Making Sugar Scrub is Easy and Fun, by Amyna Denton, age 12

My aunt Kat came to visit from Connecticut. She hitched a ride with my mom when she was driving home to North Carolina. Aunt Kat hadn’t been down to our house for a while. With her, she brought her two little girls, Leeloo and Eppie. She really likes making homemade stuff. Aunt Kat makes all her own stuff at home like toothpaste, deodorant, and sugar scrub. So when she was here, she decided to teach us how to make sugar scrub. Sugar scrub is an exfoliating scrub used to take dead skin off of your hands and body. It is all natural and super easy to make. I like it because of how it makes your skin feel silky and smooth.

It was so fun and easy to make sugar scrub that I wanted to share it with other people like you! Here are the ingredients and steps for how to make sugar scrub. The ingredients are sugar, olive oil or avocado oil, essential oil, and food coloring, which is optional. You will need a big bowl and a wooden spoon to mix it up with. 1 ½ cup sugar, ½ cup olive oil, as much essential oil you want, and 2 drops of food coloring. I just add 2 drops of essential oil and food coloring.

First, get a bowl and add the sugar and the olive oil and mix it all up. Second you can add essential oil and food coloring (optional). Third, make sure you mixed it all up well. After mixing, make sure you have a consistency like play dough. If the scrub seems too wet, add a bit more sugar. If the scrub seems too dry, add a bit more oil. The last step is to put it in a jar or container.

Sugar scrub can be used all over your body. Anywhere you have dry skin, apply the scrub and rub it lightly over the area. Then, wash the area with soap and water. The sugar removes the dry skin quickly and painlessly, and the oil leaves your skin feeling fresh and soft. The essential oil leaves you smelling great.
The best places to use it are your hands and feet. I have dry skin on my hands and feet. They are usually dry and cracked. Using sugar scrub on these areas makes them nice and smooth because of the sugar. It is a simple and fun way to treat yourself well. It feels like going to get a pedicure. Especially in the winter. Here in the mountains, where we live, winter leaves our skin drier than normal. Sugar scrub not only removes the dry, damaged skin, but the oil it leaves your skin protected from the cold.

This was my first time making sugar scrub, and the first time I learned a skill from my Aunt Kat. It was fun to watch my cousins Leeloo and Eppie squishing the sugar and oil together with their hands and choosing their colors. I was amazed at how it came out. I had no idea how it would look. I made mine with peppermint oil because it is a strong and relaxing smell. I added green food coloring so it would match the peppermint smell.
This was a great project and it was the best because my Aunt Kat was teaching us. Aunt Kat showed us how to make these and now I can make it all by myself. Next time she comes she’ll probably teach me to make toothpaste or deodorant. I really enjoy making things like this. I hope you enjoy making and using your own sugar scrub. If you have any questions or comments, please write below.