Hands can become rough and tough because of garden work, doing the dishes at the sink and washing clothes by hand. Make this essential oil hand scrub to soften your hands and make them become as soft as silk!
With a few ingredients, you can whip up your own essential oil hand scrub in less than 5 minutes! You will need: cane sugar, fractionated coconut oil and moisturizing essential oils: lavender and geranium.
If you don’t have any of the above ingredients, don’t worry, this hand scrub is so versatile – you can use any other liquid oil of choice such as olive oil, grapeseed oil, etc. Instead of cane sugar, feel free to use regular white sugar.
And of course, you can use any essential oil or essential oil blend that tickles your fancy! Recommended oils for extra moisturization include rose, jasmine, sandalwood, neroli, chamomile, vetiver and ylang ylang.
DIY Essential Oil Hand Scrub
What you need
- 1 cup cane sugar (where to get it)
- ½ cup fractionated coconut oil (where to get it)
- 10 drops lavender essential oil (where to get it)
- 5 drops geranium essential oil (where to get it)
- 8 oz mason jar (where to get it)
Method
- In a mason jar, gently add 1 cup of cane sugar.
- Now pour in ½ cup of fractionated coconut oil, leaving enough space at the top for stirring.
- Add the essential oils drop by drop.
- Stir well with a long spoon until well all ingredients have well combined into a gritty scrub.
- Your essential oil hand scrub is ready!
- Store it in a cool and dry place.
Notes
- You can keep this essential oil hand scrub in the refrigerator or your bathroom cabinet. If your store it in the refrigerator it will last more than 6 months. In the bathroom cabinet, about 2 – 3 months but I’m sure it’ll get used up by then!
- Make sure not to get any water into it.
- Instead of lavender and geranium, try other essential oils such as citrus ones like lemon or orange and even refreshing oils like peppermint or rosemary for a different scent.
- You can use brown sugar or any other type of sugar instead of cane sugar.
