Lemon Sugar Scrub Recipe + Printable
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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 Gift Labels
Lemon Sugar Scrub Recipe
Here’s how you make the lemon sugar scrub.
Lemon Sugar Scrub Recipe
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.
- 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
Have you ever used organges for this recipe? For the amount of Vitiman C ? Thanks for sending everything you do !! Love your ideas !!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks so much! This looks amazing. Can I use brown sugar instead of granulated sugar?
Question? If not used right away does the sugar dissolve? Thanks in advance.
Hey Danielle,
Mine hasn’t.
How do you use this product? I’ve seen some that say use a TBSP on dry hands then wash with soap and water but with this having soap in it, wet hands then add to hands, scrub then wash away? THANKS for your help and expertise. I bought the supplies to make it tonight. 🙂
I made it today and LOVE it! I put a spoonful onto dry hands, rubbed, then rinsed. The coconut oil didn’t leave my hands too oily and the was a light lemon scent. Delish! 🙂
THERE was a light lemon scent…not the
I made this and it keeps separating. Is that normal?
Where did you find the cute blue and white ceramic tablespoon?
Thank you so much for posting this! I am hosting a baby shower for my daughter and I’ve decided to make this for favors. I too was wondering about the shelf life…the shower is August 18th, and it sounds like I could make this now and it will be fine. Thanks again! I’m very excited to try this!
Thank you so much for this recipe. My first graders made this for their moms for Mother’s Day. They absolutely loved mixing this together! The local Coldstone Creamery donated little spoons that I tied onto the jars with ribbon. I’ll definitely be making this again next year!
Have made your scrub and love it! Wondering if there is a “shelf life” to the scrub since it contains fresh lemon juice and lemon peel. Can you tell me if I should add an expiration date to these gifts? Thank you!
Wondering about shelf life also. Haven’t seen a reply.
Thanks
I’ve now had some for a couple of months in my bathroom and it still is fine. Of course, the way I go through it, I’ll be out of it again before long and have to remake! 🙂
i’m going to try it with a bit of ginger – thanks for the recipe and great ideas