DIY Moisturizing Sugar Scrub

Does your dry winter skin need a boost?  If so you need to try this easy DIY Moisturizing Sugar Scrub. It's time to slough off that dry flaky skin and polish it with nourishing olive oil.

Here is what you will need:

2C Sugar
2/3C Olive Oil
8-10 drops Food Coloring or 1/8 tsp Mica Powder
1/2 tsp Fragrance Oil or 10-15 drops Essential Oil

Yup, that's it!  Just four simple ingredients. There are tons of possible sugar scrub variations but this is the basic recipe.

Put sugar into metal or glass bowl. (Plastic or silicone bowls will hold fragrances.) break up any large clumps with a large mixing spoon. Small clumps will break up once oil is added. If you are using mica powder as your coloring add it to the dry sugar and mix thoroughly. If you are using liquid food coloring, add that with your oil and fragrance.

Next add your olive oil, fragrance, and liquid food color.  Then....MIX MIX MIX!!  You will notice the small clumps start to break up. Any remaining small clumps will fall apart once the mixture rests.

Spoon the sugar scrub mixture into a decorative glass jar for gift giving, or small plastic containers to share with friends or family.

Use on dry winter chapped hands, or all over in the shower for silky smooth skin.

Need smooth skin and an early morning pick me up?  Try a Coffee Sugar Scrub. Substitute half the sugar for dry coffee grounds. Add ground cinnamon and vanilla or hazelnut extract as your fragrance. Rumor has it that the caffeine in coffee scrubs might even help shrink cellulite. I don't know if that's true or not, but if it does.....BONUS!!!

Want a sugar scrub that cleans as it exfoliates and moisturizes?  Add a few ounces of Melt and Pour soap into your olive oil, heat until completely melted and follow the original recipe.

Love the smell of fresh baked Pumpkin Pie? Substitute 1 cup of sugar with brown sugar and add pumpkin pie spice as your fragrance.

The variations are endless.