Sweet and Clean

Need a fresh start to your week?  How about a wonderful and simple sugar scrub you can make in a snap that will give your skin a lovely, healthy glow!

We are used to seeing salt scrubs that smooth our skin and remove dead cells.  The only thing we like better than a good salt scrub is a great sugar scrub.  If you like natural beauty aids, you are going to love these.

The skin is the body’s largest organ and absorbs into your system anything you put on it.   A good rule in choosing skin care is not to put anything on your skin that you wouldn’t put in your mouth.  These sweet scrubs could double as dessert.  You are going to love the way they feel and the way you feel after you use them.  Try any one or all of these and enjoy abundant living 🙂

Basic Sugar Body Scrub

The basic scrub is just sugar and oil.  Our favorite is coconut oil because there are so many wonderful benefits to coconut oil besides it’s wonderful tropical smell!

1/2 to 3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup coconut oil
finely grated rind of 1 orange (optional)

Combine and store in a clean glass jar.

Strawberry Sugar Scrub*

1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup coconut oil
1 pkg. freeze dried strawberries (Trader Joes is a good source for these)

Combine in a food processor until well mixed and then store in a clean glass jar.
*( This is the scrub pictured above)

Brown Sugar Scrub

1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup coconut oil
1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Combine and store in a clean glass jar.

Put just as much of any of these scrubs as you can hold easily in the palm of your hand, and gently massage the exfoliating scrub all over your body and face before you shower. Rinse with warm water. Repeat once a week or twice a month.