Guest post from of Stacy of A Delightful Home
Sugar scrubs are one of my favorite homemade gifts to give because even though they are so simple to make, they still convey thoughtfulness and care.
Making sugar scrub is quick and easy — measure the ingredients, stir to combine, and you are good to go! It will probably take longer to label the jar than it will to make the scrub. Plus, sugar scrub recipes are easy to double, triple, or quadruple so you can make gifts for a lot of people in just a few minutes.
The following recipe creates a sugar scrub that smells just like the holidays. It is a treat for tired hands and feet and would be a wonderful gift on any occasion.
Recipe for Holiday Spice Sugar Scrub
This scrub has a lovely, warm scent that is reminiscent of the holiday season. It smells so good you’ll want to eat it!
Ingredients
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon ground all spice
- ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/3 cup oil (olive, sweet almond, or walnut oil)
Optional extra: ⅛ teaspoon ground cardamom
Method
Place sugar and spices in a clean bowl.
Add oil and stir to combine.
If you would prefer a runnier consistency, add extra oil, one teaspoon at a time, until the scrub is to your liking. Just remember that the scrub needs to hold together and not slide right off your hand.
Spoon scrub into a clean jar and label.
Scrub will store for six months.
To Use:
Apply scrub to damp skin using circular motions. Wash off with warm water and follow with moisturizer.
Cautions:
Do not use scrubs on cuts or sunburned or windburned skin. This scrub is intended for use as body scrub, not to be used on the face,
This Holiday Spice Sugar Scrub recipe is from my eBook, Simple Scrubs to Make and Give, a comprehensive guide to making all-natural, gift-worthy body scrubs. Use the code: MSM to get 50% off my ebook through December 18, 2012 or purchase it on Amazon for $1.99.
You might also enjoy one of my other favorite sugar scrub recipes: Lemon-Lime Sugar Scrub.
Stacy is a homeschooling mom to three kids and wife to a preacher. She has a slight obsession with all things homemade, and especially enjoys making her own skin care products. Stacy believes home is where hearts are shaped for eternity. She encourages mothers along the journey and shares lots of natural living tips at A Delightful Home.
Other posts in the A Handmade Christmas series
- A Handmade Christmas: Beaded Safety Pin Bracelet
- A Handmade Christmas: Magnetic Paper Dolls Tin
- A Handmade Christmas: Box of Teacher Goodies
- Holiday Spice Sugar Scrub
- A Handmade Christmas: Salt Dough Ornaments
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Love this post, Stacy (and Crystal)!! I am using your book to make almost all my Christmas gifts this year for the ladies in my family (and my hubby’s teacher co-workers and some neighbors)! This particular recipe is on my list to make because I always have the ingredients on hand! Thanks for sharing!
That’s great, Erin! I’m so glad you are using the book. Your family we enjoy those gifts, I’m sure
Thanks for this, Stacy! Now THIS is something I could see myself doing when I have some time off work. I love love love the holiday scents (sign me up for christmas tree scents and cinnamon any day). And I think I have most of these ingredients around the kitchen somewhere – always a plus.
I hope you will give it a try, Elizabeth! It really is easy and doesn’t take much time at all.
I don’t think this delicious scrub would make it past my mouth
Ha, ha, Shannon! My daughter did snag a bite of one of my scrubs once
Thankfully all the ingredients are edible.
This sounds wonderful! Does this need to be refrigerated or will it keep at room temp for 6 mos? Thanks!
It will keep at room temp.
Homemade scrubs are wonderful but please be careful. When you are using a product that is going to have water introduced to it even it’s not part of the ingredients (and scrubs will, with wet hands, from the shower water, etc) bacteria can become an issue if you’re not using a preservative. You can’t always see or smell the bacteria that is brewing in your product like you can when it goes rancid or grows mold. I had a business making and selling these types or products for several years and any product that is made to be applied to the skin needs to be well researched and safely formulated before giving away (or selling).
Does this recipe make enough to fill a 1/2 pint mason jar like pictured?
I just made a batch with my children. It’s a keeper! I’ll be keeping this bath and making a huge batch for friends and neighbors. Thank you for sharing!
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