Goodbye Dry Skin, Hello Glow!
It’s DIY Friday! once again (boy how time flies) - this week I’ve concocted a lovely, easy to make body scrub that will leave your skin soft, smooth, and smelling like the tropics – yummy.
Exfoliating your skin every now and then is a great way to keep it looking and feeling its best. When you slough off those dead skin cells, along with any excess oil or dirt, you’re helping to keep your pores clean, clear, and clog-free – and that can mean fewer breakouts.
The ingredients for this body scrub are probably items you already have in your kitchen pantry, and if not, you can easily purchase them from your local grocery or health food store.
Here’s what you’ll need:
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup virgin coconut oil (I use organic virgin coconut oil from Whole Foods – $6.99. The virgin coconut oil retains its lovely coconut scent since it is unrefined, whereas refined coconut oil has no more scent to it.) If the oil has solidified, simply put it into a pan with some warm water and allow it to sit for a few minutes until it becomes liquefied once again.
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Glass jar with lid to hold your body scrub (I used an empty 12 ounce jar from Whole Foods that once contained some vegan stuffed grape leaves. I love the jar’s shape.)
First, add the brown sugar to your glass jar.
Next, add the coconut oil to the brown sugar and stir until thoroughly combined. Add a little more oil if necessary to achieve your desired texture.
Finally, add in the vanilla extract and mix well.
Now go light some candles or incense (or both), hop into the shower and scrub-a-dub-dub. Just remember to be gentle when using any body scrub on your skin – you don’t want to cause any damage – and don’t over exfoliate either. Depending on your skin type, exfoliating once a week should suffice.
Enjoy! 
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Michelle
I'm a lover of life and all things natural and organic. I love practicing yoga, making healthy foods, nature photography, DIY projects, making homemade beauty treats, and creating handmade jewelry. I'm passionate about a lot of things and write about them here on my blog. Peace, social justice, good food, green beauty, sustainable living - you name it, I care about it. Thanks for taking the time to visit me. Peace. ;)
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We have been using Virgin Coconut oil since the 27th Feb 2012. I haven’t used any butter or margarine or oil for cooking and baking since .It even makes cakes nice and fluffy. Its also suppose to help with Alzheimer.I will start using it as a moisturizer as well ,because I have very dry and fair skin.
The only problem is ; its not so easy to find . Thank you so very much .
Sincerely Inga
My scrub has been at room temperature since I made it and still solidified.
Did you ever find a way to fix the solidifying problem? Also, was your scrub stored in the fridge? I want to make a scrub to give as gifts and also want to prevent the ingredients from solidifying and separating if possible! I made this once before with olive oil and had the same problem but I refrigerated it which I later read you don’t have to do. Thanks to anyone else who has tips!
Can i use coconut essence instead of virgin coconut oil? I live in Shanghai, China and I don’t know where to get it here…THANKS!
i made a very very similar recipe before i found this one and when i put them in glass jars to give as gifts after a few hours i noticed the coconut oil is solidified again. it makes the jar look cloudy and very hard to get the scrub out. any suggestions how to fix it? thanks.
Oh man, I was just on Crunchy Betty and found you. I just bought a jar of coconut oil and I’m finding uses for it everywhere. I’m so happy!
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Hi there! Love the idea for this scrub…does it need to be kept in the fridge? Thank you!
Hi Mhairi,
If there is anything left over it should be refrigerated and should be used within a few days. The coconut oil will solidify a bit because of the cold, but will quickly melt once it’s been out of the fridge as long as the room temperature isn’t too cold.
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Stopping by from SITS and so glad I did! This is awesome-I will try it!
Thanks for stopping by. I really like this scrub, after using it in the shower there’s no need to moisturize when you get out.