I have been asking my sister for the past few weeks what does she want for her birthday. I keep getting the same answer, and I just keep asking her because we both know I am not getting her an Ipad. She can be such a diva.
I guess this time she is going to stand her ground because she think I will cave but when she sees her care package she will know who won this war.
This year she will have to suffer with one of my homemade gifts! I am happy that she is such a girly girl (true diva) that way I can send her care package with whistles and bows. I am sure my little diva will love this body scrub when it makes it to her…
Start off with 1 cup of light course brown sugar
More sugar baby this time white..
Once you added the olive oil add pink food coloring… I added five drops here
Not pink enough for my diva, I added five more drops of food coloring
Stir that sugar scrub! Now that’s diva pink….
Not done yet! Time to add essential oils, I used sweet orange….
Now it’s ready for the diva!
- 1 cup light brown sugar
- 1 cup white sugar
- ½ cup olive oil
- 10 drops pink food coloring ( I used gel)
- 5 drops sweet orange essential oil
- Mix white and light brown sugar together, then add olive oil and five drops of pink food coloring. If you like a darker pink add five more.
- Stir pink food coloring in really well then add essential oils; store in a air tight container
That looks good enough to eat 😛
I had a few licks before I put in the extract.. 🙂
Will the food coloring dye your skin? My daughter loves the idea of a pink scrub for favors for her birthday party but I don’t want to stain all of her friends!
Depending on how many drops you use it just may stain the skin.. If you don’t want the skin to stain 10 drops may be excessive. I have used 2-3 drops of pink food coloring with the recipe; you will get a light pink but stained skin will be minimal to non.. 🙂
I’m wondering how long the Scrub will last? I want to give it as a gift but dont want an expiration date
If you keep it an in air tight container it will last a few months even longer. Make sure air or moisture does not hit the scrub, if it does it will be hard as a rock :).
can i store it in a mason jar?
Of course you can 🙂
Hi. I made this recipe, which is divine, but I forgot to put the lid back on after showering and my scrub is hard as a rock. Is there anyway to fix this?
where can I find essential oils? I’ve seen so many recipes with these on there but I could never figure out where to buy them!
I normally buy mine at whole foods, sprouts, hobby lobby, michaels, and Hi-Health. You can also get them online at amazon and mountainroseherbs has a great selection. However the essential oils are optional; you don’t really need them. They just make your scrubs smell lovely and have added benefits. 🙂
The brown sugar in the picture looks different from regular light brown sugar. Is this found in a special part of the store or is it just the picture that makes it look different? My brown sugar just looks a lot different!!
I used Zulka pure can sugar which is a light brown, you can find it at any grocery store. If you can’t find it you can always just substitute it for extra white sugar.
can I store my homemade sugar an salt scrubs in my fridge? my house is always really warm and I don’t want the sugar and salt mixtures to melt ?
Yes you can, but for the pink sugar scrub it’s not needed.
I have more of a question than comment. I have a serious “bug attack and chew on me” problem. I am looking for a body wash & shampoo that will repel the biting bugs . No matter what kind of soaps, shampoos, or insect repellants, I still get eaten alive. Can you suggest something, or even make something I’m to the point I hate to go outdoors any more.
I don’t know of any shampoos or body wash, but I will be making candles pretty soon, here is a two ingredient bug repellent that I use for mosquitoes when I am working in the garden (works every time).. I hope it works for you
http://www.savynaturalista.com/2013/08/08/bug-repellent-homemade/
Take Vitamin B1 before you go out. I am the same way…if there’s a bug within 10 mikes it will eat me alive. In the rare occasion I go camping I take B1 and it helps. I don’t remember off hand how much you need to take but you can Google it to get the right dosage.
Thank you very much! I am going to try it! Do you take any specific brand? I am kind of weary about going to big box stores for vitamins.. Most of the vitamins I take or high quality vitamins.. 🙂
this one also tasteful.
How many small mason jars will this make?
Hi ! I’m making this scrub for my bridal shower gifts. How long will it keep in glass jars with a lid ? Thank you !
I’m making this for my students for mother’s day.. How many small jars will this recipe make?
I honestly don’t know your gonna half to experiment; but if all else fails double the recipe, but not the food coloring 🙂 Hope that helps