DIY: Good Morning Body Polish {A Solid Peppermint, Coffee & sugar Scrub w No Nut Oils}

I have been using a scrub made of equal parts oil and sugar on my legs and it’s been great but of course I wanted something easier to manage in the shower. So I created this solid scrub with sugar for exfoliation, coffee for cellulite and peppermint for a fresh start to the day! Please note that this recipe will vary greatly from others because I wanted to avoid soap and nut/seed oils that The Bestie is allergic to. I just love how easy to use this is, rub the scrub, wash it off and your legs will be soft and smooth. It’s almost scrub and lotion in one. I used wind up containers I found here, as this is not solid enough to set into a mould. You could also use an old wind up deodorant container that has been well washed. This made 6 wind up containers.

This really is very easy to make, the instructions and info seems long but I want to give you the benefit of my experience. If you google these sorts of things, they have few instructions because they are geared towards people who do this sort thing all the time. I’ve worked out the easiest ways to set up, clean up and keep things safe, so of course I want you to know those things too.

When I work with beeswax (or anything I don’t want to clean off my bench) I cover my bench with paper, I get mine from Ikea on a roll but newspaper works well to. I also like to write the recipe on the paper so I can tick them off as I go. It saves so much clean up time, I really recommend it. I never use food containers or spoons with beeswax either, so use dedicated containers or disposable ones. I use Popsicle sticks to stir and dedicated containers because I prefer them to have pouring lips but takeaway containers work fine. It’s really important to melt beeswax safely; there is a great article on it here. I have a professional leg wax pot I use as a sort of double boiler, I put the wax in a metal measuring cup and place that in the leg wax warmer. You might want to use gloves or take off your rings before you start this as it gets a little messy at the end.

• 70g beeswax
• 300ml grapeseed oil
• 1 tsp vitamin E oil
• 1/4 tsp peppermint essential oil
• 35g ground coffee
• 1 cup castor sugar
• Equipment
• Something to stir with
• A container to melt in that will fit everything
• Containers to fill

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1. Set up your area with all the ingredients, measures, stirrers and containers, even the ones you will be filling. You are less likely to miss an ingredient if you have the recipe in front of you.
2. Melt the wax and add the grapeseed oil. The wax will start to solidify again, continue melting until everything is liquid.
3. Remove from the heat and add the vitamin E oil and peppermint and stir well.
4. Add the coffee and sugar and stir until smooth but work quickly as the mix will solidify very quickly.
5. Pour into the containers. Clean any drips from the outside and chill for an hour or so till set.

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To clean your containers etc, wipe them out with paper towel, removing as much gunk as possible. Rinse the containers off with hot water, then fill with hot water and a squirt of dishwashing liquid. Allow to sit for a few minutes before washing as usual. I also like to do this after to keep my drains flowing nicely!

If you make this, please let me know what you thought xxxxx