How to Make Your Own (Totally Giftable!) Sugar Scrub Cubes

Homemade scrubs are some of my all-time favorite beauty products. They’re super easy to make and they leave your skin feeling so insanely soft and squeaky clean. But you know what I’m not such a fan of? That mess. I can hardly even make it to the shower without spilling it everywhere or getting my jar waterlogged and ruining what’s left of my scrub. I may be a tad melodramatic, but the struggle is real.

That’s why I want to hug whoever came up with the idea for pre-portioned sugar scrub cubes. They’re made with soap and nourishing coconut oil, so they hold their shape while still exfoliating like a dream. And since there are about a million different scent + ingredient combos you can choose, there’s seriously a scrub for every ailment. What’s not to love about that?

How to Make Sugar Scrub Cubes

To make these sugar cubes, all you really need are three ingredients: melt and pour soap, coconut oil and sugar. I added some natural color to mine using things like coffee, dried flower petals and beetroot powder to spice things up, but feel free to add a couple drops of food coloring (unless you have sensitive skin, in which case I would stick with the natural stuff) if you have it. You can also add a variety of herbs and spices to mix up the scents and give your sugar scrub cubes some fun flair.

I think it’s fun to make these with different sugars. Fine casting sugar will gently buff away dry skin while turbinado and table sugar give you a much stronger polish. Just make sure to go gently over sensitive areas and avoid your face and neck when using the chunkier exfoliants.

Combine all the ingredients in a small bowl and spoon the mixture into the molds of your choice. Once they’ve cooled, pop them out and store in an airtight container until you’re ready to use them.

The combinations are endless and I’m always a fan of using what you have on hand, but checkout out this quick video for a few of my personal favorites add-ins.

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Sugar Scrub Cubes

No more mess! And no more water-logged jars of body scrub in the shower. These sugar scrub cubes are convenient, easy to make, and super giftable.

Prep Time10 mins

Cooling Time30 mins

Total Time40 mins

Course: Bath and Body

Cuisine: Beauty

Keyword: body scrub, sugar scrub

Yield: 12 cubes

Author: Stephanie Pollard

Cost: $8

Equipment

• Medium bowl
• Silicone mold or ice cub tray

Materials

• 1 cup sugar
• 4 ounces melt-and-pour soap
• 1/4 cup coconut oil melted

Choose from the following scent combinations:

• 1/4 cup ground coffee + seeds from one vanilla bean
• 1 1/2 tablespoons dried rose petals + 1 teaspoon beet powder + 15 drops myrrh oil
• 1 tablespoon dried heather blossoms + 15 drops grapefruit oil + food coloring optional

Instructions

• Place the oil and melt-and-pour soap in separate bowls. Microwave on high in 20-second intervals, stirring in between each, until completely melted.
• Pour sugar into a medium sized bowl. Add the melted coconut oil and soap.
• Add in optional scents or other ingredients of your choosing. Stir.
• Quickly move mixture to a mold and let firm up (putting it in the freezer for 20 minutes helps).
• To use, simply take a cube into the shower with you and break up with your hands slightly.  Wet the mixture ever so slightly, then scrub away!
  

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Notes

Since these don't contain any water, they should last indefinitely if stored in an air/water tight container.