This honey vanilla sugar scrub will soften and moisturize your skin instantly! Whip up a batch of body polish for your own at-home spa night, or make it to give as a DIY gift.
Our Wellness Wednesday theme for November is safe skincare. Previous posts this month were Is Your Skincare Safe Enough to Eat? and Top 5 Ingredients to Avoid in Skincare Products.
I have an early Christmas present for you today. There is some assembly required, but not too much(:
Treat yourself to this deliciously luxuriant sugar scrub the next time you take a bath! The ingredients are safe, and it only takes a few minutes to mix up a batch. Baths are a lost art, but adding a bit of [easy] luxury like this will make you want to take them more often.
Want to create a special stocking stuffer for your mother or sister? Make extra batches of this body polish, mound it into jars, and tie a creamy-coloured ribbon around each.
When using, scoop the polish with your fingers and apply to wet or dry skin in gentle, circular motions. This will exfoliate your skin and work in the moisturizing honey and oil. The skin on your face is very delicate, so avoid using this product there, although it’s fine to use it as a lip polish.
Enjoy!
Moisturizing Honey Vanilla Body Polish
Treat yourself to this deliciously luxuriant sugar scrub the next time you take a bath! The ingredients are safe, and it only takes a few minutes to make.
Ingredients
- 1 cup white sugar
- 1/4 cup honey
- 2 tsp jojoba oil
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients in a small bowl. Store mixture in a jar or airtight container. For use, apply all over wet or dry skin (except the face), rubbing gently with a circular motion. Let sit for a few minutes, then rinse off.
Recipe Notes
Honey Almond Variation: Substitute almond extract for vanilla, and use sweet almond oil in place of jojoba.
You can purchase jojoba oil and almond oil online!
If you enjoyed this recipe, you might also like to try some Strawberry Lemonade Foot Scrub!
[email protected] says
November 20, 2013 at 9:23 amOooh…. That Body Polish sounds delightful!
As always, thanks for hosting this link-up! This week I’m sharing my husband’s coffee recipe… Mmmm coffee… This recipe, aside from being delicious, is full of things designed to make you *more* healthy… as opposed to the coffee shop kind, which will make you *less* healthy!
Elsie says
December 7, 2013 at 12:18 pmI love coffee!!
Marianne @ Ragdoll Kitchen says
November 20, 2013 at 12:24 pmYour body polish sounds divine! That goes on my must-make-immediately list 🙂
Thank you so much for hosting. There are always so many great links here!
I brought my Creamy Dreamy Chocolate “Milkshake”. It’s made with pumpkin puree, banana, cucumber , and more….
Elsie says
December 7, 2013 at 12:17 pmThat sounds really interesting!
Erica @ Edible Attitudes says
November 20, 2013 at 6:02 pmThanks for hosting! This week I shared my post, “True Friends DON’T Care?”. The idea is that you shouldn’t care about what others think of you based on your diet and that the people who are truly important shouldn’t judge you because of it. Can’t wait to try some of these recipes! Have a great week!
https://edibleattitudes.com/2013/11/18/true-friends-dont-care/
Elsie says
December 7, 2013 at 12:16 pmThanks, Erica! I read your article–it was great!
carrie says
May 28, 2015 at 6:11 pmThis will make a fun “spa party” favor for my daughter’s 13th birthday slumber party. thanks for the recipe! ;0
Elsie says
June 24, 2015 at 1:48 pmAwesome! Good idea!
jo says
June 21, 2015 at 8:39 amHow long does this stay good ?
Elsie says
June 24, 2015 at 1:46 pmI’m not exactly sure, but it lasted quite a while for me! (A few weeks, I think?) Since it’s summer, though, you might want to store it in the fridge so that ants don’t get it!
Raquel says
November 19, 2015 at 11:23 amI tried a similar recipe, using a fine sugar (caster sugar) since I needed it to be sensitive on the face. Anyway- the product ended up being very clumpy and the oil and honey settled to the bottom of the jar. Does that happen with this recipe?
Thanks!
Elsie says
November 26, 2015 at 10:26 pmNo, that hasn’t happened to me. I am not familiar with using caster sugar, though! My only suggestion would be to use more of the caster sugar, or less of the honey/oil, and add it gradually.