Sugar scrubs are a sweet way to exfoliate and hydrate your skin, leaving it soft and glowing. Plus, they’re a cinch to make with stuff you probably already have! Note: This recipe makes approximately 10 oz.

What You’ll Need:

• Sugar: 1 cup of granulated white or brown sugar (white’s gentler, brown’s a bit coarser—your call). While making the scrub for this tutorial, I was torn between using organic turbanado sugar or the finer, white granulated sugar; since I was going to use pink colorant, I chose the white.
• Carrier Oil: ½ cup of a neutral oil, like jojoba oil, fractionated coconut oil, sweet almond oil or rosehip oil, whatever’s in your stash).
• Essential Oils (optional): 10-20 drops for scent—lavender, peppermint, or eucalyptus could work since you’ve got those on hand. Fragrance oils can be used as well, just double check to make sure the fragrance oil is cosmetic-grade. For this scrub, I used Japanese Cherry Blossom essential oil.
• Colorants (optional): A pinch of natural colorant like beetroot powder, or mica powder for a vibrant shimmer. Beetroot gives a subtle pinkish hue; mica’s great for bold, sparkly shades—mix ⅛ tsp into the oil first, adjust to your liking, but don’t overdo it or it might stain skin.
• Mixing bowl and spoon or spatula: Nothing fancy, just something to stir it all up.
• Jar: A pint-sized glass jar, or several smaller jars to hold up to 10 oz of sugar scrub.