12 Sep Three Delicious DIY Body Scrubs for Spring-Ready Skin

Give your skin a healthy natural glow with a gentle exfoliating body scrub – without the chemicals, the additives or the hefty price tag of conventional beauty products. We’ve got three easy recipes you can whip up in a matter of minutes with ingredients you’ll find readily available in your kitchen and your garden! Choose your favourite or try all three; pamper yourself or spoil your loved ones with gorgeous handmade bath-time beauty treats.

1. Luscious Lavender Herbal Salt Scrub

Ingredients

• 2 cups salt
• ¼ cup olive oil
• 3tbsp dried, culinary grade lavender OR lavender essential oil
• 3tbsp finely chopped rosemary leaves

Method

• Mix the olive oil thoroughly into the salt.
• Stir in the lavender and rosemary.
• Enjoy as a refreshing scented body scrub in your next bath or shower.

2. Perfectly Pink Peppermint Candy-Cane Scrub

Ingredients

• 2 cups white granulated sugar
• ¼ cup coconut oil
• Peppermint essential oil
• Raspberry/pomegranate juice

Method

• Slowly mix the coconut oil into the sugar – add more as needed but don’t let your mixture become too oily.
• Add a few drops of peppermint essential oil for that sweet fresh minty scent.
• Now add a few drops of raspberry or pomegranate juice, and mix together until your mixture turns a wonderful pale pink.
• This body scrub makes a great Christmas gift!

3. Sultry Summer Rose Scrub

Ingredients

• A glass jar with a wide mouth
• 1 large scoop unrefined coconut oil
• 1 large scoop raw cane sugar (or brown sugar)
• Jojoba oil OR almond oil
• 1 handful fragrant rose petals – pick a rose fresh from your garden or buy an organic bouquet for your home.

Method

• Fill a third of the glass jar with coconut oil.
• Add a layer of rose petals on top of the coconut oil.
• Fill the rest of the jar with the sugar.
• Sprinkle a generous amount of jojoba oil or almond oil over the sugar.
• Put the lid on the jar and allow the oils to mix naturally for at least 2 hours.
• Now crush all the ingredients up inside the jar (use a spoon or a fork). The oils, sugar and crushed petals will mix together to make a dreamy rose-scented scrub!