Lemon Sugar Scrub makes a beautiful gift throughout the year. Learn how to make homemade sugar scurb with these easy instructions.

This Lemon Sugar Scrub has really become my favorite. It has a bright, citrus scent that leaves just a faint hint of lemon after using it, making it perfect for women, men, teens, or anyone really.

It works great as a hand scrub in the kitchen as well as a body scrub in the bath.


Since it isn’t full of heavy, sweet-smelling oils – just all-natural citrus – this lemon sugar scrub is perfect any time of the year.

I think that may be one reason I love it so much!

The “recipe” for my Lemon Sugar Scrub yields one half-pint jar. The recipe is easily doubled or more in order to make larger batches of for gifting friends, teachers, or family.

Fairly quickly, you can gather and mix up the ingredients and have plenty of gifts to give.

Just be sure to make one for yourself, too! You’ll be so glad you did!

Gifting Ideas

While this Lemon Sugar Scrub makes a beautiful present anyone would love to receive, you can also add it to a basket filled with fun pampering essentials like a few new nail polishes in the season’s best colors as well as a few classics for ladies and tweens.

For men, you could wrap it along with a pair of gloves to protect their hands during the winter months.

And if you plan on giving this scrub during the summer, how cute would it be wrapped with a few magazines and a beach towel in preparation for a trip to the beach, pool, or lake!?!

See, I told you this was a versatile gift!

Lemon Sugar Scrub Printable

I’ve also created a printable that you can download, print and place on the lid of each half-pint jar to show what’s inside.

I’ve developed them to be easily printed on Avery round labels, product number 22830.

Of course, you can just print them on any type of paper you prefer and then adhere them with double-stick tape as well.

Lemon Sugar Scrub Printable Labels

Lemon Sugar Scrub Printable Gift Labels

Lemon Sugar Scrub Recipe

Here’s how you make the lemon sugar scrub.

Lemon Sugar Scrub Recipe

Lemon Sugar Scrub makes a beautiful gift throughout the year. Learn how to make homemade sugar scurb with these easy instructions.
Prep Time8 minutes
Total Time8 minutes
Servings: 1 cup
Author: Robyn Stone

Equipment

  • half-pint Mason jar
  • spoon
  • zester

Ingredients

  • 1 lemon
  • 1 – 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
  • 1 tablespoon coconut oil
  • 1 tablespoon unscented liquid soap I used Cetaphil

Instructions

  • Zest lemon and place lemon zest into a small glass bowl. Cut lemon in half with a knife and squeeze juice into bowl with the lemon zest. Remove any seeds from the juice with a spoon and discard.
    photo of cherry board with microplane containing yellow zest and a yellow lemon on a marble surface with a yellow lemon on right side of board and a box grater and a green lime on the top left of the board
  • Add coconut oil and stir together until smooth and any lumps of coconut oil have been dissolved. Add soap and stir until smooth.
  • Add 1 cup of sugar and stir until well-combined. If a more grainy sugar scrub is desired, add more sugar.
  • Pour sugar scrub into gift container and affix printed gift label.

Enjoy!
Robyn xo

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58 Comments

  1. Could you please clarify if the coconut oil you use to make your lemon sugar scrub is in a solid form
    Or liquid? Thanks so much, plan on making for a few people as a pay it forward thing 🙂

  2. Do you have to worry about the lemons/lemon juice going bad after its been made? I’m making this for hostess gifts and I don’t want to make it too far in advance!

  3. I love this idea! Wish I would’ve seen this yesterday, as I was putting together a “mommy basket” for my sister’s baby shower and couldn’t find a lemon scrub. After the shower today I’m going to rush home and make this. I think I’ll pick up some rosemary as well to try in a batch, the two compliment each other beautifully 😀

  4. 5 stars
    Thank you for sharing! This recipe will be my first attempt at making my own scrub! Does this hava sn average shelf life?

  5. Does adding the Cetaphil make it more like a Lemon Exfoliating Soap? I made a different Lemon Sugar Scrub with no soap just sugar, grapeseed oil, and lemon essential oil and my bf complained that it just made his hands oily. Please help!

    1. Hi Stef,
      I’m thinking that it is, especially compared to the scrub you made your boyfriend. I haven’t had any issues with it leaving skin oily, just really well exfoliated and clean feeling. Let me know if this helps!

  6. 5 stars
    What a great idea! I am featuring this, along with 9 other great DIY gift ideas, today on my blog. Thanks for sharing!