingredients:
- 2 cups sugar
- 1/2 cup coconut oil
- 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/8 teaspoon ground clove
Click here for instructions from Smart School House.
6. Green Tea Sugar Scrub
Go crazy green for this scrub and use both green tea and green tea powder. Drink green tea while you’re at it and bask in all its health benefits!
Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 cup of Suger (in my opinion brown coarse sugar)
- 2tsp Green tea powder
- 2 Green tea bags
- 1 cup Coconut oil
Click here for instructions from Inspire Beauty Tips.
7. Zesty Sweet Lemon Sugar Body Scrub
If you line up the ingredients of this scrub in your kitchen, others may think you’re about to make a lemon tart! Instead, you’re treating your skin to some coconut lemon goodness.
Ingredients:
- One lemon
- 1/3 cup raw cane sugar
- 1/3 cup brown sugar
- 3/4 cup coconut oil
Click here for instructions.
8. A Cup o’ Joe: DIY Facial Scrub
You can drink a cup o’ joe, and you can also use the grounds on your face! Try this in the AM while you’re having your cup of coffee. Bonus: the olive oil acts as a great moisturizer!
Ingredients:
- 4 Tbsp. olive oil
- 6 Tbsp. coffee grounds
- Container for finished product
Click here for instructions from PETA.
9. Raw Cacao Face Mask
We dare you not to lick your face while you’re wearing this raw cacao face mask. If you accidentally sneak a taste, though, rest assured – it’s all natural!
- Raw Cacao Powder
- Organic Oats, ground in blender, or coffee grinder
- Lemon Juice
- Raw Agave
Click here for instructions.
10. Whipped Grapefruit Mint Sugar Scrub
You may be a fan of the grapefruit acne scrubs you can find at any drug store, but save some cash and try this DIY method! Just reading the ingredient list is making us hungry.
Ingredients:
- 1/2 C. Coconut Oil
- 1/2 C. White Sugar
- Zest of 1 Grapefruit
- 1 T. Grapefruit Juice
- 10 drops Peppermint Oil
- 25 drops Grapefruit Oil
- 1/4 t. Beet Juice(optional-for color)
Click here for instructions from The Kitchen McCabe.
I\’ve been working with some of these, and coconut oil is the very best BASE source you can use. I used cold pressed virgin coconut oil, organic raw cane sugar and organic essential oils. You will LOVE it! Major, Major Lather and works well together.