Being a mother can be a tough job. While you are busy taking care of your family and making sure everyone has everything they need, you may discover that you have neglected yourself.
To be able to properly care for your family, you must also care for yourself. Self-care is one of the most overlooked subjects when it comes to mothers. However, experts explain that it is important to take the time to make sure your mind, body and soul are happy and healthy.
Taking care of yourself can take many forms such as soaking in a hot bath. While a hot bath may only take a short amount of time, it is considered a great way to give yourself a moment of relaxation.
Take your hot bath or shower to the next step by using a one of these 25 DIY body scrubs for smooth and healthy skin.
Homemade Peppermint Sugar Scrub
As the holiday season is upon us, nothing is more invigorating as peppermint oil. Known for its stress relief, memory enhancing powers and several other health benefits, peppermint adds more than just a delicious scent to this body scrub. The addition of coconut oil and vitamin E adds a moisturizing touch.
Original Recipe: A Pumpkin and A Princess
Pumpkin Pie Sugar Scrub
Who doesn’t love pumpkin pie? Nothing says fall is here more than the delicious aroma of pumpkin spice! This simple recipe uses ingredients you probably already have in your pantry and creates a unique body scrub.
With a mixture of brown sugar, white sugar, vegetable oil and pumpkin pie spice. It is extremely easy to make, but beware it will smell so delicious you will have to remind yourself not to eat it!
Original Recipe: Mason Jar Craft Love
Lavender Sugar Scrub
Are you having trouble getting your mind to relax or falling asleep? Lavender is known to help promote relaxation and sleep. Combined with a nice hot bath, you’ll be sleeping like a baby in no time!
This recipe is made with the usual coconut oil and sugar mixture. However, it packs a punch of relaxation with the addition of Lavender essential oil and an optional tablespoon of dried Lavender. Whip up a batch and prepare of relaxation!
Original Recipe: The Idea Room
Cucumber Green Tea Sugar Scrub
If you already missing the summer, this sugar scrub recipe will transport you right back to the memories of sipping iced tea poolside. This recipe calls for slightly different ingredients than the other scrubs, but most mothers will have these items in their baby care arsenal.
Cucumber and green tea baby wash combined with baby oil and sugar makes this scrub a pinch to throw together. So, make it an at-home spa day and take some time to relax!
Original Recipe: The Melrose Family
Coconut Lime Sugar Scrub
Speaking of summer days, what about those sweet days spent at the beach soaking up the sun? Surround yourself with the intoxicating scent of coconut and lime with this easy sugar scrub recipe. Using coconut oil, sugar, shredded coconut and essential lime oil, all you will be missing is the beach!
Original Recipe: The Idea Room
Cookie Dough Sugar Scrub
This body scrub recipe is perfect for anyone with a sweet tooth. Despite it not actually containing cookie dough, this scrub smells exactly like the delectable treat.
The coconut oil in the recipe will leave your skin silky smooth, while the vanilla will leave an irresistible scent. The creator even suggests using shredded coconut to add even more texture to this scrub.
Original Recipe: Hello Homebody
Orange Creamsicle Sugar Scrub
Yet another scrub recipe that smells so great, you will have to stop yourself from eating it. The sweet smell of orange creamsicle will bring back nostalgic memories of childhood summer days spent enjoying the frozen treats.
Now, it can also help your skin stay soft and smooth! Vanilla extract, coconut oil and essential orange oil come together for the sweet sugar scrub.
Original Recipe: The Gunny Sack
Strawberry Salt Scrub
Many of these body scrubs are made with sugar, but salt scrubs can also be very nourishing to your skin. This strawberry salt scrub was developed to be used on feet.
The coarse sea salt will soften even the toughest of calluses, while the olive oil will leave the skin moisturized and soft. The strawberries add a wonderful fresh scent and help create a colorful scrub for your feet and legs.
Original Recipe: Petite Elefant
Melon Cooler Salt Scrub
Fruit is definitely a great ingredient to add to these creative body scrub recipes. This unique salt scrub recipe uses menthol crystals to create a cooling sensation, perfect for those aching feet after a long day of chasing around the children.
This scrub contains some less common ingredients, such as carrot root powder and watermelon seed oil. However, these ingredients are known for softening and condition skin. While this recipe is a little more intensive than the other, it promises to give you phenomenal results.
Original Recipe: Natural Beauty Workshop
Rosemary Mint Sugar Scrub
Rosemary and mint smell absolutely amazing on their own, so you can only imagine what this scrub smells like. This recipe is extremely easy.
All you need to do is combine a mixture of sugar, coconut or vegetable oil and rosemary and mint essential oils. Put it in a cute jar and you have a invigorating body scrub ready at any moment.
Original Recipe: Good Life Eats
Margarita Body Scrub
While most mommas can’t indulge in a cocktail to unwind after a long day, this body scrub incorporates the ingredients of a refreshing margarita. This recipe pretty much calls for the same ingredients as a margarita, even down to the tequila!
The creator of this recipe explains that the tequila and lime juice are natural antiseptics, which means it helps heal and clean damaged skin. The coarse salt will get rid of any dead skin and the addition of olive oil gives your skin a dose of moisture.
Original Recipe: Hello Glow
Coconut Oatmeal Hand Scrub
Did you know that oatmeal is more than a hearty breakfast? Oatmeal is also a great ingredient for nourishing skin. This easy-to-make recipe combines oatmeal, coconut oil, vanilla, honey and brown sugar to make a delicious smelling scrub for smooth hands.
