I love pretty much all products from Lush, they smell ridiculously delicious and are made with all-natural (and vegetarian) ingredients. I’m especially into their exfoliating body butters and shower scrubs but they are really expensive for the amount of uses you get out of them. Fortunately, scrubs are super easy to make at home as there are lots of natural ingredients that can do the job just as well as the Lush or drugstore products. I’ve come across quite a number of different versions of homemade scrubs but this one, made with brown sugar, honey and walnut oil, is my favourite. It’s super moisturising, plus it smells amazing. Brown sugar is a great gentle exfoliant and honey is anti-bacterial and helps the skin retain moisture. You can use many different oils as a base; I use walnut oil, because it’s very emollient and, like honey, it has anti-oxidant properties and can help to heal wounds faster. This mixture lasts quite a while but be warned: since you aren’t using any preservatives the ingredients might separate a bit, just mix them up again before using the scrub. I call this an all-over scrub because there are lots of different ways to use it:
- As a body scrub, because it exfoliates well but also moisturises at the same time, leaving your skin feeling super soft and allowing you to skip the body lotion. Plus, it’s a much cheaper alternative than for example a tub of Lush body scrub, which only lasts for maybe five times.
- As a face scrub: the mixture is soft enough and the honey fights both acne and wrinkles. Unless you have really dry skin, make sure to use a toner afterwards to get rid of any excess oil.
- As a lip scrub: For smooth lips, use the scrub about twice a week or whenever you want to wear an unforgiving (i.e. very bright or matte) lip colour.
- As a hand and foot mask: apply the scrub liberally and then wrap some foil around your feet and put on some rubber gloves. After about 15-20 mins, the scrub will have softened any dead skin and your hands and feet will be amazingly soft and moisturised.
You need honey (any kind, but ideally something organic), soft brown sugar and walnut oil.
Fill half of a glass container with the sugar.
Add two tablespoons of honey.
Add the walnut oil.
Mix well. You can adjust the consistency of the scrub by adding some more sugar to make it thicker or more oil to make it thinner and more moisturising.
If you want to use the scrub for you lips or your face, you can fill some of it into a smaller container to keep on your bathroom shelf.
Do you have any DIY beauty recipes to share?
This looks great. I used to do this with coconut oil, but I ended up getting spots from it. Do you know if walnut oil clogs pores? Thanks
I love homemade body scrubs! Can’t wait to try this!
Do you think you could use it as a mask?
I used to make all sorts of thing slike this when I was younger and had more time. Now I only do face moisturisers but this sounds so simple and versatile I’m going to give it a whirl. I’m glad some people are keeping expensive Lush in business because their aroma is a heavenly addition to a shopping centre or mall. I sometimes wonder whether I should be paying for the wafting fragrance ( as in the folktale).
So I woke up this morning and went next door where my neighbour has a mirror like a magnifying glass. I looked at my face and was petrified by all the stuff popping out! So I decided to steam my face and then I tried your scrub. I had to improvise cuz I didn’t have any of the ingredients except the sugar! I used molasses instead of honey :0 and olive oil instead of walnut. It worked though, and all the yucky stuff are gone and my skin feels soo soft!! Thanks 4 posting that!
Wonderful tip! I have to try this soon. =)
FAB DIY! Sounds like a real winner! Thanks for sharing!!
looks divine! i would be worried about ants. neurotic like that :( lol!
There is nothing better than a home-made scrub…
I’ve been using brown sugar and water as a lip exfoliator and I love it! I never thought about trying it all over and you just made me want to start. This mixture sounds heavenly!
this is great! I love DIY!
Very clever!!
It looks delicious, I want to eat it even though it would make my teeth fall out :D
OOh, I love these ideas. I will try!
that’s such a simple but great idea, can’t wait to try it out! x
Oh I might give it a try :)
I love a good sugar scrub. I could probably eat this one too. Cheers!
So funny because I just finished photographing and filming a sugar scrub (yes I know do I really need to film how to make a scrub?) just another scent. I hope you come check it out next Wednesday! Yours looks so yummy. =)
Love it! I’m going to make it :)
This looks delicious! Love a sugar scrub…
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This is awesome! I am vegan, so I sub the honey…but other than that I love homemade scrubs :)
Well, I’m going to try this now!
looks good enough to eat!
wow, this does indeed look delicious. Such a good idea! And your photos are the bomb, seriously!
Omg I love that you did this!!!! I’m making this tonight!
looks so yummy!
I love DIY scrubs and am now dying to try this one! Sometimes I whip up a homemade scrub with sugar, olive oil and lemon zest, which works really well, but makes me smell like olive oil, which is kind of weird.