Your ratio for this mix is going to be 2|1.  2 cups Sugar to 1 cup base oil.  Coconut oil is pretty responsive to temperature so I had to heat mine up for about 30 seconds to make it mixable.  As for the essential oil it can take quite a bit more to stand out with this mix, so I put about 20 drops of essential oil in mine to make the smell stand out.  For this tutorial I’m using Lime, which goes wonderfully with the coconut.  I also threw in about 2 drops of food coloring.  I used green to match up with the lime.When we picked did our bottles of sugar scrub in bulk for gifts we hit Costco and bought a huge bag of sugar (25lbs-I still have about a quarter of it in my cupboard) for about $10.  The Coconut oil was a little more money, we bought 2 giant jars of it for about $25 at costco, but I’ve since picked up some smaller jars (which are great for a batch or two) at Trader Joes for only $5 each.  They probably even out to about the same cost in the long run.Olive oil was definitely cheaper, but it doesn’t smell nearly as good.  However, it was totally necessary since I have a friend who’s allergic to coconut and I really wanted to make her some sugar scrub.  I also used olive for my dad since it smelled a little more “manly.”

Put it all together and mix it up.  It smells amazing and it’s totally natural and safe-it’s even edible, though I don’t recommend eating it-it’s not necessarily good for you even if it does taste kind of awesome.  Throw it in a jar and put it in your bathroom.  It has a shelf life of about 2 months (or more if you keep it in a cool dark cupboard so the oils don’t sour) but you’ll probably use it all up before that time.  It’s so inexpensive and easy you can use it like crazy and not worry about breaking the bank.

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