Pumpkin Spice Sugar Scrub

Make sugar a HEALTHY habit...

... as a body scrub!

Now that winter is upon us and the weather is cold and dry, the chances that I fell upon an at-home sugar scrub recipe was a gold mine! I'm obsessed with exfoliating scrubs (I use them usually no more than once a week) so constantly stocking up on scrubs can get kind of pricey. When I skimmed the recipe, I realized I already housed all of the needed ingredients in my pantry and I got to mixing, and let me tell you, my body felt so good after I used this!

Some tips about this scrub: 

1. The recipe I found online was a little dry. I had to add more oil to keep the mixture from looking like a pile of sugar. 

2. You can use any oil in your recipe, however beware of the scent. It's supposed to be a pumpkin spiced aroma, but if you use stronger smelling oils such as olive oil, it can smell a little funky. I used 1 TBS of olive oil and immediately regretted it, resulting in me dowsing more vanilla and pumpkin spice to the mix. I used canola oil for the remaining TBS. 

3. Caution if you have very sensitive skin. It's a rough scrub due to the small sugar follicles. I have sensitive skin, but I felt okay even using it on my face. I'd recommend starting off small and seeing how it feels before gunking it on all over your body and having an after burn. I don't think that'd be the case because the oils in the scrub neutralize the skin and the ingredients are without added dyes or fragrance.

4. If you have someone around willing to rub this all over your back, DO IT! It did feel like sandpaper, however it felt so good on my back-like a newly manicured hand was scratching me. ahhhhh-maaaaah-zing. 

5. Like any exfoliant, you don't want to over do it. I wouldn't use this more than once (or maybe twice) a week. It may irritate your skin to be consistently taking layers off. 

Okay, and here's the recipe. Make it for your self, or as a gift to friends or family :)

Recipe

Mix together:

3/4 cup white sugar

1 TBS brown sugar

1/2 tsp cinnamon 

2 TBS pumpkin pie spice

1/2 tsp nutmeg

4 TBS oil (canola, olive, coconut, sunflower, etc.)

1 tsp vanilla extract

Pour mixture into a jar for easy use. 

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