DIY Honey & Sugar Scrub: Simple Recipes for Hydrated Skin

Does your skin often get dried? Do you feel all the international creams and lotions you have been trying aren’t giving the desired results? Then worry not, because we have a solution for you! It is the magical and healing scrub made of sugar and honey!

Are you thinking how this scrub is different from all the top branded products you have used? Then wait no more and read the post – you will know for yourself!

Why Should You Use Honey And Sugar Scrub?

Sugar and honey are both natural ingredients. Sugar helps to pull out the dirt from your skin. It also ensures that your skin pores do not get clogged.

Honey works as a moisturizer. It also has medicinal properties. Honey supplies vitamin B to your skin, which prevents it from turning scaly. It further helps to prevent irritation on your skin. Yet another property of honey is that it attacks the bacteria that cause skin infection.

You can apply the paste on your face or your body. Now let’s take a look at the preparation of both these scrubs!

1. How To Make Sugar And Honey Scrub For Face:

Ingredients:

• 1 cup of sugar. Ensure the sugar is granulated.
• 1 cup of honey.
• 2 tablespoons of olive oil.
• 2 to 3 drops of an essential oil (1). You can pick an essential oil which is your favourite.
• 1 jar. The jar should contain 1 pint of the scrub.
• 1 large bowl.

Method:

1. Take the large bowl.
2. Now, mix all your ingredients – sugar, honey, essential oil and olive oil.
3. Blend well.
4. Pour the content in the jar with a lid.
5. Keep the jar in the refrigerator.
6. Make sure that the jar is tightly packed.

How To Apply It On Your Face:

Before you apply this honey and sugar facial scrub, wash your face. Else you might get a feeling of irritation when you apply the sugar and honey paste. Use a cleanser for this purpose. Take the scrub on your fingers and apply it on your face. Rub evenly across your face in a circular motion for 45 seconds. Let the face mask be on for 20 minutes. Now, splash cool water on your face to rinse the scrub. Be gentle when washing your face.

You can see the effect on your face in the mirror.

2. How To Make Sugar And Honey Scrub For Your Body:

Sugar and honey scrub on your body works as an exfoliant to your skin (2).

Ingredients:

• 1 cup of coconut oil
• 1 and 1/2 cups of white sugar. The sugar must be granulated.
• ¼ cup of raw honey.
• Essential oil (a few drops).
• 1 bowl for mixing
• 1 spoon
• 1 jar

Method:

1. Take a bowl.
2. Add sugar, honey, essential oil and coconut in it
3. Mix well

Your sugar scrub is ready!

You may use the scrub to gift it to a dear friend or a close relative. Take the jar and fill it with the scrub. To store the scrub, use an airtight bottle. It is said to last for close to 2 months.

With these many qualities in your new cream, it sure is to bring the change you are looking for in your skin. As a face pack, the scrub helps to make your face look nourished. As the body scrub, the honey and sugar paste cleans it (the skin) of impurities, while also keeping it moisturized.

We hope this article helps you get rid of your dry and scaly skin naturally. If you know of some other qualities the honey and sugar scrub offers to the skin, do share with others in the forum. There is a comment box below.