Looking for easy, inexpensive homemade face scrubs? Below are 13 simple exfoliating face scrubs that your skin will love!
I have been using the Oil Cleansing Method to wash my face for almost a year now! My face feels moisturized, healthy and I am having fewer breakouts. For my skin, this organic and homemade face wash works great for me.
About once a week though, my skin needs a simple exfoliating face scrubs. Exfoliating helps remove the dead skin cells and other remaining impurities. It alsohelps keep my complexion clear and my skin looking healthy.
The beauty industry has a million products that will exfoliate your skin. Products that contain plastics, irritating fragrances, glycerin, parabens, phthalates and other questionable ingredients. These commercial products might cause damage to the delicate facial skin.
The good news is that you can make your own simple exfoliating face scrubs at home, really easily! They’re inexpensive and good for your skin. If your skin has needed a pick-me-up, check out the simple exfoliating face scrubs below:
Simple Sugar Face Scrub
- 1 tsp organic cane sugar (or granulated sugar)
- 2 drops of water
- 1 – 2 drops orange, lemon, lavender or tea treeessential oil (optional)
How you do it:
Combine all ingredients in a small bowl. Using the tips of your fingers, gently rub scrub into clean face. Take care to avoid the eyes. Remove by rinsing with cool water, and pat dry with a clean towel. Add on a layer of oil as a moisturizer, if necessary.
2 Ingredient Sugar DIY Face Scrub
- 1 tbsp coconut oil
- 2 tbsp sugar
How you do it:
Combine coconut oil and sugar in a small bowl, and stir to combine. Rub sugar face scrub into clean facial or neck skin, using gentle circular motions, for 60 seconds. Rinse dry with warm water.
This is an easy recipe to whip up when you don’t have a lot of time. You can increase the ratios to make more of the mix, and store for up to 3 months. If you live in a hotter climate, you may want to store this mixture in the fridge, as coconut oil has a relatively low melting point.
Chocolate Sugar Homemade Face Scrub
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1/8 cup olive oil
- 1 tbsp cocoa powder
- 1/4 tsp vanilla extract
How you do it:
Mix all ingredients together in a small bowl. Lather generously onto clean face, rubbing gently into the skin for 60 seconds. Allow to set on skin for 10 minutes, if desired, then rinse clean with warm water.
Blueberry and Honey Exfoliating Face Scrub
- 1/2 cup fresh blueberries
- 2 tbsp honey (raw and local is best)
- 1 – 2 tbsp sugar
How you do it:
Combine all ingredients in a small food processor, and blend until smooth. Add a generous layer to clean face, and allow to sit for 15 minutes. Rinse clean with warm water.
Lemon and Sugar Face Scrub
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tbsp organic honey
- juice from 1/2 lemon
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
How you do it:
Whisk together olive oil, honey, and lemon juice in a small bowl, until combined. Stir in sugar until fully combined. Gently rub into facial skin in circular motions, for about one minute. Rinse off skin with warm water.
Find the instructions on how to turn this into a body scrubhere.
Honey and Oatmeal Facial Scrub
- 1/2 cup of uncookedoats
- 2 tbsp honey
- 1 tsp nutmeg
- 15 drops lavender essential oil
- 15 drops tea tree essential oil
- 1 tsp dried lavender (optional)
How you do it:
Run oatmeal through the blender to break it up a bit. You don’t want it betoo powdery, just break it up a tiny bit. Transfer oatmeal to a small bowl, then add remaining ingredients and stir to combine. To use, gently rub into facial skin with circular motions. Leave on the skin for 5 – 10 minutes, then rinse with warm water.
I love this scrub because the Honey, Oatmeal, Nutmeg, Lavender and tea tree essential oils may help to reduce breakouts, even skin tone, and moisturize. Find step-by-step instructions and pictureshere.
Facial Scrub for Dry Skin
- 1/4 cup uncooked oats
- 1/8 cup honey
- 1/8 cup olive oil
Oats, honey and olive oil make this a little different spin from the honey and oatmeal facial scrub. But it’s incredibly simple and great for skin that is aching for moisture. Here is my recipe here.
Awesome simple exfoliating face scrubsfrom other bloggers!
- Tomato Sugar Face Scrub:This scrub is made with lycopene-filled tomatoes (which may help protect against harmful UV Rays) and sugar.
- Oatmeal-Lavender Face Scrub:Oatmeal, lavender flowers, baking soda and sea salt go into this mix to make up this unique and wonderfully fragrant face scrub.
- Coffee Face Scrub:Olive oil, organic honey and coffee grinds are mixed together to create this stimulating and energizing scrub.
- Papaya Face Mask: Papayas and honey sugar come together to exfoliate and dissolve dead skin cells and moisturize.
- Homemade Facial Masks:Once you’re done with your simple exfoliating face scrubs, try one of these 9 awesome homemade facial masks! All the recipes are listed in one place for ease of access! 😉
Buy Exfoliating Face Scrubs
Don’t want to make your own exfoliating face scrubs? No problem! There are plenty of great, natural face scrubs you can buy. Here are a few of my favorite:
- Acure Brightening Facial Scrub, made with Sea Kelp and French Green Clay.
- I also really like this Simple Kind to Skin Smoothing Facial Scrub!
Try a DIY Face Mask!
Now that your skin is gloriously exfoliated, try a DIY Face Mask! There are 8 homemade recipes that your skin will absolutely love.
Which one of these simple exfoliating face scrubsdo you want to try? What is your favorite simple exfoliating face scrubs?