It is surprisingly easy to make your own body scrubs at home. Many of the recipe ingredients you will already have on hand in your kitchen, and you can mix up a jar in just a few short minutes. Below are five recipes offering a variety of body scrub options and each recipe has only three or four ingredients. It’s that simple!
Lavender Luxury Salt Body Scrub
- 1 cup of sweet almond oil
- 2 cups of pink Himalayan sea salt, medium or fine granularity
- 30 drops of lavender essential oil
Instructions
Mix the sweet almond oil and lavender essential oil together in a clean glass jar or container with a lid. Add in the salt.
To use, scrub about half a cup all over wet body and then rinse off. Be careful not to slip in the shower. Makes about 4 servings. Also works great as a bath salt soak.
Coffee Body Scrub
- 1 cup of liquid coconut oil
- 2 cups of coffee grounds
- 1/4 tsp of vanilla extract (optional)
Instructions
Mix the coconut oil and vanilla extract together in a clean glass jar or container with a lid. Stir in the coffee grounds.
To use, scrub about half a cup all over wet body and then rinse off. Use this recipe in the morning as an invigorating wake up! Carful not to slip. Makes about 4 servings. Skin patch test with sensitive skin before scrubbing over entire body.
Your So Sweet Body Scrub
- 1/2 cup of sweet almond oil
- 1 cup of granulated sugar
- 30 drops of grapefruit essential oil
- 1 Tbsp of fresh or dried rose petals (optional)
Instructions
Mix the sweet almond oil and grapefruit essential oil together in a clean glass jar or container with a lid. Stir in the sugar. Garnish with rose petals.
To use, scrub about half a cup all over wet body and then rinse off. Be careful not to slip in the shower. Makes about 4 servings. Avoid sun exposure with the topical use of pressed citrus oils.
Oats and Honey Soothing Body Scrub
- 1 cups of oats – ground in a food processer
- 1/8 cup of honey
- 1/4 cup of coconut milk (canned)
Instructions
Mix the three ingredients together. Use the recipe within the day.
To use, scrub about all over wet body and then rinse off. Also works great in a bath: rub the recipe all over the body, get in the bath, an soak a bit.
Tropical Poppy Seed Body Scrub
- 1 cup of granulated sugar
- 1 Tbsp of poppy seeds
- 1/2 cup of jojoba oil
- 20 drops of lime essential oil (optional)
Instructions
Mix the jojoba oil and lime essential oil together in a clean glass jar or container with a lid. Fold in the sugar and poppy seeds.
To use, scrub about half a cup all over wet body and then rinse off. Be careful not to slip in the shower. Makes about 4 servings. Avoid sun exposure with the topical use of pressed citrus oils.
Every man has a right to a Saturday night bath.
-Lyndon B. Johnson
Want to have a total spa day? After giving yourself a body scrub, click here to try this at home facial recipe.
Blog By: Kathy Sadowski, MS in Aromatherapy, Registered Aromatherapist, AIA and NAHA Member, LMT
Updated: 10/9/18
