Homemade Holiday Hand Scrub!

Yesterday I was looking around on the Internet for gift ideas for our neighbors. We usually bake (and we still will, but I wanted something more personal.) While searching I found this darling idea of making a body scrub. I found a few different recipes and decided to do a hand scrub instead. They turned out so darling and were super simple to make!!

Here is how it was done:

I went to the store and got some Dawn Hand Renewal soap (get the biggest one), a bag of sugar (pure white, you could do brown but I wanted my mix to be white)  and some small cute jars.

First: Measure the sugar in the size jar you will be using (I had 12 jars so I put 12 jars of sugar in the bowl, I also did two batches because my bowl was not big enough to mix all of it at once.)

Second: You add the hand soap to the consistency you want. I would add some, stir, add some more. I did mine fairly thick, kind of the consistency of the stuff you use at Bath and Body works.

Third:  I then added some Doterra Peppermint oil (12 drops, then I put 1 drop on the top of each mixture before I put the lids on.) The recipe said you could use peppermint extract (that you cook with), but I didn't want that! The Doterra oil is actual good and nourishing for your hands and elevates your mood so I went with that instead.

I am a big fan of essential oils and use them for everything, from my sore muscles to a blemish on my face! Love them!

 Fourth: My mom cut out wrapping paper to go on the lids, I made some Christmas labels and we tied some ribbon and a spoon onto the jars. 

The finished project was super cute and it really took maybe an hour to complete the whole thing!  

Next I am attempting:

Red Velvet truffles and Black Berry Mini Tarts! They look and sound amazing!