DIY all-natural lavender & lemon sugar scrub
Body DIY DIY Skincare & Beauty Natural DIY
October 9, 2014
My skin does not like the changing seasons.
Uh uh, no way. It gets all irritable and cranky and begs for me to scratch it furiously.
So I need to give it a little extra attention to calm it down.
This DIY all-natural lavender and lemon sugar scrub is the perfect antidote.
The sugar exfoliates the skin, sloughing off dead cells (sugar contains naturally occurring glycolic acid which dissolves old dead skin) while the sweet almond oil moisturizes. Plus lavender helps soothe chapped skin.
Ingredients
- 1 cup organic granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup organic sweet almond oil
- 25 drops lavender essential oil
- 10 drops lemon essential oil
Directions
Stir together all ingredients. Ta-da! That’s it.
I suggest scooping out a bit of the scrub prior to hopping in the shower — getting water in the scrub could cause mold growth.
Hey! Your skin sounds like mine – I have the skin-type version of hayfever so to speak, so whenever there’s pollen in the air my legs get super itchy. Do you think this scrub would help for that as well? I’m not that afraid of using corticosteroid ointments (it would be a different matter if I had to eat it hehe) but the problem is you have to use it religiously once you get symptoms which I am not good at.
You could use anything you want or just leave it out!
What EO would go well in place of the lemon?
No, my body. I use baking soda for my face – it’s much more fine.
Do you use this on your face?
-Thanks
Can you substitute the almond oil for a different oil like coconut oil?
Great question! I likely wouldn’t use this in the morning in the summer. But it’s winter and since my body’s covered I’m not concerned.
Of course, you can sub any preferred EO for lemon – or just leave it out all together!
Do we need to worry about the phototoxicity of the lemon EO?
Where did you get the containers?
If you don’t get any water in there, it should be good for awhile (months)!
This is great! How long of a shelf life do you think this would have?
This sounds amazing! How long do you think the mixture will last for, before going off?