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I haven't made bath and body products in awhile, but decided to make some for Christmas.  And boy am I glad I did.  Believe it or not I have never made a sugar scrub before.  I'm amazed I never have it's so easy and affordable that I don't feel guilty using it as often as I want.


This recipe creates a scrub that has a little cleansing action and a nice citrus scent (lemon and orange essential oils) with some warm tones (cinnamon and the brown sugar) and a hint of soothing scents (tea tree, and rosemary).  I think it smells really yummy!  It only requires a few essential oils (which can be omitted) and the rest of the ingredients are ones most people already have in there pantry.  The only ingredients you absolutely need is a liquid oil and sugar.  There are a lot of different ways you could alter this recipe to suit your taste.  For example ginger could be a nice addition if you have it on hand.  I plan to try adding that next time I make this  You could also add any other essential oils to this that you think would be nice.  I would suggest using a plastic container to put your scrub in since you likely to be using it in the shower just to be safe (broken glass in the shower could be bad!)  I used plastic baby food containers I got at the dollar store for mine, that way you have extra containers to make some for gifts. 

Citrus Honey Cinnamon Brown Sugar Body Scrub
(Yields 3/4 cup or 6 oz)

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup brown sugar (can sub white sugar)
• 1 tablespoon  of tea tree castile soap (I used Dr Brommer's) optional this will give your scrub some cleansing and sudsy action.
•  1/4 cup of olive oil (can sub any other liquid oil for example vegetable oil, canola, grapeseed, almond, jojoba, etc.)
• 1 tsp lemon juice 
• 1 tsp honey
•  1/4 tsp cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp isopropyl alcohol (optional  preservative)
• 15 drops of orange essential oils
• 10-15 drops of lemon essential oil
• 5 drops of rosemary essential oil (preservative) 

Directions 
Mix all ingredients together in a sterilized small bowl and poor into sterilized (I used  isopropyl alcohol to sterilize mine) containers.  I used plastic baby food containers from the drug store so I wouldn't have to worry about glass breaking in the shower.   

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