We have been on a DIY Beauty kick lately! I love these easy to make recipes at home that also work wonders. It is also something somewhat inexpensive that my daughter and I can enjoy together. This Lemon Sugar Hand Scrub not only smells delicious, it will work wonders on softening your hands!
With spring coming up, I do quite a bit of gardening. This can be rough on your hands. With this easy to make hand scrub, you can help defeat those rough areas on your hands and help to keep them soft. You will need just a few simple ingredients including sugar, Epsom salts, your favorite essential oil, and almond oil.
For our recipe, we used Lemon Essential Oil but you can use your favorite essential oil variety – lavender, peppermint, grapefruit, lime…the possibilities are almost limitless. I personally used to buy all of my essential oils from a MLM but I really like the NOW oils and they are easier and quite a bit cheaper to purchase. I was able to pick up my almond oil at Meijer but if you don’t want to search, you can buy some on Amazon for a decent price.
For jars, I have used Talenti empty gelato containers for my own home use but you can find cute jars about anywhere if you want to make it pretty or give as a gift. I do like these jars with the hinged lids for gifts. You can also find plastic containers to buy as well, which would save a significant amount of money.
Lemon Sugar Hand Scrub
This Lemon Sugar Hand Scrub would also make a great gift. We have made up a graphic that you can print out on labels or on white paper to attach to your jar.
Lemon Sugar Hand Scrub
- Yield: 8 ounces 1x
Description
Lemon Sugar Hand Scrub is super simple recipe that smells delicious and will leave your hands feeling super soft!
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup Epsom salts
- 6 drops lemon essential oil
- 3 tablespoons almond oil
Instructions
- Stir all the ingredients together until well mix.
- Store in a air tight container.
- To use, wash your hands and then massage a teaspoon or two of the scrub all over your hands. Rinse with warm water. Pat hands dry.
Love this post! I’m always looking for new ways to use oils. Thanks so much for sharing at #HomeMattersParty. Hope you’ll join us again.
Sounds great! I live the fresh smell of lemon for hand scrubs.
Hey, thanks so much for bringing this post over to the Weekend Blog Hop on My Flagstaff Home!
Jennifer
I live in such a dry climate! My hands are always rough and it’s worse with gardening. Thanks so much for this.
By the way, I’d love to invite you post on my new blog hop—the Weekend Blog Hop at My Flagstaff Home (www.myflagstaffhome.com). It begins on Thursday evenings and lasts all weekend, if you’re interested.
Jennifer