Get clear, moisturized skin with this simple homemade honey sugar scrub
You will absolutely love this DIY honey sugar scrub. It leaves your skin feeling soft and radiant in just five minutes! When you make this quick and easy recipe at home, you’ll feel just like you left the spa – without ever leaving your house.
Plus, this sugar and honey scrub makes the perfect gift for that special someone in your life – or everyone on your holiday list, for that matter! There’s no reason we can’t all enjoy a little self-indulgence this time of the year!
So, if you’ve got five minutes, I’ll show you how to treat yourself with a sweet little sugar scrub recipe that you can use as a face scrub or a body scrub!
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Is Honey Sugar Scrub Good for Skin?
Yes! This honey and sugar scrub benefits your skin. The sugar gently exfoliates your skin, leaving it feeling smooth and looking radiant.
Brown sugar tends to be a little gentler on your skin than white sugar because the granules are smaller. But the combination of both sugars exfoliates quite nicely together. It’s a nice, soft scrub, but just rough enough to feel like you are really cleaning your face.
The honey works to exfoliate your skin as well, but it has some added health benefits that the sugar is lacking.
For one, raw honey has antibacterial qualities that reduce inflammation and treat acne. Plus, after exfoliating with the sugar face scrub, the enzymes in the honey will help to keep your pores clear and unclogged.
And honey is a natural humectant, meaning it has a natural ability to hold onto water. This helps moisturize skin by locking in moisture.
So your honey sugar scrub is good for your skin and gives your face that healthy, radiant glow.
Is Honey a Good Body Scrub?
Yes, honey scrub for the body is awesome as well! This honey scrub recipe can be used as both, face scrub and body scrub.
It’s easy to use sugar scrubs as a body scrub. While in the shower, gently rub the honey and sugar into your skin in circular motions, until you feel the sugars start to dissolve. Then rinse the remaining sugar off with warm water. After showering, pat dry and apply moisturizer.
Sugar scrubs are great for shaving with too! You’ll be doing yourself a big favor if you replace your shaving cream with a sugar scrub instead.
The Benefits of Honey Sugar Scrub for Your Face
A sugar face scrub made with honey gently exfoliates your skin, giving it a radiant glow. The tiny little granules in the sugar are perfect for exfoliating your face because they slough off your dead skin cells while promoting new cell growth.
Plus the honey sugar scrub is super gentle on the delicate skin around your eye area and on your lips. It also helps to balance bacteria in your skin, reducing inflammation and treating breakouts, so use this honey and sugar scrub for acne treatment as well!
How Often Can I Use Honey Sugar Scrub?
Don’t use this sugar face scrub every day. Constant exfoliation can cause dry skin. If you have sensitive skin, it can irritate your skin if you exfoliate too often.
It is best to use this honey face scrub only one to two times a week.
If you have oily skin, you might be able to get by using this sugar scrub three times a week. I have pretty oily skin and I’ve gotten away with exfoliating this much if I feel my skin truly needs it.
How to Make Honey Sugar Scrub
To make this honey scrub recipe you will need:
1/2 cup white granulated sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup raw honey (regular honey can be used as well)
*optional* 8-10 drops of essential oils, like lavender
To make your sugar and honey scrub:
- Combine your sugars in a mixing bowl.
- Add the raw honey and mix thoroughly.
- Add a few drops of essential oils if using.
- Spoon your honey sugar scrub into a small bowl and store in a cool dry place.
*Note: The measurements provided should make enough honey face scrub to fill one regular-sized mason jar. If you want to fill a different-sized container or a smaller mason jar, just use parts instead. For example, your container would be 1/2 white sugar, 1/4 brown sugar, and the last 1/4 honey.
When you use your honey sugar scrub, try not to get water into the scrub. The water might melt the sugars, and it’ll definitely create a nice little breeding ground for bacteria. Use a wooden spoon or a sugar scrub spoon instead of your wet hands.
Also, you should be able to keep it for about three weeks, as long as you store it in an airtight jar and don’t get any water into it.
Honey Sugar Scrub
Get clear, radiant skin that's smooth and bright with this honey sugar scrub! Perfect for face and body.
Materials
Instructions
- Combine your sugars in a mixing bowl.
- Add the raw honey and mix thoroughly.
- Add your essential oils if using.
- Spoon your honey sugar scrub into a small bowl and store in a cool dry place.
Notes
Use this honey sugar scrub on your face or body no more than two to three times a week. Just apply a small amount of sugar to skin and rub in circular motions until the sugar starts to dissolve. Best used in the shower for easy clean up.
How to Turn this Into a Lavender Honey Sugar Scrub Recipe
Wanna create a luxurious, relaxing lavender honey sugar scrub?
You can give it as a gift this holiday season or take some time out from all the hustle and bustle to treat yourself for once!
All you have to do is use the same basic recipe, but switch up your essential oils. For the lavender honey sugar scrub, add 8 – 10 drops of lavender essential oil, and some lavender buds, to make it extra fancy.
Then, spoon the sugar scrub into a pretty airtight container, such as a mason jar. Create a pretty little label, and string it with a wooden spoon through some twine. Wrap the twine around the neck of the jar and wha-la! A gorgeous gift in no time!
You can even add a sprig of lavender to the jar as an extra-special touch.
I get all of my essential oils from REVIVE Essential Oils! They have the cheapest oils around, but they don’t skimp on quality in the slightest. You can see what I mean in my REVIVE Essential Oils review.
You can buy lavender essential oil from REVIVE and get 10% off your first order with the code ESSENTIAL10 or 15% off orders of $100 or more 🙂
Final Thoughts on this Easy Honey Sugar Scrub Recipe
Sugar and honey make a great treatment for both your body and your face. Sugar honey scrubs gently exfoliate your skin and provide many benefits, such as locking in moisture, reducing inflammation, and treating acne.
This sugar scrub will have you glowing in no time! Sugar scrubs are a sweet little treat we can all indulge in, without any added calories!
So, make a sugar scrub for yourself, and give one away as a gift, as well!
And let me know in the comments below what you thought of this sugar scrub recipe!
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