Natural Homemade Body Scrub Recipes

There are so many benefits to be found when you make a homemade body scrub. They make wonderful homemade beauty gifts, they are great for exfoliating old skin cells, which leaves your skin feeling refreshed and silky smooth. And they are excellent for all skin types and can leave your skin with a soft glow when you’re done.

Along with being much cheaper than store bought, you’re also able to choose ingredients that you prefer and avoid those ingredients you might be allergic to. There are also much less preservatives in a DIY body scrub, so it’s better on the environment too!

Making A Homemade Body Scrub

The basis of all good body scrub recipes is to match a mildly abrasive base like sugar or salt with a moisturizing ingredient. It’s important to experiment with the level of abrasiveness that works for you.

A homemade body scrub can often be a little too harsh for the sensitive skin on your face. So if you want to exfoliate your facial skin try my homemade face scrubs and exfoliators.

While a milder grain like granulated sugar might be perfect for your legs or body, some people may prefer to use brown sugar as a base. Salt is often far harsher and so might be better suited for the tough skin on your heels or elbows.

For a simple scrub all you need is few spoons of organic carrier oil and a few drops of essential oil, there you have it a wonderful DIY body scrub. However, with a little practice, you will soon recognize how to make just about any scrub you want. And they do make terrific gifts.

A Luxury Body Scrub Gift

This has got to be one of the best homemade body scrub recipes I’ve ever used, plus it makes a great homemade gift idea. Although it’s a little indulgent on oils the balance of the oils are perfect for conditioning, soothing and deodorizing the skin.

The rosehip and sweet almond oil is incredibly nourishing and easily absorbed into the skin, and it smells absolutely gorgeous. This body scrub keeps well but you may want to protect the oils from day light to keep them from weakening; I usually keep mine in the bathroom cupboard for convenience.

Ingredients:

• 9 oz (250g) – Dead Sea salt
• 4 fl oz (125ml) – Sweet Almond Oil
• 1 teaspoon (5ml) – Rosehip Seed Oil
• 3 drops – Lime essential oil
• 3 drops – Orange essential oil
• 2 drops – Frankincense essential oil
• 1 drop – Clary Sage essential oil
• 1 drop – May chang essential oil
• 1 drop – Geranium essential oil
• Glass jars or pots with secure lids

Method:

1. Pop the sea salt into a bowl and mix in all the oils, and transfer into the jars.
2. Using a handful of the sea salt scrub, lightly rub over the body (you may want to do this whilst standing in the bath or shower) before rinsing of in a warm shower.

Sea Salt Body Scrub Gift

This body scrub recipe is quite abrasive. So, if you feel you need heavy exfoliating on toughened areas like the heels of your feet or dried out elbows, then this recipe is perfect for you.

Ingredients:

• 3 tablespoons Sea salt
• 1 tablespoon Baby oil
• 1 tablespoon Sweet Almond Oil
• 5 drops Apricot Essential oil

Method:

1. Mix ingredients together well in a bowl.
2. Massage gently into your skin using slow circular motions.
3. Rinse thoroughly in warm water.

This body scrub can be kept for weeks, so I usually makeup a lot more than the one application given. Its best stored in a glass jar with a secure lid and kept in a dark place to protect the essential oils.

Sweet Sugar Body Scrub Recipe

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 homemade body scrub for your sensitive skin.

Ingredients:

This recipe 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:

1. Grind the oats in a food processor until they have a sandy consistency.
2. Mix oats with the rest of the ingredients until they resemble a paste.
3. Apply your body scrub on moist skin after you’ve gently cleansed first.
4. Rub gently into your skin using a circular motion and rinse off with warm water when you’re done.
5. Use within 48 hours.

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 Ground coffee
• 1 tablespoon Fine oatmeal
• 1 tablespoon Brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon Honey
• 1 tablespoon Sweet Almond Oil
• 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract

Method:

1. Mix all of the ingredients until they form a paste.
2. Massage your homemade body scrub into your skin gently in a circular motion after you’ve cleansed.
3. Rinse the mixture off with water and you should feel a light tingling sensation as your circulation increases.
4. Use within 48 hours.

Moisturizing Body Scrub

While all body scrub recipes 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:

1. Mix ingredients together and massage all over your body in a gentle scrubbing motion.
2. Rinse well with warm water.
3. 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 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:

1. Place the yogurt, fresh peppermint and spearmint into a blender, and blend for a few minutes.
2. Refrigerate overnight (or up to 24 hours but no longer) so that the yogurt becomes infused with the mints.
3. Stir the rice into the minty yoghurt mixture. Then using your hand, bristle brush or a loofah, rub the mixture over your body focussing on the rough skin areas.
4. Rinse off in a warm shower.
5. 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 skins 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:

1. Combine the oatmeal, bran and sea salt.
2. Add enough of the milk to make a paste that’s moist but not sticky.
3. Then massage the mixture into the skin using your hands or a body brush, focussing on the rough skin areas.
4. Rinse off in a warm shower.
5. 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.