This zesty DIY orange scrub is packed full of Vitamin C to brighten your skin!
Make a refreshing orange sugar scrub for citrus-kissed skin! The sugar gently exfoliates and removes dead skin cells while the coconut oil nourishes and moisturizes skin.
This sugar scrub is great for your hands, knees, elbows and feet. It can also be used on the entire body.
You will quickly see the difference in the appearance and feel of your skin after just one use.
Oh, and did I mention, this scrub looks and smells AMAZING!
Ingredients in this DIY Orange Sugar Scrub & their Benefits
Made up of key ingredients: sugar, coconut oil and sweet essential oil, let’s check out what makes this DIY orange scrub perfect for your skin:
🧡 Sweet Orange Essential Oil
It smells so orangey and perfect for this DIY orange sugar scrub – but that’s not all, sweet orange essential oil also has alpha hydroxy acid (AHA) that dissolves and exfoliates dead cells.
Orange oil is also great for boosting collagen production which helps make skin supple, smooth and firm.
Don’t forget it’s antibacterial and antimicrobial properties that keep microbes and acne-causing bacteria away.
🧡 Fine White Sugar
In this sugar scrub, sugar is the ingredient that makes the scrub, well, a SCRUB.
The tiny granules of fine white sugar have a mild abrasive texture that exfoliates skin, revealing softer, brighter skin underneath.
Sugar also has moisturizing properties that keeps your skin from drying out.
It helps remove gunk stuck deep within skin pores.
🧡 Extra Virgin Coconut Oil
Due to the high amount of saturated fats, coconut oil is deeply nourishing and moisturizing to the skin.
It also controls comedo (blackheads and whiteheads) formation by exfoliating skin cells and purging out stale oils from within the pores.
The lauric acid in coconut oil acts as an antibacterial agent.
Coconut oil keeps your skin smooth and soft!
🧡 Orange Zest
This ingredient contains Vitamin C and citric acid that boosts collagen production, prevents premature aging of skin and helps get rid of cellulite.
It helps exfoliate skin with its slight rough texture.
Orange zest also makes your sugar scrub smell and look good!
DIY Orange Sugar Scrub for Bright Skin
Ingredients
- ½ cup extra virgin coconut oil (where to get it)
- 1 cup fine white sugar (where to get it)
- Zest of 3 oranges
- 5-10 drops of sweet orange essential oil (where to get it)
- 2-3 drops of skin-safe food coloring *optional (where to get it)
- Zester (where to get it)
- Bowl & spatula for mixing
- Airtight container for storage (where to get it)
Directions
- Using a zester, scrape the zest from 2 large oranges.
- Add it to a large bowl along with fine white sugar, coconut oil and 5-10 drops of sweet orange essential oil (the amount you add depends on how orangey you want it to smell.
- Next is an optional step but you can add 2-3 drops of natural food coloring to make your sugar scrub a lovely orange color.
- Mix everything well with a spatula until combined.
- Store the orange sugar scrub in an airtight container and keep the filled container under room temperature. It should not be refrigerated because this will freeze or harden the oils.
How to Use
- Grad a handful of this DIY orange sugar scrub and rub in small circular motions then rinse. Use it on wet skin for a gentle scrub.
- It can also be used on dry skin for a really good buff before you turn the water on in the shower!
Take Care
- Make sure to do a patch test on a small portion of your skin to see that your skin doesn’t react negatively to the ingredients. The inner elbow/wrists are are good places to do a patch test since the skin there is delicate and sensitive much like facial skin.
- Pregnant women, nursing mothers, infants, and young children should avoid certain essential oils. so be sure to do your homework beforehand.
- Do not go directly in the sun for 12 hours after applying a citrus oil topically.
- When applying in the shower, the floor will get slick. Be careful not to slide and slip.
- Avoid using this sugar scrub on cuts or wounds on the body because it will sting.
Scrub away your dead cells and reveal healthy bright skin with this DIY Orange Sugar Scrub! Enjoy ~
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