Green Tea Sugar Scrub

Using a sugar scrub is an easy, cost effective way to pamper yourself. It’s primary ingredient, sugar, exfoliates dead skin cells, making your skin soft and glowing. When you gently massage the skin with a sugar scrub you are helping to improve circulation which helps eliminate toxins in the body. The addition of green tea in the following recipe gives the added benefits of antioxidants to your skin. Here’s the recipe. You can follow along with the instructions in the video.

Green Tea Sugar Scrub
1 2/3 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup carrier oil (sweet almond, apricot, olive or jojoba oil from a health food store)
1 green tea bag
a few drops essential oil (optional)