Not only does coconut oil add a great scent to the scrub, it also works with the oatmeal to gentle exfoliate the skin.
Original Recipe: A Pumpkin and A Princess
Lavender Vanilla Scrub
Lavender is a popular addition to these DIY body scrub because of its relaxation properties. However, in this particular recipe, dried lavender and lavender essential oil is combined with a vanilla extract to create a calming scent.
Grape seed oil adds a moisturizing quality to the scrub. Grape seed oil is known to have plenty of benefits for your skin, such as tightening skin, lightening dark eye circles and treating acne.
Original Recipe: University Foodie
Coffee Body Scrub
Coffee is a great source of that much-needed pick-me-up, but what if we told you that your old coffee grounds could give your skin a revitalizing boost?
Coffee is said to help reduce cellulite and tighten skin. Combined with coconut oil, this energizing body scrub will leave your skin silky and smooth.
Original Recipe: Simply Stacie
Chocolate Body Scrub
Chocolate is a great treat after a long hard day, but did you know it can also help your skin recover? This body scrub may look and smell like a delectable dessert, but it is actually a sweet treat for your skin!
Cocoa powder, coconut oil and brown sugar come together to create this unique scrub. Not only does it smell delicious, but those that have used it say that the scent lasts all day!
Original Recipe: Not Quite Susie
Chai Masala Scrub
This combination of cinnamon, cardamom and sugar is just as addicting and satisfying as a chai latte. These spices are more than just delicious, they are touted for their anti-inflammatory properties, which means that it can soothe and treat skin. The chai tea is also filled with antioxidants to help cleanse and rejuvenate your skin.
Original Recipe: You Beauty
Coconut Pepper + Mint Body Scrub
This spicy mint scent of this body scrub makes it perfect for men and women to use. The simple and pure ingredients make it the perfect choice for those that have sensitive or dry skin.
You can make this simple scrub with four common ingredients. Salt, pepper, coconut oil and peppermint essential oil come together to leave your skin silky smooth and smelling great.
Original Recipe: Megan Joy
Whipped Grapefruit Mint Sugar Scrub
Yet another DIY body scrub recipe with mint, this sugar scrub harnesses the citrus power of grapefruit. This energizing scrub will wake you up and help raise your alertness levels, making it perfect for morning routines. The creator of this recipe even recommends adding a bit of beet juice for a fun pink color.
Original Recipe: The Kitchen McCabe
Paradise Mango Scrub
This mango-scented scrub recipe will help you have a piece of summer no matter what time of the year it is. Its exfoliating power comes from the addition of raw sugar while coconut oil moisturizes.
Mangos contribute a dose of vitamin A, which will help you get rid of dead skin cells and allow your healthy skin to glow.
Original Recipe: Hello Glow
Banana Sugar Scrub
Bananas are a great healthy fruit packed with plenty of nutrients such as potassium. But did you know that bananas are also a natural moisturizer?
Adding a ripe banana to a soothing mixture of shea butter, coconut butter and coconut oil will result in the perfect body scrub.
Original Recipe: I Am Not The Babysitter
Lemon Poppy Seed Cookie Scrub
Not only does this scrub look delicious, it is also high in vitamin C which is great news for skin. Vitamin C is known to replenish skin cells and rejuvenate skin. Inspired by a lemon poppy seed muffin recipe, this recipe easily exfoliates your skin with the combination of sugar and poppy seeds.
Original Recipe: You Beauty
Almond Joy Scrub
This body scrub recipe is a play off of the popular candy bar. It is a great way to get your chocolate fix and give your tired skin a boost.
Crushed almonds and sugar exfoliate your skin while coconut oil offers plenty of moisturizing benefits. The recipe is extremely easy to make but the benefits are immense.
Original Recipe: You Beauty
Java Mint Scrub
Mint is known to cleanse and leave a lasting scent, which makes it the perfect ingredient for this body scrub. Combined with exfoliating coffee grounds, it is said to help reduce any inflammation or swelling. This scrub is perfect for those that want to reduce the appearance of their cellulite.
Original Recipe: You Beauty
Whipped Shea Butter Body Scrub
Shea butter is known to soothe and moisturize even the driest of skin. However, this scrub recipe will completely relax your entire body.
Featuring shea butter, rosemary extract and vitamin E, this recipe can be a bit more complex than other body scrubs but the creator explains that the ingredients can be tweaked according to what you have on hand.
Original Recipe: Adventures of a Gluten Free Mom
Mint Eucalyptus Foot Scrub
This recipe promises to help even the driest of feet. This easy to make scrub uses sea salt, coconut oil, eucalyptus oil and peppermint oil. Simply combine all of these skin-boosting in a jar to have a great body scrub ready at any moment.
Original Recipe: Starhaus
Which Body Scrub Will You Make? (Why Not Try Them All!!)
There are literally infinite variations of creating a body scrub. Whether you prefer salt or sugar, these DIY recipes are 25 of the best body scrubs to have to make sure your next bath or shower leaves your skin healthy, moisturized and smooth.
Who knew what you could create with common household ingredients?
While you might not always have time for an entire day of self-care, taking a moment for a hot bath or shower will give you a reinvigorating boost to keep being the best mother and caretaker you can be!