Make It Yourself: Coconut Vanilla Brown Sugar Body Scrub

Though I make lots of food items at home (as well as household cleaner), I haven’t quite immersed myself in the DIY beauty product world… yet. Pinterest often features delicious body scrubs that look good enough to eat, and a friend’s birthday party was the perfect occasion to try my hand at making my own.

After I whipped up a batch for her, I couldn’t help but make another one for me. It smelled heavenly!

And my-oh-my was it easy. Crafting the label took the most time. If you’re just putting together this luxurious sugar scrub for yourself, the whole process should take less than five minutes! Though it’s in the name, you do not have to use brown sugar. I made my scrub with half natural brown sugar (the kind with the crystals, not the soft American stuff) and half white sugar since it was more cost effective.

Also, if you don’t want to (or can’t) use coconut oil, olive oil works just as well. But, of course, you won’t have that sultry coconut smell, so I highly encourage you to go coconut if you can!

Coconut Vanilla Brown Sugar Body Scrub

1/2 cup sugar (natural, brown, or white)
1/4 cup coconut oil, melted or softened (or olive oil)
1 tsp pure vanilla extract

In a small bowl, mix the vanilla and the coconut oil, stirring vigorously to incorporate the liquid into the fat. Pour in the sugar, and stir until combined. Let the mixture rest for an hour uncovered to allow the alcohol in the extract to evaporate (you want the scrub to smell like a tropical paradise, not booze). Store in a glass jar with a screw-top lid.