Learn how to make this warming cardamom & spice solid coffee scrub recipe for your natural winter skin care routine. Formulated with warm holiday spices and a cardamom fragrance oil, this DIY coffee sugar scrub exfoliates skin to reduce the appearance of cellulite for glowing skin. While the addition of mango & cocoa butter moisturize dry skin. A true treat for your winter skin care routine, these solid sugar scrubs make lovely holiday gifts for friends & family too!
Make This Solid Coffee Sugar Scrub Recipe for Holiday Gifts & Seasonal Winter Skin Care
This cardamom & spice solid coffee sugar scrub recipe exfoliates with a combination of sugar, coffee and spices, while moisturizing skin with cocoa and mango butters. And, oh wow! The resulting solid coffee sugar scrub hearts smell amazing! And they can help reduce the appearance of cellulite while also stimulating circulation. They’re the perfect DIY holiday gifts whether you’re making DIY Christmas gifts or homemade Valentine’s day gifts!
I used a warming gingerbread spice blend for my warming spiced coffee scrub recipe. It contained ingredients like mace, green cardamom, star anise & black peppercorns to help get circulation going. However, you can substitute with your own gingerbread spice blend – or create your own from scratch.
Solid Coffee Sugar Scrub Recipe
© Rebecca D. Dillon
Ingredients:
2 oz. cocoa butter
1 oz. mango butter
3.25 oz. granulated white sugar
.25 oz. fresh ground coffee
.25 oz. gingerbread spice mix
.05 oz. – .1 oz Crafter’s Choice Cardamom True Sugar fragrance oil
Gingerbread Spice Mix Recipe:
1 teaspoon cinnamon powder
1 teaspoon ginger root powder
1 teaspoon allspice powder
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg powder
1/4 teaspoon ground mace
1/2 teaspoon clove powder
1/4 teaspoon cardamom powder
pinch ground black pepper
Tools & Supplies:
digital scale
Wilton Easy Flex Heart 24-Cavity Silicone Mold
utensils for stirring
cutting board
large glass Pyrex measuring cup
microwave
How to Make Solid Coffee Sugar Scrubs:
This Cardamom & Spice Solid Coffee Sugar Scrub Recipe will yield seven solid coffee sugar scrubs.
Using a digital scale, begin by weighing out the cocoa and mango butters into a large glass Pyrex measuring cup. Heat at reduced power in the microwave until the butters have melted. (Alternately you can use a double boiler.)
Now weigh out the sugar, spice mix and coffee and stir into the melted butters.
Allow the mixture to cool slightly then weigh out the fragrance oil and add to the mixture. Stir again until the ingredients and fragrance are thoroughly incorporated.
Next, place your heart mold onto a cutting board or small cookie sheet for easy transport.
Then pour the melted scrub mixture evenly into seven of the cavities of your heart silicone mold.
Using the cutting board for stability, transfer your mold to the refrigerator. Refrigerate your solid coffee sugar scrubs until they’ve completely solidified.
Finally, remove your solid coffee sugar scrubs from the mold cavities and package as desired.
To use these solid coffee sugar scrubs, simply massage one heart shaped scrub over damp skin after bathing paying extra attention to rough spots and problem areas.
Prefer bath melts? Simply omit the the sugar and coffee from this solid coffee sugar scrub recipe and add one to two bath melts to warm bath water as desired.
If you like my Cardamom & Spice Solid Coffee Sugar Scrub Recipe, you may also like my Valentine’s Day heart jelly soap recipe and my DIY Conversation Heart Soaps. I also have a collection of 18 other DIY Valentine’s Day gift ideas here. Or discover even more DIY Valentine’s Day gift ideas by following my DIY Valentine’s Day Gifts board on Pinterest.
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