Looking for a great homemade body scrub for yourself or to give as a gift? Here’s my recipe for Lemonade Body Scrub with a sugar and almond oil base. I used a recycled glass jar and organic ingredients to make this a great eco friendly gift!

Step One: Gather your ingredients and tools.

• Cane Sugar
• Brown Sugar
• Baking Soda
• Sea Salt
• Lemon Essential Oil
• Sweet Almond Oil
• Almond Extract
• Vitamin E capsules (optional)

• Food Processor
• Mixing Bowl
• Glass container, recycled

Step Two:  Sterilize your glass container by placing the jar (without lid)  in a pot of boiling water for 15 minutes.  Using tongs, remove it from the water and place on towel to cool down.  Glass will crack under extreme temperature changes, so don’t run cold water over the jar before or after boiling it!  If you have a sticky label, put a little dish soap into the water and it will bubble the paper and adhesive right off.

Step Three:  Mix the following dry ingredients together in a food processor or coffee grinder for a minute or two.

• 3 Tablespoons Cane Sugar
• 3 Tablespoons Brown Sugar
• 1 Tablespoon Baking Soda
• 1 Tablespoon Sea Salt (optional)

Step Four: Add the following wet ingredients and stir until evenly distributed.

• 2 Tablespoons Sweet Almond Oil
• 1/2 teaspoon Almond Extract
• 20 drops lemon oil
• 2 capsules Vitamin E (optional, puncture and squeeze into mixture)

Step Five: Carefully spoon the scrub into the container.  Seal the jar, and store out of direct sunlight.  Scrub will stay good for 4-6 months.

A few notes….The scrub is a little too coarse for your face, so don’t use it on fragile skin. The lemon oil will lightly scent your skin, and you can switch it out for any other scent.  If you have nut allergies, you can switch out the almond oil with olive oil.