I’ve made homemade face scrub recipes in the past, but with this post, I wanted to simplify the ingredients into a more streamlined recipe for making a homemade body scrub.
So, streamlined and with fewer ingredients, the following DIY body scrub recipes make wonderful beauty gifts and are easy to make. They are great for exfoliating old skin cells to leave your skin feeling refreshed and silky smooth. They’re also excellent for all skin types and can leave you with a soft glow when you’re done.
Along with being much cheaper than store-bought alternatives, you’re also able to choose ingredients that you prefer and avoid those that you don’t. Got an allergy to something? Chuck it and replace it with something that won’t irritate your skin.
You’re also avoiding nasty industrially produced chemicals, so it’s better for you and our environment too!
Watch How To Make Body Scrub
What’s In My Salt Body Scrub Recipe?
First up, we have the dead sea salts, which add exfoliating properties to our scrub.
While salt is a great ingredient here, for those with sensitive, mature, or acne-prone skin, you may wish to substitute this for sugar. A DIY sugar scrub would be much less coarse, and so will exfoliate more gently.
As for the carrier oils, I chose two that are absolutely wonderful for the skin, sweet almond and fractionated coconut oil.
Sweet almond is your bread and butter for most homemade skin care products, as it’s suitable for pretty much anyone without a nut allergy. Fractionated coconut oil is great for mature or dry skin, but can be substituted for a variety of oils.
If you are planning to substitute either of these oils, pick ones that don’t sink in immediately.
We want some ‘glide’ time here, otherwise, we’re just scrapping living skin cells off our bodies with un-lubricated salt crystals. Very painful… Just trust me on this one.
The Essential Oils For DIY Body Scrubs
Now, this is a great recipe to throw some of your favorite essential oils into the mix. For this, I’ve chosen two delightful citrus aromas, lemon and orange.
Lemon is a wonderful cleanser and fights off microbial nastiness. Orange, however, encourages the growth of new skin cells, which should provide our skin with a youthful glow.
As with the carrier oils, you can substitute the essential oils for whatever you like most.
I like to use this in the shower, which is why I went for a more refreshing, zingy fragrance that gets me going in the morning. However, if floral notes are more your thing, I’ve also made this with Lavender essential oil, which works wonderfully.
How To Make Body Scrub For Silky Glowing Skin
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- 300 grams Dead Sea Salt
- 15 grams Sweet Almond Oil
- 55 grams Fractionated Coconut Oil
- 6 drops Lemon Essential Oil
- 6 drops Orange Essential Oil
- Cosmetic Jar (Glass, aluminimum or PET pastic )
Equipment
- Mixing Bowl (Glass, Aluminium or PET)
- Spoon or Spatula
Instructions
- Start by weighing out all of your ingredients. You can do this by using your digital scales. Then, add your dead sea salt to a large mixing bowl. It is best to use a glass bowl, as our essential oils will corrode an ordinary plastic bowl.300 grams Dead Sea Salt
- Then, go ahead and add both your almond and coconut oils. It’s important to make sure you’re using fractionated coconut oil, rather than your standard organic coconut oil.15 grams Sweet Almond Oil, 55 grams Fractionated Coconut Oil
- Now it’s time to add our essential oils! Go ahead and add your drops of Lemon and Orange into the mixing bowl.Now that all of our ingredients are in the bowl, we can give it a good stir, making sure they are all combined.If you like your diy body scrubs a little more or less wet, you can change the amount of liquid carrier oil. Try reducing or increasing your oils by 10g.6 drops Lemon Essential Oil, 6 drops Orange Essential Oil
- The body scrub is now almost done, the only thing to do now is spooning it into your chosen container and seal with a lid.I like to use this in the shower, which is quite effective at ridding yourself of any dead skin cells and grim all at the same time.Cosmetic Jar
While this is my favorite go-to recipe, I’ve made many different variations in the past, take a look at some other great recipes.
A Versatile Sea Salt Body Scrub Recipe
Kitchen Cupboard Body Scrubs
Important tip:
Some of the following recipes contain fresh ingredients. This means that you won’t be able to store them for any longer than a couple of days without the ingredients becoming affected.
So make sure you check each recipe for storage guidance before you begin.
It is possible to add preservatives to extend the storage life of your scrubs. Add 1 teaspoon of Wheat Germ Oil or 1 vitamin E capsule to it (unless of course you happen to be using wheat germ oil as your carrier oil) as the wheat germ oil and vitamin E are both natural preservatives.
DIY Sweet Sugar Body Scrub
Oatmeal is ideal for oily skin and can also help with dry skin. It’s also hypoallergenic so this recipe is ideal if you prefer a gentler scrub for your sensitive skin.
Ingredients:
The sugar scrub needs to be used within 48 hours.
