I love using sugar scrubs, I made some earlier and shared the recipe and instructions here. Today I decided to make another variety of these skin-nourishing and exfoliating luxurious gems, grapefruit sugar scrub cubes. These sugar scrubs are hardened due to the use of melt and pour soap base in the recipe. It’s another easy DIY and the benefits for your skin are fantastic and also good for your wallet as you could find variations of these at various stores at much more than what it costs to make at home.
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Ingredients
- 9 oz granulated sugar
- 4.5 oz melt and pour soap base
- 3 oz sweet almond oil, jojoba oil, grapeseed oil, or avocado oil (or a mix of them)
- 10-15 drops of grapefruit essential oil (you can buy it here)
- 2 drops of soap dye (red, optional)
- soap mold
I used cocoa butter soap base for this recipe but there are so many options out there, you can use, goat’s milk melt and pour soap base, shea butter melt and pour soap base, or clear glycerin soap base.
These sugar scrub cubes are super easy to make. These are exfoliating and fantastic for a refreshing morning shower and will leave beautifully conditioned skin.
How to make Grapefruit sugar scrub cubes
ONE: In a large microwave-safe glass container melt the “melt and pour” soap base. For the 4.5 oz that I used, 30 seconds in the microwave was sufficient to melt the soap base.
TWO: After the soap is fully melted incorporate the carrier oils. I used 1.5 oz of sweet almond oil and 1.5 oz of jojoba oil. This is a great combination of oils that will moisturize the skin. Mix the oils with the soap base and ensure completely incorporated. Add the grapefruit essential oil to this base. If you are using soap dye this is the time to incorporate it as well. I used two drops of the soap dye and it gave these sugar scrub cubes a beautiful orange-peach color. This color resembles closely the color of the grapefruit. And by the way, these sugar scrub cubes smell so amazing!
THREE: Set the tray close to where you are mixing since this step needs to be performed very quickly. Pour the sugar into the soap base and oils mix and mix rapidly to incorporate. If the mix starts to dry you can put it in the microwave to re-melt for 10 seconds at a time. Pour the mix into the molds and allow to cool completely for about an hour.
Once hardened remove from mold, separate the pieces or cut as needed, and voila, ready-to-use sugar scrub cubes.
Place the final product in an air-tight container and use it as needed.
I enjoy the grapefruit aroma and I recommend using it in the morning for an invigorating shower.
More luxurious solid sugar scrub ideas:
Lavender & Mint Solid Sugar Scrub
Oatmeal & Honey Solid Sugar Scrub
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Sugar scrubs are so wonderful and I usually pay a pretty price for them. This tutorial might just help me to start making my own. Thanks for sharing at the Family Joy Blog Link Party this week! Please join us again next week.
Thank you so much Melissa, sugar scrub cubes are fairly easy to make. I hope you try making them, its a fun DIY to try.
Oh these look like they would make great gifts! I want to try and make them 🙂 Thanks for sharing with us at Family Joy Blog linky party!
Crystal, these would make a great gift for sure. Have fun DIYing!
I bet these would smell great in the morning! I love the molds you used – very pretty!
What a great DIY!! Love this! Thanks for sharing!
I love scrubs nd this one look amazing. Love the mold.
Thanks for sharing at Over The Moon Party,
Bev
What pretty soaps! I can just imagine the grapefruit scent would be so welcome for spring! Pinning to share. Thanks so much for linking up and sharing with me at Brag About It this week! Take care.
They look amazing! Thank you for sharing the tutorial at The Really Crafty Link Party this week. Pinned!
Oh I would love to try this out, it looks like such a fun project!!
Jasmine, I am headed to a vacation this summer at someone’s home and I was wondering what I could take as a hostess gift. I have decided that I am going to look up your recipes and make a little basket for each of the ladies staying.
Debbie that is fantastic, I love these grapefruit sugar scrubs, they smell great and leave the skin so soft. I hope you enjoy the process and the final products!
Wow, Jasmine! I love the way the soap base holds them in shape. That’s a great idea. I usually make mine with coconut oil, but of course that has to go in a jar. Hmm. May have to try it with the soap base.
Hi Jasmine: I really like grapefruit it is so refreshing and I bets its perfect for a face scrub. Although I have seen a few face scrub posts I don’t remember seeing one that holds a pattern like this one does.
They look really pretty and would make a perfect gift. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you so much Leanna, I used a soap mold to give the pattern I think it gives the sugar scrubs a beautiful look for a treat for friends and family
I just love the smell of Grapefuit and I love your mold – I have brought some soap supplies so I can try and make some Jasmine
That is fantastic, I hope you have lots of fun making soaps and scrubs
Great idea… and they are so pretty too! 🙂
I love anything with a grapefruit fragrance and have bought some of these. I’m intrigued with the idea of making them. Thanks for sharing.
Donna, I hope you get to make them, these are one of my favorites and I love using them.