Exfoliating Body Scrub Recipe

By Nature's Garden Aug 15, 2025

Yield: Makes 7- 4 oz. jars of scrub.

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Recipe Ingredients

Equipment From Home

Recipe Ingredients

Equipment From Home

Directions

1. Other Ingredients & Equipment You'll Need:

2. Mixing Bowl

3. Stove

4. White Granulated Sugar

5. Distilled Water

6. Scale

7. Pots (2- for double boiler)

8. Total Recipe Weights:

9. 125 grams Sweet Almond Oil

10. 125 grams Avocado Oil

11. 136 grams Mango Butter

12. 20 grams Argan Oil

13. 60 grams Traditional Emulsifying Wax

14. 12 grams White Beeswax

15. 20 grams Oakmoss Sandalwood Fragrance Oil

16. 21 grams Arrowroot Powder

17. 5 grams Optiphen Preservative

18. 5 grams Vitamin E Oil

19. 7 grams Poppy Seeds

20. 3 drops Da Bomb Soap Dye Blue

21. 3 drops Da Bomb Soap Dye Yellow

22. 700 grams White Granulated Sugar

23. Clean & Sanitize your work area and all of your packaging materials. It is suggested that you wear gloves, protective clothing, and a hair net while preparing this recipe.

24. Step 1: In a pan, weigh out the sweet almond oil, avocado oil, mango butter, emulsifying wax, and white beeswax. Melt the ingredients using a double boiler. As the ingredients are melting, stir occasionally.

25. Step 2: While you are waiting for the ingredients to melt, in a deep mixing bowl, weigh out your sugar.

26. Step 3: Once your oils, butters, and waxes have melted, remove them from the stovetop.

27. Step 4: Allow the temperature to drop between 120F-140F, add the Oakmoss Sandalwood Fragrance Oil, vitamin E oil, Optiphen, and arrowroot powder. Mix well.

28. Step 5: Next, add the oil mixture to the bowl containing the sugar. Stir until the sugar is evenly dispersed.

29. Step 6: Add the yellow and blue Da Bomb Soap Dyes along with the poppy seeds. Once again, stir until the ingredients are fully incorporated.

30. Step 7: Allow the sugar scrub to come to room temperature. Place the scrub into the jars and add a lid.

31. We hope that you have had fun creating this exfoliating scrub recipe with us!

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