Making Sugar Scrubs 🧼🎀
- STEM Herizons
- Aug 4, 2025
- 2 min read
Updated: Aug 7, 2025
Hi! Welcome to today's experiment, where we will be making sugar scrubs!
Sugar scrubs are skincare products that exfoliate your skin
First, let's dive into the science behind sugar scrubs and why they leave you with soft and glowy skin.
Sugar scrubs combine the physical exfoliating action of the sugar and humectants
Exfoliate: When you use a substance (like sugar!) to rub off the dead skin cells of your body
Humectants: A substance that absorbs moisture (like shea butter, coconut oil, or even honey!)
Oil keeps your skin hydrated because it traps the moisture in your skin
The sugar scrub gently buffs any dead skin cells
Your skin is producing new cells right now! What you see on the top layer of the skin is your epidermis, and there are even layers of skin below that.
Your skin produces new cells like a conveyor belt; At the bottom of the epidermis, new skin cells are made, and they slowly move to the top over a few weeks. When they reach the surface of your skin, they die.
Eventually, the skin cells at the top flake off. Even though you can't see it, in a year, you shed 9 pounds worth of dead skin cells!
Too many dead skin cells cause dullness and dryness within your skin, which is why we use sugar scrubs!
When you use sugar scrubs, it's important to use it gently, because it could cause irritation!
The Experiment
Materials
2/3 cups of granulated sugar
What exfoliates our skin!
1 tablespoon of honey
The humectant!
2 tablespoons of your favorite body wash (add more or less if needed)
Optional: food coloring
Optional: Extract (vanilla, peppermint, lavender, so it can smell good!)
Optional: Add 1-2 tablespoons of coconut or almond oil for an added moisturizing effect!
Procedure
In a clean container, combine the sugar, honey, body wash, and optional oils
Mix well and add your extract and food coloring, if you choose to add them
That's it! enjoy your sugar scrub!! 🎀
How to use: while you take a warm shower or bath, take a small amount, rub it on wet skin in circular motions, and rinse it when you are done.
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