EASY DIY Matcha Body Sugar Scrub Recipe

I’ve been loving this green tea body scrub lately.

It’s one of those simple mixes you can throw together in minutes, but it still feels a bit special every time you use it.

The matcha gives it that fresh, clean scent, and the sugar leaves your skin feeling really soft without being harsh.

Homemade matcha green tea sugar scrub in a jar with step by step ingredients including sugar, oil, matcha powder, and essential oil.

Matcha is a type of green tea, produced from young leaves ground into a fine, bright green powder, and is super good for you.

I personally find it delicious in a latte, and lots of people drink it as tea.

DIY Matcha Sugar Scrub Recipe

If you’ve never tried a matcha green tea scrub before, this is a good place to start.

It’s just a basic green tea sugar scrub with a few ingredients, nothing complicated, and you can tweak it depending on what you have at home.

Ingredients

one measuring cup (250 gr) of granulated white sugar
125 gr of coconut oil or any oil you like
half a measuring cup (125 gr) of Sea salt (optional)
2 teaspoons Matcha green tea powder
10 drops of essential oil (I like lavender and citrus essential oils)

How to Make It

Combine sugar, salt, and carrier oil in a large bowl. Mix well.

Add more or less sugar, depending on your preferred consistency.

Throw in Matcha green tea powder and essential oil.

Mix thoroughly.

Adding Matcha green tea and essential oil to the mixture.

Pour into an airtight container and keep it in a cool, dry place and away from water.

I like using glass mason jars if offering as a gift or for storing large amounts.

Matcha body scrub in a white bowl. A small container with matcha green tea powder.

I use small plastic airtight containers for daily use in the shower.

How to Use It

Use it during your regular shower routine.

Apply in circular motions over damp skin before using your favorite soap and feel the benefits instantly.

For other beauty recipes to make at home, check out 50 easy skin care recipes.

DIY Matcha body scrub in a glass jar with a spoon full of matcha powder.

Matcha Green Tea Body Scrub Benefits

Matcha has some amazing stuff in it, and it turns out you don’t have to drink it to benefit from it.

Filled with antioxidants that battle harmful UV rays and free radicals, matcha can relieve inflammation and slow down the aging process.

Cool right? Matcha also contains L-Theanine, which helps to relax and smooth the skin, making it healthy-looking and bright.

In addition, it contains plenty of chlorophyll to help detoxify the body, and it also has important nutrients such as iron, potassium, protein, calcium, and vitamin C.

Using matcha in a body scrub allows you to absorb the benefits of the tea as well as exfoliating your skin with cane sugar and sea salt, helping you shed superficial layers of skin and moisturize your body from head to toe.

Both coconut oil and sea salt have tons of health benefits when applied to the skin.

Coconut oil is made up of a unique and complex combination of fatty acids that boost fat loss and reduce inflammation.

These fatty acids contain antimicrobial properties that clean the skin and prevent acne-causing bacteria from forming.

Sea salt, on the other hand, helps restore your skin’s natural pH and oil balance, increases blood circulation, and all while providing essential vitamins and minerals when applied directly to the skin.

When you combine it with the moisturizing power of coconut oil, all of these benefits increase exponentially, as well as giving you a smooth, fragrant base to exfoliate with.

Exfoliating regularly removes impurities from the skin that clog your pores, in turn promoting new skin growth, leaving you feeling and looking new and radiant.

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Good to Know

Store in an airtight container, in a cool place, or fridge to extend its shelf life.
Pour the scrub into muffin tins or ice cube trays and freeze for 15 minutes to turn the scrub into bars.
Make a batch for yourself and another for your friends and family to offer as gifts. Pack it into pretty mason jars or freeze it into bars and store it in wax paper tied up with a string.
For extra benefits and easier absorption, use organic cane sugar, organic oils, and essential oils, and search for high-quality matcha powder to avoid pesticides.
Caution! Can make the bathtub or shower slippery, so make sure you clean them to eliminate all traces of oil.