Healing Yourself Naturally’s Heavenly Sugar Scrub
September 1, 2007
Lisa Of Lisa C Writes asked me if I knew of any good sugar scrubs. Of course I do! I have lots of sugar scrub recipes and I use many of them in my natural product line. Over the next few posts I’ll be sharing natural healing recipes that will not only exfoliate your skin but it will leave it buttery soft.Scrubs are an effective way to exfoliate your skin and I use them often in my skin care regimen. They smell good because of the essential oils that I add to the ingredients. I prefer using sugar because it contains glycolic acid. Glycolic Acid is one of the natural alpha hydroxy acids that aids in exfoliating your skin.
An added bonus is the sugar melts without leaving a sticky residue. I love sugar scrubs. They leave my skin baby soft. Why spend a lot of money on an expensive all natural scrub when you can make your own at home? I would recommend this for everyone (yes males shouldn’t be left out.)
Several years ago when I first started making my homemade sugar scrubs I noticed that my skin would get blotchy in a few places. I think I might have scrubbed too hard or perhaps it was a reaction from my skin being so clean. To be on the safe side do a patch test.
Items Needed That You Might Not Have At Home
- 1 glass or plastic jar
- Almond Oil
- Organic Sucanet Sugar or brown sugar
- Ylang Ylang essential oil (optional)
- Lavender essential oil (optional)
Healing Yourself Naturally’s Heavenly Sugar Scrub
- 3/4 cup organic sucanet (you could use brown sugar)
- 1/4 - 1/2 cup almond oil
- 5 drops of ylang ylang essential oil
- 3 drops of lavender essential oil
If your skin is sunburned or irritated do not exfoliate your skin! When you apply the scrub to your skin avoid cuts or sensitive areas.
Application
- Massage gently onto skin (I use my hands but you can use a shower glove or loofah)
- Let sit on skin for 3-5 minutes
- Rinse
- Enjoy your baby soft skin
If you think, you need some extra moisturizer apply body lotion or body oil to your skin.
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Hi Opal,
Thank you for sharing your sugar scrub recipe. I have been looking into coffee scrubs and found recipes for fresh grounds and used grounds, do you think it makes a difference? As for salt scrubs, a woman at the mall begged me to let her test her dead sea salt scrub on my inner forearm, and 3 years later I still have a patch of tiny bumps on my sensitive skin! So I will try your sugar scrub recipe but do a skin patch test first.
Nice simple recipe! No reason why anyone shouldn’t be able to make it at home. Essential oils are powerful, concentrated natural oils and some people might be sensitive to them so I have to echo Opals recommendation that the skin patch test is a MUST if you’re not sure. Thanks for sharing this “recipe” Opal! I now have another use for my Sucanat!
HawaiiVacationGifts,
No difference of course the coffee grounds won’t melt but it’s still a great way to exfoliate the skin! I don’t do well with certain sea salts either.
teeni,
Yes, I’m trying to keep them simple. The ones in my product line are usually more elaborate but this one is simple and gets the job done!
Patch tests are imperative. I still do patch tests when trying new products just because a product is natural does not mean it’s always safe.
Thanks Opal! I’m going to get all of the ingredients this weekend and let you know how it goes. If all goes well, how often can I use it? I know with some it’s safe to use everyday but with others only 3-4 times per week.
Cool! I will have to try this.
I was surprised when I visited the site at first…totally different…making changes???
Lisa C,
You’re more than welcome.
I don’t use this daily perhaps three - four times weekly. It depends on your skin type.
Harmonia,
Please let me know how you like it and yes you caught me. I’ll have a brand new look very soon.
Opal, Thanks for the recipe to make the sugar scrub - Hope I get these ingredients from the whole food store….
This is the first time that I hear about sugar scrubs that help your skin because from my personal knowledge I know that sugar doesn’t help your metabolism that much.