This 3 Ingredient Peppermint Sugar Scrub Recipe is an easy gift idea you can give to yourself or to others this holiday season. Plus, it smells amazing! Homemade sugar scrubs are simple and can be made with things already in your pantry.
3 Ingredient Peppermint Sugar Scrub
We're in the thick of the holiday season! I don't know about you, but I'm doing everything I can to just make it through the day.
Party prep, decorating, creating a holiday menu, and finishing up Christmas shopping. The list just goes on and on.
It doesn't seem like there are enough hours in the day to get everything done during the holidays that you want to do. Let alone everything that you need to do.
Small, even necessary, tasks get put on the back burner. While at the same time bigger, more important things like romance often get put on the back burner as well.
This year for Christmas, I've resolved to give my husband my presence versus presents. My husband's never been a gift person anyway so our time spent together during the holidays (and every day) will mean more to him than a pile of things that collect dust and clutter up our home.
But getting ready for romance also means I'll need to get to those smaller tasks, too. Little things like that might seem insignificant.
But the extra effort to say that you care and you're thinking of the other person too. Those things like shaving your legs and exfoliating are just the little things you can do to say you care.
You want to look and feel your best at any time of year but especially during the winter when the dry air gives you dry skin. When I want to ensure I feel confident and look my best during the holidays, I like to make up some super easy homemade sugar scrubs.
How do you make exfoliating scrub?
Making an exfoliating scrub combines sugar or salt and oils.
Which is better salt or sugar scrub?
Sugar is better for scrubs than salt because it's finer and not as irritating to skin.
What is the best oil to use in a sugar scrub?
The best oil to use in a sugar scrub is coconut oil. You can also use almond oil or grapeseed oil, but coconut is the least expensive and my personal favorite.
What is the best sugar to use for a scrub?
You can use any type of sugar for a scrub. I use brown and white sugar for body scrubs and raw sugar for scrubbing my feet.
Peppermint Body Scrub Ingredients
How to Make Peppermint Sugar Scrub
Mix together sugar and melted coconut oil (room temperature/liquid form) until soft and well combined.
Add 6-10 drops of peppermint essential oil and stir.
Split sugar mix into two batches and add red food coloring to half of it.
In small wide-mouth mason jars (about 8 oz.), alternate equal layers of the red and white sugar scrub. *You could also use jelly jars.
- Finish your jar off with a little twine, either just knotted around the lid or with a fun bow! You can also find cute, printable labels on Pinterest!
Don't keep these homemade peppermint sugar scrubs all to yourself. These candy cane scrubs are an inexpensive and thoughtful homemade gift to give all of your girlfriends this Christmas!
How do you make sugar scrubs for gifts?
Making sugar scrubs for Christmas gifts is easy! Just add on some decorative twine or ribbon to your jar.
Pin this DIY peppermint scrub recipe so you can find it later!
And if salt scrubs are more your thing, you might like these:
More homemade sugar scrubs:
- Cinnamon Apple Sugar Scrub
- Coffee Sugar Scrub
- DIY Orange Sugar Scrub
- Easy Pumpkin Spice Scrub
- Pink Grapefruit Body Scrub
Holiday dessert recipes you might like:
- Bailey's Frozen Hot Chocolate
- Bailey's Irish Cream Truffles
- Chocolate Dipped Oreos
- Creamy Red Velvet Fudge
- Easy Eggnog Fudge
- Melt in Your Mouth Peanut Butter Fudge
- Mint Chocolate Cheesecake Dip
- Super Soft Snickerdoodles
Peppermint Sugar Body Scrub Recipe
Peppermint Sugar Scrub
This 3 Ingredient Peppermint Sugar Scrub Recipe is an easy gift idea you can give to yourself or to others this holiday season. Plus, it smells amazing!
Ingredients
- 2 cups white sugar
- 1/2 cup coconut oil room temperature
- 10 drops peppermint essential oil
- 6-10 drops red food coloring optional
Instructions
Mix together sugar and coconut oil until soft and well combined.
Add peppermint oil and stir.
Split sugar mix into two batches and add red food coloring to half of it.
In a small wide-mouth jar (about 8 oz.), alternate equal layers of the red and white sugar scrub.
Finish your jar off with a little twine, either just knotted around the lid or with a fun bow! You can also find cute, printable labels on Pinterest!
Hi!
I have 2 questions:
1. Does the red food coloring stain or harm the skin when using the scrub?
2. What is the best way to store this (how long will it last)?
Thanks! I love your blog!!
-Christy
To answer your questions, the red food coloring doesn’t stain and the best way to store this is in a glass (or plastic) jar. I use glass but I know that doesn’t work for all people. As far as how long it lasts, I haven’t really seen it turn bad if it’s stored in an air-tight container. Then again, I also end up using it within about 4 weeks and make another batch.
I love love LOVE this post! Great idea for Christmas gifts!
Revisiting! I will be making this for Christmas gifts. Pinning
Was just wondering what kind of sugar do you use for this?
I just use regular white sugar.
I really love this recipe. Going to try to make this myself. However, I have a question. Do you melt the coconut oil first and then cool it down to room tempetature, or can you use coconut oil as it coomes from the store?
You will want the coconut oil to be liquid, so depending on where it’s stored you may have to heat it slightly.