Let’s Make Some Sugar Scrub
I ran out of my sugar scrub today. Woe as me! But not really, because I can just whip up some more. I’ve been using this scrub for a good long and I love it. It’s also ridiculously cheap. It costs about $2 in raw materials for a scrub that lasts me 6-9 months.
What we need:
1 cup turbinado sugar
1/2 cup olive oil
2 tablespoons honey
1 jar or container or whatever
essential oil of choice (optional)
Ooh, look at that. And such pretty lights, too. I guess those are optional as well. I’d also like to point out that the honey I am using is at least ten years old. But thanks to the magic that is, in fact, honey: it never spoils or goes bad.
Basically you just mix all the ingredients in the jar. I find adding the turbinado sugar first is easiest, then the oil and honey.
I threw a few splashes of vanilla in this batch. One of my informants for an anthropology paper recommends it due to the magical properties of food. The sugar, honey, and vanilla exude love energies. I’ve actually been reading Cunningham’s Encyclopedia of Wicca in the Kitchen and this does seem to be the case. I actually have had this book on my shelf for quite awhile at the recommendation of a different informant. I’ve always been interested in folk religion and I’ve been missing my formal research into the topic since I graduated college. I really appreciate the history and lore behind food. Folk religion and food are my two favorite areas of interest at the moment, so this is pretty much the best thing I could be reading right now.