- 2 tablespoons Granulated sugar
- 2 tablespoons Ground oats
- 2 tablespoons Aloe Vera Gel
- 1 tablespoon Honey
- 1 teaspoon Lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon Olive Oil
Method:
- Grind the oats in a food processor until they have a sandy consistency.
- Mix oats with the rest of the ingredients until they resemble a paste.
- Apply your scrub on moist skin after you’ve gently cleansed first.
- Rub gently into your skin using a circular motion and rinse off with warm water when you’re done.
- Use within 48 hours.
DIY Coffee Body Scrub
Ground coffee is able to help increase circulation beneath the skin layers, which can help to reduce cellulite.
Ingredients:
This recipe needs to be used within 48 hours.
- 2 tablespoons Coffee grounds
- 1 tablespoon Fine oatmeal
- 1 tablespoon Brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon Honey
- 1 tablespoon Sweet Almond Oil
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
Method:
- Mix all of the ingredients until they form a paste.
- Massage your scrub into your skin gently in a circular motion after you’ve cleansed.
- Rinse the mixture off with water and you should feel a light tingling sensation as your circulation increases.
- Use within 48 hours.
Moisturizing Body Scrub Recipe
While all scrubs have a moisturizing ingredient or two included in them, sometimes you might just want to feel pampered. This recipe will leave your skin feeling soft and smooth.
Ingredients:
This recipe needs to be used within 48 hours.
- 3 tablespoons baby oil
- 1 tablespoon yogurt
- 1 tablespoon granulated white sugar
Method:
- Mix ingredients together and massage all over your body in a gentle scrubbing motion.
- Rinse well with warm water.
- Remember that sugar will dissolve quite quickly so this recipe won’t last very long. Often it’s wise to make this one just before you get into the shower.
Wake Up Exfoliating Rub
With its refreshing and stimulating oils and gentle exfoliating ground rice, this therapeutic rub is the perfect choice for using first thing in the morning.
This scrub needs to be used within 24 hours.
Ingredients:
- 1 cup or a small container of plain yogurt
- 3 sprigs of fresh peppermint
- 2 sprigs of fresh spearmint
- 1 cup of ground rice
- 1 drop of Peppermint Essential Oil
Method:
- Place the yogurt, fresh peppermint and spearmint into a blender, and blend for a few minutes.
- Refrigerate overnight (or up to 24 hours but no longer) so that the yogurt becomes infused with the mints.
- Stir the rice into the minty yogurt mixture. Then using your hand, bristle brush or a loofah, rub the mixture over your body focussing on the rough skin areas.
- Rinse off in a warm shower.
- Use within 48 hours.
A Weekly Cleansing Scrub
Treat yourself once a week with this refreshing deep cleansing oatmeal scrub, the oatmeal helps break down the impurities in the skin whilst the sea salt lightly removes them from the skin’s surface.
Sea salt also contains beneficial minerals including calcium, iron and zinc that quickly absorb into the skin leaving your skin feeling nourished and silky smooth.
Ingredients:
This scrub needs to be used within 24 hours.
- 8 tablespoons Oatmeal
- 8 tablespoons Bran
- 2 teaspoons Sea salt
- 2 teaspoons Milk
Method:
- Combine the oatmeal, bran and sea salt.
- Add enough of the milk to make a paste that’s moist but not sticky.
- Then massage the mixture into the skin using your hands or a body brush, focussing on the rough skin areas.
- Rinse off in a warm shower.
- Needs to be made fresh each time.
Now you know how to make homemade body scrub, try our homemade face scrubs or a how to make homemade body wraps at home.
And please feel free to share this on Facebook and other social medias, because who doesn’t deserve a little at home spa treatment?
Good morning – If I substitute salt with sugar, does the measurment remain the same>
Hi Annemarie,
Yes you should be able to substitute like for like. If you find that you don’t have enough sugar and the whole thing is a little liquidy, you can add more to the final product before using.
Can you use epsom salt instead of sea salt? Whats the difference?
Hi, A!
You totally can use them instead and the difference is really where they come from. Dead sea salt tends to be more expensive as well. However, I have found epsom salts to generally be much coarser than dead sea salt, although you can buy finer grains. I think this is because epsom salts are usually used as bath salts, while dead sea salt is preferred for body scrubs. When you come to make your body scrub, if your epsom salts are rather coarse, I’d suggest grinding them down a bit with a pestle and mortar just so you’re only scraping off dead skin cells and not causing your skin any unnecessary damage.
Sugar is a great alternative as well, one that is waaaaay less expensive and more readily available than epsome and dead sea salts. It’s also much kinder to the skin, and I recommend it to anyone trying out DIY body scrubs for the first time.
I hope this helps!