Brown Sugar Body Scrub gifts

This year I wanted to make something for my female friends and family that was fun and easy and girly.  I also wanted to make it so I could use it myself!  I love using the sugar and salt scrubs in the shower.  Through the magic of Pinterest, I learned that they could be pretty easy to just make at home as well.  It took a few tests of different types of oil and different smells. 

I liked the smell of coconut oil in them, but in the shower it really smelled awful.  It could be the pregnancy nose, but there was no way I was going to give that to people I like.

So it turned out that I just used pure glycerin and Vitamin E oil for the moisturizing part of the scrub.

Here is the final recipe:

1/2 cup light brown sugar

1/2 cup dark brown sugar

4 Tablespoons Pure Glycerin (I found it at CVS)

2 Tablespoons Vitamin E oil (Trader Joe's)

2 Tablespoons salt (to preserve)

A few drops of Jasmine oil to your smell preference.  

I found the little scoops through Etsy.  Got the jars from the Container Store.  I found the free printable labels through this site.

I was pretty happy with the way they turned out, and I use mine in the shower almost every day.  Feels especially good as a foot scrub.  I like that it's natural and not full of the chemicals you might find in store bought varieties.  It was really simple and easy to tailor to your own smell preferences as well.