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Homemade Sugar Scrub
By Annie B. Bond, Care2 Green Living Executive Producer
OK, folks. Get ready for almost unbelievably soft skin (even for those of us with older skin).
The other day I was speaking with Larry Pleasant, CEO of The Vermont Soapworks, and he mentioned that he and his staff had spent the morning testing homemade sugar scrubs, and that everyone was commenting on how incredibly soft their skin felt. Aware that sugar cane produces glycolic acid, one of the natural alpha hydroxy acids that exfoliates the skin, I was immediately curious about his recipes.
- 50 percent white cane sugar (note that organic sucanat, while the best choice for food, doesn’t work as well for this recipe)
- 50 percent vegetable glycerin to moisten the sugar (I used avocado oil since I was out of vegetable glycerin and it proved to be a successful substitute)
- Small amounts of aloe vera gel, vitamin C crystals, or anything healing that dissolves in water
- 1 or 2 drops of essential oil if desired (Larry recommends combining orange and lavender)
- Enough ground hibiscus powder for pink color (if desired)
Ingredients
Combine the ingredients in a bowl. Scoop some of the scrub onto your hand and massage gently onto your skin for a minute (the scrub will actually tighten onto your skin like a masque). Leave on for 3 to 4 minutes before rinsing.
Let me warn you in advance that you’ll want to use this sugar scrub on your entire body. I started on my face, returned to my desk, and my skin felt so baby soft that the skin on my neck felt like sandpaper, so I needed to use the sugar scrub there, and on and on.
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add your comment »Dear Annie,
This is really interesting for everyone!!
Many thanks
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Dear Annie,
I've already hear about sugar scrub for your whole body,and I have a book about how to make differents friendly products, like this one.If anyone is interested please, let me know.challbrun@aol.com.Many thanks.
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Hmm Im gonna try this. Sounds great!!! I never tried a sugar scrub before.
thanks for sharing this!
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I like to make large amounts of home made skin care products. Will it keep in the fridge? If so for how long? Can it be kept somehow outside of the fridge? I've read that grapefruit oil preserves some recipes. Help!
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You don't have time? There's like 3 ingredients, and all you do is mix them together. It takes more time to apply than to make.
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please let meknow if anyone makes it i will purchase it from them
i do not have the time to make it
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I love this one because its so simple to make. I have always loved sugar scrubs, but I love to use them on my entire body and so I go through them very quickly and its quite pricey - this one is cheap, effective, and so customizable to what your skin feels like that day!
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I love this one because its so simple to make. I have always loved sugar scrubs, but I love to use them on my entire body and so I go through them very quickly and its quite pricey - this one is cheap, effective, and so customizable to what your skin feels like that day!
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Can someone who has made this before give me more specifics on "small amounts of aloe vera gel, vitamin C crystals, or anything healing that dissolves in water". Exactly how much is a small amount? How much did you use? Which did you use (aloe vera, Vit C, etc...)? Thanks!!!
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mmm, I also have one recipe :
http://lushposh.com/blog/2007/10/03/magic-properties-of-coffee/
and I love it as much as sugar scrub!
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