DIY Citrus Body Scrub Recipes

Do you love DIY beauty treatments, and easy spa treatments you can do at home? Do you love essential oils? How about free essential oil recipes? Well, you've come to the right place! Read on to find out a few homemade spa treatments you can make and use in the comfort of your own home (and at a fraction of the cost of buying it in the store to boot!).

There’s nothing like waking up to the scent of citrus oils…they are so energizing, fresh, and perky, you just can’t help but smile when you inhale their burst of sunshine. I have so many favorite essential oils, but I really couldn’t live without my citrus oils, they truly are my sunshine in a bottle!

If you love citrus oils as much as I do, here are a few body scrub and citrus blend recipes that you can use, or alter depending on your tastes:

Consider these skin workouts, increasing circulation, getting rid of dead skin cells, and aromatherapy treatments all in one!

Citrus-Smiles Wake-up Call Scrub

• 1/2 cup pure virgin coconut oil (or butter) You can also use any other carrier of your choice
• 2/3 cup sugar (or 1/2 cup if you like a more moisturizing scrub)-you can also use salt, brown sugar or any other exfoliant of your choice
• 5 drops Tangerine e.o.
• 5 drops Pink Grapefruit e.o.
• 2 drops Lemon e.o.
• 2 drops Lime e.o.
• 3 drops Rosemary e.o.
• 2 Vit. E caplets

Wake-Me-Up Body Polish

Guaranteed to open up those tired morning eyes and give you a wonderful start to your day made with 100 percent certified-organic virgin coconut oil. My product’s only other ingredients are sugar, vitamin E and essential oils. That’s it. It’s a tropical island in a jar. The scent is divine, and the polish leaves skin soft and glowing, as if you’ve just been to the spa. You’ll spend a mere 30 seconds polishing and buffing your skin to a healthy radiance. With Pink Grapefruit, Lemongrass and Tangerine pure essential oils.

Make your own:

• 1/2 cup pure virgin coconut oil (or butter)
• 2/3 cup sugar (or 1/2 cup if you like a more moisturizing scrub)
• 5 drops Tangerine e.o.
• 7 drops Pink Grapefruit e.o.
• 4 drops Lemongrass e.o.
• 2 Vit. E caplets

Crack of Dawn Scrub

Yup, I said it…Crack of Dawn is a magic bullet for waking your ass up in the morning…it’s like crack for natural ingredient enthusiasts! Once you try this one, you’ll definitely be addicted!

• 1/2 cup pure virgin coconut oil (or butter) You can also use any other carrier of your choice, like jojoba, olive, grapeseed, sweet almond, etc. depending on how moisturizing you want your scrub
• 2/3 cup sugar (or 1/2 cup if you like a more moisturizing scrub)-you can also use salt, brown sugar or any other exfoliant of your choice
• 3 drops Tangerine e.o.
• 3 drops Pink Grapefruit e.o.
• 4 drops Sweet Orange e.o.
• 2 drops Peppermint e.o.
• 2 drops Rosemary e.o.
• 1 drop Vanilla abs.
• 2 Vit. E caplets

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