I consider myself an exfoliation aficionado *ahem*. I love body polishes, diy body scrubs, facial exfoliator and dry brushes. I think it’s so good for skin to be scrubbed down plus it feels really refreshing. A good body scrub needs to not melt away immediately when you try to scrub it on your bod (I hate that, such a waste). I also like healthy oils to be included, so your skin is super soft and silky when the scrub is rinsed off. I was doing some recipe testing with different essential oils during the kid’s naptime, and came up with this delicious clementine and coconut body scrub. I love how this smells, plus it left my skin super soft!
Clementine + Coconut Body Polish
Ingredients
1/3 cup brown sugar
1/3 cup white sugar
3 tb cup coconut oil, melted
1-2 tsp coconut flakes
1 clementine, zested
**optional** citrus essential oil
Directions
Mix the sugars in a small bowl, and add melted coconut oil. Mix well. Sprinkle in coconut flakes and clementine zest (you could also squeeze the juice of a clementine segment in) and if you have citrus essential oil, add in 4-5 drops. Mix well and scoop into an airtight container.
To use, scoop out a bit with your fingers, and scrub in circular motions on your skin in the shower. It will rinse off and leave a coconut oil sheen, moisturizing your skin and leaving it really soft and silky. This stuff is so bomb, I love it! Let me know below if you make it and share on instagram! Tag me in any pictures you post of your diy body scrub 🙂
** note ** This is specific for a body scrub because of the white sugar, the white sugar is too gritty to use on your face and can cause tiny micro tears because of it (micro-tears = wrinkles). If you want to make this a facial scrub, just use all brown sugar. It’s much softer and gentler on the skin and is great to use on the face.
Thanks for reading ~ Meg
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4 Comments
I love adding coconut oil to scrubs 🙂 It leaves skin so, so soft plus is great for soothing irritated skin as well – hope you enjoy!
Awesome! Thanks so much for sharing 🙂 This scrub smells so good – I hope your mom loves it too!
I have to share this with my mom this is her favorite thing to do is make body scrubs and gift them over Christmas saving this to my Pinterest thanks for sharing!
I have some coconut oil I need to use up, thus sounds a great way to use it