Learn how to make a scrub soap for body with this easy recipe. You just need melt and pour soap, a carrier oil, sugar, and essential oils to make sugar scrub soap bars. Use them in the shower to exfoliate while you cleanse.
How to Make Solid Body Scrub
Since it's the middle of winter and thus dry skin season, which means I need to give my skin a little extra love. That means exfoliating and using more luxe lotions and butters.
I'm all for saving time, so I like to use a solid sugar scrub recipe that does dual purpose. It is part soap, so it cleans the skin. It's also part sugar scrub to exfoliate the skin.
This is an easy recipe, even for beginners. It's one of the recipes in the February 2023 Simply Earth Essential Oil Recipe Box.
If you like making body scrubs, check out my printable Body Scrubs recipe book. It has 30 easy recipes that you can make at home.
February 2023 Simply Earth Essential Oil Recipe Box
If you've been here a while, then you've seen several recipes from the Simply Earth recipe box. It's a monthly box for DIY natural home recipes.
Each month, you get 4 full sized bottles of essential oils plus supplies to make 6 easy recipes. The cost of the box is less than the cost of the oils, plus you get great extras!
I love the box because I get to try new recipes, and I love how they give you information about the oils each month.
The February box has:
- Shea butter melt and pour soap
- Fuchsia mica powder
- Heart soap mold
- Stickers
- Recipe cards
- Love essential oil blend
- Ginger essential oil
- Cardamom essential oil
- Fennel essential oil
You'll use these ingredients to make a roller bottle, massage oil, heart soap, cleansing shave soap, diffuser blend, and a sugar scrub soap bar recipe.
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What is a Solid Sugar Scrub?
A solid body scrub is both a sugar scrub and a soap. It's made by adding melt and pour soap to a sugar scrub so that it gets firm and forms bars.
I like them because they both cleanse and exfoliate at the same time. They are also easy to make and easy to use.
What are the Ingredients in Exfoliating Bar Soap?
A solid sugar scrub bar recipe is fairly simple with just a few ingredients. You'll need melt and pour soap, a carrier oil, sugar, and essential oils. I also added mica as a colorant, but this is optional.
Are Sugar Scrubs Good for Your Skin?
Yes, a solid body scrub is good for your skin. They are more gentle than a sugar scrub, so they are well tolerated by most skin types.
The soap cleanses your skin while the sugar acts like a gentle exfoliating to slough off dead skin cells from the top of your skin.
They aren't as strong as using a sugar scrub, but you can use them several times a week to keep your skin looking and feeling good.
Even though they are gentle, avoid using sugar scrub soap bars on the face or sensitive areas. Also do not use on broken skin.
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How Often Should You Sugar Scrub Your Skin?
You can use a sugar scrub once or twice a week. However, this solid sugar scrub recipe isn't as potent as a sugar scrub. You can use it every time you shower or every other time if desired.
If you notice any irritation or redness, switch to using once or twice a week.
Tips for Making Solid Sugar Scrub Recipe
Here are some tips to help you make your solid sugar scrub recipe:
- You can use either clear or white melt and pour soap. I used a shea butter melt and pour soap.
- You can use your choice of carrier oil. I used sweet almond oil, but you can also use avocado oil for a heavier oil or fractionated coconut oil for a lighter oil. Learn more about carrier oils and their benefits to choose one.
- I like to use smaller molds for a scrub soap for body because I don't use them all the time. You can also use a larger mold.
- A solid body scrub can get hard while you're mixing it and make it difficult to pour. If this happens, simply heat it for about 10 seconds and then stir and pour.
- Be careful not to overheat the soap. The sugar will dissolve, and your sugar scrub soap bars won't be as abrasive.
- I used mica to color my scrub soap bar recipe. Adding a colorant is optional. You an also use soap colorant.
- I used a blend of essential oils from Simply Earth from the box. To promote skin health, try Bumps and Boo Boos or Beauty Within.
- For fun scents, try these essential oil blends that smell like candy.
Solid Body Scrub Ingredients
You will need the following to make sugar scrub soap bars:
- 2 ounces melt and pour soap
- 4 tablespoons sweet almond oil
- 4 tablespoons sugar
- 20 drops Cardamom
- 12 drops Ginger
- 8 drops Fennel
- 20 drops Love blend
- Soap mold (I used the gem shapes candy mold)
- 1/4 teaspoon mica powder
How do you Make Solid Sugar Scrub Bars?
Step #1
In a small bowl, combine the almond oil and essential oils. Stir and set aside.
Step #2
Cut the soap into small pieces. Microwave in 30 second intervals, stirring at each interval until the soap is melted. Be careful not to overheat.
Step #3
Add the oil mixture to the melted soap and stir until combined.
Step #4
Add the sugar and stir well.
Step #5
Pour into the soap mold. If it gets too thick, reheat for about 10 seconds.
To use your solid sugar scrub soap, wet your skin and use the bar to cleanse and exfoliate. Rinse after using.
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Sugar Scrub Soap Recipe
materials:
- 2 ounces melt and pour soap
- 4 tablespoons sweet almond oil
- 4 tablespoons sugar
- 20 drops Cardamom
- 12 drops Ginger
- 8 drops Fennel
- 20 drops Love blend
- 1/4 teaspoon mica powder
tools:
- Soap mold
- Knife
- Spoon
- Measuring Cup
steps:
- In a small bowl, combine the almond oil and essential oils. Stir and set aside.
- Cut the soap into small pieces. Microwave in 30 second intervals, stirring at each interval until the soap is melted. Be careful not to overheat.
- Add the oil mixture to the melted soap and stir until combined.
- Add the sugar and stir well.
- Pour into the soap mold. If it gets too thick, reheat for about 10 seconds.
- To use your solid sugar scrub soap, wet your skin and use the bar to cleanse and exfoliate. Rinse after using.
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