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Homemade Peppermint Sugar Scrub

By A Cultivated Nest Team

Now that it’s winter, it’s even more important to take care of your skin. The cold, dry air could easily leave it dull and rough. A great way to combat this is with a sugar scrub! Unfortunately, commercial sugar scrubs tend to be costly, and they often contain odd chemicals. Save money and clean your skin naturally with this Homemade Peppermint Sugar Scrub recipe!

Keep your skin healthy this winter with this homemade peppermint sugar scrub recipe! This make a wonderful homemade Christmas gift! It's frugal, too!

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While you could just make this for yourself, all you have to do is make a pretty lid and tag to turn this sugar scrub into a frugal Christmas gift!

Homemade Peppermint Sugar Scrub

Sugar Scrub Ingredients:

Homemade peppermint sugar scrub

2 cups white sugar
2/3 cup coconut oil
Red food coloring
Peppermint essential oil
Mason jar(s) with lid (fills 4 4oz jars, 2 1/2 pint jars or 1 full pint jar)
Scrap cardboard (an old cereal box would work)

Sugar Scrub Directions:

1. Pour white sugar into a medium sized mixing bowl.
2. Microwave coconut oil in microwave for 10 seconds at 50% power. Stir. Repeat twice, for a total of 30 seconds at 50% power.
3. Add coconut oil to sugar while stirring until desired consistency is reached.
4. Add a few drops of peppermint essential oil to the sugar mixture. Stir.
5. Split your sugar scrub mixture into two equal portions

Homemade peppermint sugar scrub

Homemade peppermint sugar scrub
6. Add 5 drops of red food color to one of the portions to make it pink. Stir.

Homemade peppermint sugar scrub
7. Measure your jar and cut the scrap cardboard to be equally wide. Cut one more piece of cardboard the same size, then cut it in half to make four strips. Stick the strips inside the jar. You will need to trim one side of the cardboard on an angle as the jars are not completely straight. Just do the best you can.

Homemade peppermint sugar scrub
8. Using the cardboard divider, alternate layers of the white and pink sugar to create the checkered look. I did one spoon (just a plain table spoon) of each color for each layer.
9. Gently remove the cardboard divider from the jar, tap lightly to settle, and cap!

Tag Materials:

Avery Key Tags – split ring
Papermate Flair pens in red and black
Red fabric (could be a scrap piece)
White embroidery floss

Tag Directions:

1. Remove the rings from the Avery tags.

Homemade peppermint sugar scrub
2. Cut the fabric all the way around, about 1″ bigger than the jar lid. Place cut fabric underneath the lid and screw the lid on.
3. Wrap the embroidery floss around the lid multiple times, then tie it off, leaving some extra to tie the tag on with. Attach the key tag for the label.
4. Using the red pen, draw a simple peppermint design on the tag.
5. Using the black pen, write “sugar scrub” on the tag.

Your homemade peppermint sugar scrub is ready to give as a lovely holiday gift!

Homemade peppermint sugar scrub

Want more DIY sugar scrubs?
Check out our 
DIY Sugar Scrubs eBook! It contains 18 budget-friendly and all-natural sugar scrub recipes that will revitalize your skin (and that make great gifts)!

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You may also be interested in:

DIY Peppermint Foot Soak

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Filed Under: DIY Projects, DIY Projects, Frugal Living, Tutorials Tagged With: body scrub, DIY, frugal, Frugal Christmas Gift Guide, frugal Christmas gifts, Homemade Beauty Products, Nesting Skills Series

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Comments

  1. Theresa H. Roach says

    November 6, 2015 at 6:01 am

    Beautiful! Love this idea! Have a blessed day dear friend, HUGS!

  2. Danielle says

    November 8, 2015 at 11:52 am

    love the idea of a natural foot scrub, especially this time of year when everything gets so dry. Great gift option, I’m pinning to try!

  3. Sherry says

    November 15, 2015 at 9:45 pm

    I’ve got to try this scrub! Thanks for linking up with us at Merry Monday.

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