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Exfoliating Apricot Sugar Scrub Cubes
These DIY Exfoliating Apricot Seed Sugar Scrub Cubes are easy to make and do wonders for rough, dry skin.
Prep Time
15
minutes
mins
Cook Time
20
minutes
mins
Cooling Time
2
hours
hrs
Total Time
35
minutes
mins
Course:
DIY Beauty
Servings:
12
Cubes
Author:
Chrystal Johnson
Equipment
Measuring cups
Ingredients
⅛
cup
apricot oil
⅛
pound
triple butter glycerin melt & pour soap base
(equivalent of about 2 cubes)
½
cup
granulated sugar
1
teaspoon
ground apricot seed
15
drops
orange essential oil
or your choice of oils
2
drops
orange soap colorant
Small round ice cube tray
Instructions
Melt your soap base in a double boiler, stirring frequently, until it's smooth.
Add the apricot oil, sugar, ground apricot seed, soap dye and essential oil, and stir until well combined.
Immediately pour the mixture into your ice cube tray and let set for about 2 hours. If it starts to harden in the process, put it back over the heat.
Once cool and hardened, pop your Apricot Seed Sugar Scrub Cubes out of the ice cube tray and store in an airtight container.
Notes
Makes 12 sugar scrub cubes if using the same mold. Each cube is good for 1-2 uses.