Shea Butter & Rose Face Scrub

Learn how to make a rose face scrub recipe that exfoliates gently and reveals smooth, glowing skin. Natural, affordable, and perfect for any skin type.
Angela Wills - Savvy Homemade
by Angela Wills
Updated Oct 8, 2025
DIY rose face scrub
DIY rose face scrub

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Use this DIY rose face scrub once or twice a week to achieve the soft, glowing skin you deserve. It is gentle yet effective, helping to remove dry, flaky skin and leaving your face feeling smooth and refreshed.

The fine natural particles in this scrub provide mild exfoliation, helping to lift away dead skin cells without irritation.

Exfoliation is your skin’s natural renewal process. As new cells form, they push old ones to the surface, which eventually shed away. Moisturizing without removing this dead layer is often wasted effort, so using a gentle homemade exfoliating face scrub helps reveal the fresh skin beneath, ready to absorb moisture and nourishment.

creamy homemade face scrub

After using this rose face scrub, you should notice smaller pores, smoother texture, and a healthy, radiant glow. It is all-natural, customizable for your skin type, and so affordable that you can use it liberally without guilt.

The Shea Butter & Rose Face Scrub

  • This face scrub is made using an oil and water emulsion where the emulsifying wax helps to combine oil and water which usually separates when mixing together.
  • If you have sensitive skin limit your use to once every two weeks, for dry and normal skin types use it once per week and for oily skin use it twice per week.
  • Your choice for a mild exfoliate is flexible here depending on what you enjoy, I used cranberry seeds but you can use other things like poppy seeds,  jojoba beads, crushed almond shells, bamboo powder, oatmeal, sugar etc. You also have the option of using more for harder scrub or less for a gentler scrub.
  • All of the face scrubs will keep for up to 12 months as long as you are using the preservative.
DIY rose face scrub

Shea Butter & Rose Face Scrub Recipe

Use this rose face scrub recipe once or twice per week, it's very gentle and you'll achieve a lovely soft glow by gently removing any dry, flaky skin.
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Prep Time: 5 minutes
Active Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 20 minutes
Yield: 100 grams
Author: Angela Wills

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Ingredients

Instructions

  • Gather all of your ingredients for the face scrub
    Ingredients for a homemade face scrub recipe
  • Use your digital scales to weigh the oils and wax then put them into a heatproof bowl.
    15 g Shea Butter, 20 g Apricot Kernel Oil, 15 g Emulsifying Wax NF
    Weigh oils & wax for making a face scrub
  • Weigh the water, glycerine and preservative and place in another heatproof bowl. You will need a small digital scale to accurately measure 1 gram of preservative.
    35 g Rose Hydrosol, 10 g Glycerine, 1 g Preservative
    Weigh the water, glycerine, and preservative
  • So, you should now have two jugs containing your seperate ingredients.
    seperate jugs making homemade face scrub
  • Then stand both bowls in a pan of water, I didn't want to place the bowls directly on my pan base so I used two small metal tart tins.
    Then stand both bowls in a pan of water
  • With hindsight, one larger tin would probably be better (if you have the correct size), but either way be sure that your bowls are standing firmly and stable as the water simmers.
    be sure that your bowls are standing firmly and stable as the water simmers
  • Stir the oils & wax gently until it has all melted. If you are using a preservative make sure the water/glycerine/preservative mix temperature does not exceed the recommended level usually around 65C (check the product instructions).
    Remove both bowls from the heat and combine them by pouring the water/glycerine mixture into the oil/wax mixture.
    combine the water & glycerine mixture into the oil mixture
  • Stir the mixture for 4 minutes (more if required).
    Leave the mixture to stand for a minute then stir again, repeat this until it cools down. If you see any separation place it back on the heat and stir harder until it combines again.
    stir water glycerine and oil mixture
  • Once it cools to lukewarm & thickens add the essential oils, and continue stirring for a few minutes more or until thoroughly combined.
    10 drops Rosemary Essential Oil
    stir water glycerine and oil mixture
  • Allow to cool, then add your exfoliating ingredients.
    5 g Cranberry seeds
    Add face scrub exfoliating ingredients
  • Stir in the exfoliating ingredients.
    stir in the face scrub exfoliating ingredients
  • Place in your jar or container but wait until completely cool before placing the lid on to avoid condensation.
    1 Cosmetic Jar
    DIY rose face scrub

Notes

The shelf life on this face scrub is around 4 weeks, or 12 months if you are using the optional preservative
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How To Use This Face Scrub

  1. The best way to use this is the same as using a face wash, apply it directly to the face. Gently massage in small circles paying attention to the sides of the nose, chin and forehead.
  2. Thoroughly rinse it off with water before using your homemade tonermoisturizer.
  3. As a general rule if you have oily skin use one of these scrubs twice per week, if you have dry skin use it once every two weeks.
  4. The shelf life for my face scrub recipes is around 4 weeks, or 12 months if you are using the preservative.

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Angela is the founder and driving force behind Savvy Homemade. With over fifteen years experience in DIY home crafts, and a Diploma in skincare formulation, Angela brings a wealth of knowledge and dedication to every post she writes. She is fearlessly dedicated to creating tried, tested recipes & products that will work for everyone, and she infuses each DIY product with her passion and expertise.

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Hi, I’m Angela Wills, founder of SavvyHomemade.com. For two decades I’ve been creating natural skincare, soaps, and DIY recipes that are easy, affordable, and fun to make. My mission is to help you craft products you’ll love – straight from your own home.

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