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Wednesday, December 17, 2008

{Homemade Brown Sugar Scrub}

I had been racking my brain for something as a teacher gift. Last year I put together a popcorn gift set w/ theatre candy & popcorn with a Blockbuster gift card. I didn't want to do it this year. Instead, I used my special canning jars that I found on clearance at Target earlier and made homemade brown sugar scrubs.


Here is the recipe I found online.


Brown Sugar Scrub


1 cup brown sugar
1/2 c sweet almond oil
1 tsp Vitamin E oil
1 tsp vanilla

Mix together and place in a jar!



Now, I found out that I could've used olive oil instead, or even canola oil, but the almond oil has many benefits for your skin. It was also pretty pricey as well. I looked in the cooking aisle, and found it on sale for $7.58 for 8 1/2 oz. Then I went to the health food part of our store (it's a huge awesome store) and found almond oil MUCH cheaper in that section. I bought a 16 oz bottle for $9.29, and it's also food grade too, so you can cook with it as well. When you add the Vitamin E oil, it softens the skin, and the vanilla just adds a pleasant smell to it (unless it makes you want to eat your arm!).


To give you an idea of how much it makes, I made two batches of this, and it made 3 of the small canning jars full. I'll complete with cute tags on the side w/ colorful ribbon later today! Enjoy!

8 comments:

  1. What happened to giving an apple-- hahah:) just kidding. I bet they love it, looks really cute:)

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  2. yum!!! What a great idea!!! thanks for sharing!

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  3. OK i wish your were my VT!:)
    YUMMY!

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  4. I've missed your blog, Amy! This scrub looks scrumptous enough to eat. I haven't even gotten around to teacher gifts yet (oy...)...

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  5. You always think of the best ideas! Mom

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  6. Sounds yummy! They'll love it.

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  7. awesome idea amy!! remind me to tell you about the peppermint sauce i had last night----it was so good and so pretty-looking. i'm thinking i have my neighbor idea for next year....

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