The Best DIY Hand Scrub for Soft, Moisturized Skin

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Keep your hands looking young and nourished with an easy DIY hand scrub. This recipe does 2 important things for your hands: it exfoliates and moisturizes. Plus, it smells amazing (lavender + lemon = swoon), is inexpensive to make, and comes together in just a few minutes.

 

Basically, it’s the best hand scrub ever.

 

WHY SHOULD I EXFOLIATE?

 

Exfoliating your skin, and particularly your hands, is so important! Your skin is constantly shedding dead skin cells. Exfoliation helps remove those dead skin cells.

 

Exfoliation also helps soften your skin. Since your hands are exposed to constant handwashing and basically everything you do all day, they deserve something to feel and look fresh.

 

HOW CAN I EXFOLIATE MY HANDS?

 

There are lots of choices to naturally exfoliate your hands with. Salt, sugar, and various herbs and botanicals. But my favorite way to exfoliate hands is with a homemade sugar scrub.

 

I like sugar over salt for a hand scrub because I find it slightly gentler on my typically sensitive skin. Don’t worry; there is still PLENTY of exfoliating power in this DIY hand scrub recipe!

 

 

WHAT OILS ARE GOOD FOR DRY HANDS?

 

My favorite carrier oil for homemade sugar scrub for hands is grapeseed oil. I love grapeseed oil for body and hand scrubs because it feels light on the skin and doesn’t feel like you dipped your hands in a vat of oil when you’re done.

I always like to include jojoba oil in my body product recipes since my skin LOVES it, so you’ll also find it in this recipe.

You should be able to pick up grapeseed oil at a natural grocery store or find it online.

 

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DIY SUGAR SCRUB FOR HANDS

 

Ingredients:

• 5 cups sugar (preferably organic)
• 1/2 cup grapeseed oil
• 1 TBS jojoba oil
• 6 drops of vitamin E
• 12 drops Lavender Essential Oil
• 8 drops Lemon Essential Oil

 

 

HOW TO MAKE HOMEMADE HAND SCRUB

 

1. Measure sugar into a medium/large bowl
2. Add remaining ingredients and mix well. All of the sugar should be coated with oil.
3. Scoop into glass jars and secure with a lid to keep the scrub fresh.

 

NOTES

If your hand scrub begins to separate after a while, just give it a stir to incorporate the oil back in.

 

You can skip the vitamin E if you don’t have it on hand, but I really love it in my skincare recipes.

 

This recipe makes approximately 16 ounces of finished hand scrub and will fill 2 half-pint (8-ounce) jars. I like to reuse glass jars from the kitchen or old beauty product containers for projects like this hand scrub. Mason jars also work well for storing your homemade hand scrub.

 

DIY HAND SCRUB AS A GIFT

 

Lavender and lemon hand scrub is a great DIY gift idea! Plus, it’s so easy and inexpensive to make; you can whip up a bunch of jars in a matter of minutes. Throw on a cute hang tag and a ribbon and you’re done.

Pair this with my DIY cuticle oil (also super easy to make) for an adorable hand care gift set that you can totally DIY yourself in no time. This would be perfect as a teacher gift or hostess gift.

 

 

TREAT YOURSELF

 

Try this moisturizing hand scrub after an herbal nail soak for a spa-like hand and nail treatment that’s easy to do. Both of these recipes will leave your hands and nails looking fresh.

However you opt to use this sugar scrub, your hands will be happy.

 

Because this is the best hand scrub ever.  😉