Monday, July 18, 2011

Etceteras: sugar scrub and pretty packaging


I know there have been many wonderful sugar scrub posts and tutorials in the blog world but when I found these little bottles I just had to make some of my own.

The little travel-sized bottles are from my local drugstore. I found them on sale - I think they were two for $1.00.

There’s a variety of sugar scrub recipes available online – brown sugar, lemon, peppermint and more. I used a recipe from The Happy Housewife because I wanted pink scrub.


Here’s the recipe:

¾ cup sugar
1 tablespoon pink sugar crystals
4 tablespoons Canola Oil
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Mix the sugars together. Slowly pour in the oil and extract and mix together


Pour your sugar scrub into your jar. I embellished my jar lids with crepe paper flowers. You can find my tutorial for crepe paper flowers here.

If you want to use the scrub as a gift, consider adding a little spoon to scoop out the scrub. I love how these turned out and will definitely be making these as gifts in the future.

Since I had all the ingredients out, I decided I also wanted to try making sugar scrub cubes. I thought these might be more convenient since you can use one little cube at a time instead of scooping out the scrub.

To make soap or sugar scrub cubes, you need melt and pour soap base which I didn’t have. I found a recipe here that called for soap shreds and decided to give it a try. I have a feeling soap shreds are something you buy to make soap but I used a bar of soap that I had and shredded it. Ta-da...soap shreds...


Here's the recipe:

1 Tbsp. oil (I used canola oil)
2 Tbsp. soap shreds (I scraped a bar of soap with a butter knife to make shreds)
3 Tbsp. sugar

Heat the oil and soap shreds in the microwave in short bursts. Heat 15 seconds then stir – repeat until the soap is melted. Slowly add your sugar until the mixture is like dough. I added yellow food coloring for a lemon drop effect. At this point you would put your scrub mixture into candy forms. Since I didn’t have candy forms, I used a measuring spoon and scooped out dollops. Let dry on parchment paper until firm.

 Phew…that was a long post and long day of making sugar scrub and decorating bottles. I’m ready to relax and use my scrub now.


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33 comments :

  1. I love soap and love scrubs. I thought yours were lovely and anyone would be lucky to receive these as a gift. I've never made my own, but you have inspired me to try. Thanks!
    Traci

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  2. These look so lovely! They must smell wonderful!
    You did a beautiful job!

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  3. Your head is so full of ideas! The scrubs look pretty and they must smell lovely. Thanks for sharing.

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  4. These sound wonderful and look good enough to eat.
    Your beautiful packaging makes it twice the fun!

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  5. I love pink! These would be great gifts!

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  6. They are just beautiful! What a great gift idea- thanks for sharing!

    Valerie- www.occasionallycrafty.blogspot.com
    Drop on by!

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  7. These look so refreshing...and would make ideal gifts! Thanks for all the tutorials on how to to do these!

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  8. The soap shred scrubs look so pretty - I'd be happy recieving them. I might have to give those a try! :) Thanks.

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  9. Wow, love this! Going to be making some this week!!

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  10. Love the soap scrub cubes - and they are packaged so beautifully. I'm pinning this for sure!

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  11. so pretty - I love the cube idea, I hadn't seen that before and it makes so much sense.

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  12. LOVE this idea!! They would make such cute gifts!! Come check out my blog www.hopesewell.com and enter my very first giveaway!!

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  13. I have never heard of sugar scrub cubes before - what a great idea! Yours are beautiful!

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  14. love these projects and your gorgeous jars Carolyn! thanks so much for sharing on Craft Schooling Sunday!

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  15. These are beautiful and would make great gifts. I have never made it myself, will have to try it!

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  16. so cute and looks very pretty!

    come link it to my woot woot wednesday linky party!

    http://tootsiewootsieboutique.blogspot.com/2011/07/woot-woot-wednesdays-2.html

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  17. What a nice gift to make for someone.

    Beautiful tutorial.

    I would love for you to share a link to this on my mommy solution meme!

    http://www.crystalandcomp.com/2011/07/the-mommy-club-share-your-resources-and-solutions/

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  18. these are adorable perfect for my mother or my teen daughters I am thinking I will take your lead and have presents when I need them come see me at http://shopannies.blogspot.com

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  19. I love the little yellow sugar balls! They look like lemon drops. What pretty packages, too. Your flowers are always a pretty touch on anything!

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  20. Beautiful looking scrubs - they'd be perfect gifts!

    Thanks for linking to the Creating Success Worldwide blog hop!! Hope you'll come back again next week!
    Jill @ Creating my way to Success
    http://www.jembellish.blogspot.com/

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  21. What a great idea. I would love for you to stop by http://diyhshp.blogspot.com/ on Monday to link up your sugar scrub and any other projects you would like to share.

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  22. I love this! I'd love it is you shared it on the new series called Happy Healthy Me on the glitter blog http://runwithglitter.blogspot.com/2011/07/link-up-happy-healthy-me.html

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  23. I'm so grateful that you linked up in this week's Creative Bloggers' Party & Hop :) This awesome post totally rocked the party!

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  24. Carolyn, I've never seen prettier sugar scrubs anywhere. I saw your post linked up over at "Our House of Joyful Noise". Of all the links, yours was the only one that really grabbed me enough for a click and I was so excited (but not surprised) to find that the post belonged to you! Such exceptional quality and style....always!

    Jenn

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  25. I love the scrub and the packaging!!
    Thank you for linking up to {nifty thrifty sunday} last week!
    I hope to see more of your creativity this weekend! :)
    xoxo,
    Vanessa

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  26. I love these! Thanks for sharing these with us.

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  27. What fabulous ideas and even more fabulous gifts! Pinning these!

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  28. Hi Carolyn!! : ) - Just wanted you to know that I'm featuring your Sugar Scrubs & Pretty Packaging on Tuesday, with the this week's link-up party. Thanks for always sharing with us!

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  29. *squeal* I was so excited to see that you linked up this gorgeous post to "A Little Birdie Told Me...". Your aesthetic is absolutely of the highest caliber, truly.

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  30. Oh I like these! I've made lots of sugar scrubs in the past, but I like the dallop idea!

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  31. Really what a beautiful packing this all products are having really awesome I have never seen such a good and a beautiful idea of packing in such a way. I am just getting hungry after seeing these beautiful packed products. After seeing a good packaging we like to buy it in other way we are making two progresses in a single beneath. So having a packaging of a particular brand product must be attractive. Also packaging is very much important so that there is no damage of any of the products.
    Brand Design

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