3-Ingredient Peppermint Sugar Scrub
This 3-Ingredient Peppermint Sugar Scrub is great for soothing tired muscles and reviving dry skin, it’s a great DIY gift that can be made in less than 10 minutes!
Want your skin to feel amazing? Get some peppermint essential oils, take the coconut oil down from the cupboard, and pull the sugar out of the pantry and stir up this amazing sugar scrub. Your skin will thank you!
You guys have been going crazy over my Gingerbread Sugar Scrub and thought you could do with another festive fragrance to get your skin feeling awesome for the holidays and winter months.
The peppermint is so soothing for tired and achy muscles and leaves feet feeling refreshed. The sugar exfoliates away dead skin and the coconut oil leaves it incredibly smooth!
This is a great DIY gift for the holidays too, it’s easy to make and package up in a cute little jar with some ribbon. Put it in a gift basket with this homemade oatmeal cinnamon soap to give them something a little cozier smelling too!
Things You’ll Need For This DIY
Cute Jars – If you’re giving this as a gift, you have to package it up in some cute jars, these Weck jars are some of my favorites, they’re a perfect size and look super adorable! These Kate Aspen Jars are great too!
Spoon – Tie a wooden spoon to the jar so it’s easier to get the sugar scrub out.
Bakers Twine – To dress them up for holiday gift giving!
Gift Tags – Use these cute gift tags with twine included!
Peppermint Oil – Use a good oil for a stong and festive fragrance!
Coconut Oil – There are many different types of coconut oil, you should use cold-pressed and unrefined coconut oil for this recipe.
More Sugar Scrub Recipes You’ll Love!
- Sugar Cookie Body Scrub – It smells like baked cookies!
- Orange Mint Sugar Scrub – Smells like a spa!
- Pumpkin Spice Sugar Scrub – Perfect for fall!
- Hazelnut Chocolate Sugar Scrub – Rich and delightful!
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3-Ingredient Peppermint Sugar Scrub
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup coconut oil
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 12-15 drops peppermint essential oil
Instructions
- Melt coconut oil in a medium bowl in the microwave for about 30 seconds and let cool for 5 minutes.
- Stir in sugar and essential oil until evenly combined.
- Package up into air-tight jars.
Notes
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How much does the recipe make?
About 1.5 cups.
Love this idea!! If using coconut oil for the recipe I’m assuming you have to melt it first right?
Yes, as indicated in step 1.
I used the expeller pressed…its runny after I made it! Is it suppose to be like that or did I use the wrong kind ?
Hi Tricia, I’ve never used expeller-pressed oil for this recipe. Is it hard in its original state? If it’s more of a liquid oil this could be your issue. The sugar scrub should be soft but not runny.
I would like to make these for christmas, but if I don’t want peppermint, do you have suggestions to what might be a good alternative essential oil? 🙂 Thanks!
Hi Maija,
You can replace the peppermint oil with any essential oil you like the fragrance of! Enjoy!
How much does this recipe make?
About 1 – 1.5 cups.
could i use peppermint extract instead of peppermint oil?
You could, I have used extracts before in other scrubs. Just note that the peppermint oil will give off a stronger, longer lasting fragrance.
I am planning on making these as gifts for Christmas. How long do they last? Thank you!
Hi Niki, about a month in an air-tight container!
This sounds really AWESOME! I am going to make this for my daughter’s wedding shower as gifts for the guests.
Question though-does it have to be coconut Oil? That is so expensive and I have SO many to make, could I use plain old veg oil instead?
Thank you
Hi Cathy, vegetable oil wouldn’t be a good replacement for the coconut oil, but you could do almond oil or grapeseed oil as they don’t have much of fragrance. The ratios might be a little different where coconut oil is more of a solid, but start with a little and work with it until you reach the desired consistency. Both of these oils should be cheaper than coconut oil. I also find that oils, in general, are cheaper at places like TJMaxx and Marshalls. Hope this helps!
Target has less expensive coconut oil. But maybe you can buy in bulk at Costco or BJ’s if you’re doing a large quantity for a wedding party. Olive oil is another option, as it has a different shelf life than coconut oil. (according to my daughter-in-law!). Just don’t forget to add the essential oil drops!!
You can use olive oil, just keep in mind that it can have a rather strong fragrance and be yellow/green in color.
What about baby oil or baby oil gel instead of coconut oil?
Hi Tammy, I’m really not sure as I’ve never tried either of those. I’ve always had good like with coconut oil and I like the texture and light fragrance.
ive used baby oil in a scrub before it makes it more “liquidy”(sp) but works just as well ?
Is it possible to use the already liquefied coconut oil? Or does is have to be the kind you melt??
Hi Missy, I’ve never tried it, I’m sure it would just yield a very soft scrub which should be perfectly fine.
I get coconut oil in large jars at Home Goods. I think Costco has good prices too.