Homemade Christmas Sugar Scrub Recipes

See how to make easy homemade Christmas sugar scrub recipes. The natural holiday body scrubs are great DIY gifts ideas. Included are instructions for gingerbread, hot chocolate, candy cane, orange spice, pomegranate, sugar plum, and vanilla cookie exfoliating scrubs. The tutorial also comes with tips for packaging and free printable labels.

The best DIY holiday body scrubs

I’m so excited for you to try these Christmas sugar scrub recipes for the holidays (or anytime), for yourself or as a gift. While these sugar scrub gifts are sure to impress, this homemade sugar scrub recipe is actually quite simple and made with ingredients you may already have in your (beauty) pantry.

You might notice that these sugar scrub recipes are similar to my growling skin body scrubs and sea salt scrub, in that we’re creating a simple coconut oil body scrub base. The process is speedy and easy, even if you’ve never made a homemade skincare recipe before or need cute last-minute Christmas gift ideas.

These Christmas sugar scrub ideas are very festive and fun, while also providing amazing skincare benefits. The holiday sugar scrubs exfoliate and moisturize at the same time, giving your skin that holiday glow. And, you can customize them to your heart’s content– I’m offering lots of ideas for that below!

Homemade Christmas Sugar Scrub Recipes

First up is a yummy Christmas cookie sugar scrub. This festive body scrub feels incredibly pampering on the skin and will leave your entire body baby smooth. Bonus: It smells like dessert.

Bitter almond flavor oil and vanilla extract bring out that fresh-out-of-the-oven cookie smell. A good helping of colorful sprinkles is reminiscent of iced sugar cookies everyone loves. I created the pale-yellow color with a little yellow mica powder.

With this sugar cookie scrub, you’re not limited to the holiday season. It’s a great product year-round and would be a lovely addition to a birthday spa hamper.

#2 DIY Sugar Plum Body Scrub 💜

The Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy is my favorite act in The Nutcracker, and I just had to dedicate a body scrub to Tchaikovsky’s masterpiece. The scrub features an enchanting blend of plum oil, and mica powder lends a gorgeous purple color

Plum oil has a fruity-sweet smell, similar to marzipan or macarons. The ultra-moisturizing oil is lightweight, easily absorbable, and stock-full of nourishing vitamins, antioxidants, and fatty acids. Its anti-inflammatory properties can help to reduce irritation, dark spots, puffiness, and dry skin. I also used the oil in my plum face serum.

Now, if you want to splurge and treat your skin, add a little Davidson plum powder to the recipe. The powder is quite expensive, but incredible nutrient-rich and has a beautiful burgundy color.

Bitter almond and copaiba oil pair beautifully with the plum oil and create a yummy-sweet Christmas fragrance.

#3 DIY Gingerbread Sugar Scrub ✨

My DIY gingerbread sugar scrub recipe is another holiday favorite. This scrumptious DIY body scrub harnesses the exfoliating power of brown sugar crystals, and a skin-loving blend of coconut oil and ground spices to leave your skin feeling supple.

Brown sugar boasts more exfoliating power than regular sugar, which is especially useful to buff rough elbows, knees, and feet. Your skin will feel baby-soft.

Ground spices lend the DIY brown sugar scrub a delicious scent that lingers ever-so-slightly as you go about your day. Gingerbread spice, pumpkin pie spice, or just cinnamon are good options.

I also infused the gingerbread body scrub with copaiba, ginger root, and clove essential oil, which create a warming sensation on the skin.

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#4 Homemade Orange Sugar Scrub 🍊

This luxe spiced orange sugar scrub brings a citrus grove and spa directly to your bathroom. The vitamin-rich DIY orange sugar scrub deeply sloughs and brightens the skin, while the invigorating scent uplifts your mind.
I formulated the scrub with freshly grated orange zest, sweet orange essential oil, and clove bud oil. If you have sensitive skin, I’d omit the clove bud EO and add a sprinkle of ground cloves. Cardamom essential oil also pairs nicely with the orange fragrance.

I didn’t color my homemade orange body scrub. The orange zest and essential oil were enough to create a light orange hue. If you prefer a more intense color, you could add a little orange mica or annatto powder.

5 DIY Pomegranate Sugar Scrub ❤️

My pomegranate body scrub relies on an array of natural ingredients to polish away rough patches: sugar for gentle exfoliation, pomegranate powder removes impurities, and pomegranate seed oil to revitalize the skin. All wrapped up in a fruity-fresh scent.
Pomegranates are heavy in antioxidants and a rich source of vitamin C. The fruit is said to stimulate cell regeneration, protect against premature skin aging, and prevent hyperpigmentation and age spots.

Pomegranate oil penetrates the skin deeply and is amazingly effective for treating dry, dull skin. The oil also helps to regulate oil production, which makes the ingredient useful to combat breakouts and acne.

I highlighted the mild fruit scent of the pomegranate oil with hints of palmarosa and tangerine, but you can omit the essential oils if you prefer.

6 – DIY Hot Chocolate Sugar Scrub ☕

Hot chocolate is my favorite winter drink, and so I just HAD to make a DIY hot chocolate sugar scrub. The recipe combines brown sugar, raw cacao powder and coconut oil to smooth away dead skin cells and deliver a smoothing burst of moisture.

Surprisingly, cacao does plenty for skincare. Cacao has powerful antioxidant capacities, which help protect cells from oxidation and aging, soothe redness and improve the skin’s complexion. It also contains important trace minerals like iron, copper, and zinc.

For the best skincare benefits, buy raw, unprocessed cacao powder. Cacao powder is made from fermented beans that have not been roasted. They are processed at low temperatures and then milled into a powder. The result is a powder that’s bitter in taste and higher in nutritional content.

Cocoa powder, on the other hand, is processed at much higher temperatures and doesn’t contain as many nutrients as cacao powder.

I scented my hot cocoa sugar scrub with vanilla oleoresin and cocoa absolute to create a rich chocolate aroma. These essential oils are optional. Without them, the DIY body scrub has a lovely, light chocolate scent.