Do you love a good body scrub? If so, why not make your own and save yourself a few pounds in the process! I am a complete convert to DIY body scrubs, they are easy to make and don’t include all the sketchy ingredients in some store bought body care products.
To get you started I’ve put together some of my favourite DIY body scrub recipes. A homemade body scrub is not only good for your skin, they also make great DIY gifts! Just fill up a pretty jar, add a label or gift tag and you have the perfect pampering gift.
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15 Best body scrub recipes:
Mermaid Sugar Scrub
We all secretly want to feel like Ariel from The Little Mermaid sometimes. This coconut-scented DIY Mermaid Sugar Scrub recipe will leave you feeling like a mermaid, even if you aren’t anywhere near the ocean!
THE SOCCER MOM BLOG
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Lemon and Lavender
Revitalise your hands with this simple DIY hand scrub that smells amazing! This fabulous homemade hand scrub is great for gardeners as well as its great for removing odours from hands too!
EASY PEASY CREATIVE
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Cucumber and Mint Sugar Scrub
This is one of my favourite body scrub recipes, It smells divine and is so refreshing! The perfect early morning body scrub!
OUTNUMBERED 3 TO 1
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Vanilla and Brown Sugar Scrub
This all-natural Vanilla Brown Sugar Scrub recipe smells good enough to eat plus it’s super easy to make! It can soften and exfoliate your entire body. A simply perfect homemade beauty DIY made with coconut oil!
SUBURBAN SIMPLICITY
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Sea Salt Sugar Scrub
Revive dry, dull skin with an easy homemade sea salt scrub! This natural DIY salt scrub recipe with is exfoliating, detoxifying and nourishing at the same time. Hydrating coconut oil and shea butter provide moisturisation, while a blend of revitalising essential oils tones and tightens your skin.
COUNTRY HILL COTTAGE
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Birthday Cake Sugar Scrub
What a perfect birthday gift for anyone! Adults and kids will love getting this sweet smelling self care sugar scrub for their birthday.
EVERYDAY LAURA
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Whipped Coffee scrub
This easy homemade recipe boasts many body benefits that help to protect, nourish and exfoliate your skin keeping it healthy, smooth and radiant.
GREEN AND BARE
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Peppermint Sugar Scrub
With coconut oil and essential oils, this easy 4-ingredient peppermint sugar scrub will gently exfoliate tired, dry skin, leaving it soft and smooth.
LIVING WELL MOM
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Activated Charcoal Salt Scrub
This DIY activated charcoal salt scrub recipe uses sea salt, coconut oil and essential oils to help smooth, cleanse and nourish skin.
HAPPY MOTHERING
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Cotton Candy Lip Scrub
This Cotton Candy Sugar Lip Scrub smells delicious and is the perfect scrub to get cracked lips all silky smooth again!
SCATTERED THOUGHTS OF A CRAFTY MUM
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Lemongrass and Chamomile Foot Scrub
After a long day at work, after shopping, or just because you need a little pampering, this foot scrub is a much needed treat for your feet! Natural ingredients will leave your feet soft, moisturized, and re-energized.
A CULTIVATED NEST
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Rose Sugar Scrub Bars
These DIY Exfoliating Sugar Scrub bars with rose petals are easy to make and they do wonders for rough and dry skin. Infused with rose petals and beetroot powder they cleanse, exfoliate, nourish and moisturize, leaving the skin smooth and hydrated.
SIMPLY BEYOND HERBS
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Orange and Mint Sugar Scrub
The perfect mix of citrus with a hint of peppermint. This sugar scrub is the perfect way to get smooth, silky skin any time of the day!
A BLISSFUL NEST
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Vanilla and Honey Lip Scrub
It’s a lip-smacking combination of honey, white chocolate, vanilla, and tangerine essential oil. It smells delicious and tastes amazing!
ONE ESSENTIAL COMMUNITY
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Lemon Sugar Scrub Cubes
This lemon sugar scrub recipe is made into cubes making gift-giving easier or just making less of a mess when you need a good exfoliating pampering. It’s one of my favourite DIY body scrub recipes of all time!
RUFFLES AND RAIN BOOTS
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So there you have it, 15 of my favourite body scrub recipes. I hope some of these ideas have inspired you. If so, let me know in the comments below.
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Wow Louise, what a great list! So many of these look so amazing! I made a sugar scrub from a recipe I found on a blog once, and their was so much coconut oil in it that it made my tub quite slippery and great for quite awhile after! ? Are there any of these that you could recommend that are not so oily?
Hi Clarissa, yeah unfortunately most DIY body scrubs do have a fair amount of oil in them as this is what gives you the silky soft skin. However you could reduce the amount of oil you use and make the scrub a drier consistency. Try half of what the recipe says and see how it looks, you can always add more if the consistency is too dry. If you don’t fancy that then I recommend making the sugar scrub bars or cubes! Let me know how you get on ?