• Melt the coconut oil. Place 1/4 cup of coconut oil into a small microwave safe bowl and melt. Microwave for 20 seconds and stir until completely melted.
• Set aside. Repeat the same procedure so you have two bowls of liquid coconut oil.
• You will have 2 separate bowls for each color.
• Add the sugar. Place 3/4 cup white sugar into one bowl of coconut oil and mix well. You'll want your sugar to be crumbly.
• This texture is normal and desired.
• Combine the food coloring. Place red food coloring or color gels into the other bowl of oil and mix. This won't mix well since your food coloring is most likely water (vs oil) based.
• But that's okay, it will come together in a minute. The mixture will eventually combine.
• Mix with the sugar. Add 3/4 cup white sugar and mix well. This is when the color will begin to evenly distribute and blend with the sugar.
• Add drops of peppermint essential oil, 10-15 drops per color. You can adjust this as needed once you see how the color deepens.
• Layer in container. You can simply layer your sugar scrub horizontally but I wanted a different look. I angled my glass jar using a smaller glass bowl.
• Add a small amount of red sugar scrub and pack down with the back of a spoon. Add white and pack down.
• Continue with this layered look until you have the jar full. The angled layered look makes it look like a candy cane and it is so cute.

How to store sugar scrubs:

• Store sugar scrub inside a container with a good lid. It is perfect for a mason jar but you can use any type of container you prefer.
• You might also have containers you can reuse at home. It really does not have to be a certain type as long as it has an airtight lid.