Homemade foot scrub for smooth feet

When your feet are particularly rough and moisturiser alone just isn’t cutting it, it’s time to step up your foot care routine with a smoothing scrub. Foot exfoliation attacks the dry, thickened areas of skin that your moisturiser can’t penetrate; breaking down dead skin cells to reveal the fresh, smoother-looking skin beneath the surface.

Save a fortune and make your own smoothing foot treatment scrub with our DIY recipe:

Smoothing foot care scrub
What you’ll need:
2 tablespoons of brown sugar
1 tablespoon of honey
1 tablespoon of olive oil
1 teaspoon of lemon juice
A medium bowl
Wooden spoon
A bathtub (or deep container) half-full with warm (not hot) water

1.   Tip all of the ingredients into the bowl and mix well to combine. The mixture should form a thick, smooth, sticky paste.
2.   Set mixture aside and put your feet into the bath. Soak in warm water for 10-15 minutes to soften up skin.
3.   With feet still in the tub, slather smoothing foot care scrub generously over one foot, working into the skin with firm, circular motions and concentrating on any extra-hard areas, adding more exfoliating paste where necessary.
4.   Repeat on the other foot.
5.   Rinse off in the tub for silky soft, smooth feet.

The honey and olive oil in this foot exfoliation treatment both act to penetrate and nourish dry skin, whilst the rough granules of brown sugar crystals will slough away built-up areas of dead skin cells. Lemon juice will clean feet and leave them smelling citrus fresh.

22 Member Comments

cam987 10 Nov 2017 8:10 PM

i love how natural this is <3

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jlsta 5 May 2017 9:59 AM

simple ingredients!

Pixie96 23 Jul 2016 10:51 PM

I love these DIY beauty articles. This foot scrub seems like a good idea and I have all of the ingredients.

itslinda 4 Apr 2016 9:18 PM

great article

Yohanna 10 Jan 2016 2:23 PM

i do this scrub for the whole body! it is very good! but instead olive oil (i do not buy or use it ever) i use coconut butter (just made a batch from dried coconut). It is yumm too

Hayley644 19 Jan 2015 5:53 AM

Would like to try this.

apple8 14 Mar 2014 1:01 AM

What is the wooden spoon for, is this used to apply the paste?

Yohanna 10 Jan 2016 2:24 PM

no, just to beat people away who come to bother you and take some of your scrub...

Tassiewolfgirl 1 Oct 2013 7:01 AM

Feet are always forgotten about, with the warmer Aussie weather on it's way now is the perfect time to remember your tootsies :) I love to relax and soak my feet, now with this easy homemade scrub I can look after my feet. Best of all, I have all the ingredients in the pantry. All I need is a homemade moisturizing mask for my feet :)

clearcrystalwater 31 Jul 2013 3:10 AM

After reading all these foot tips I'm going to have very happy feet! Yay!

Evanescencessy 30 Jul 2013 10:03 AM

I'd love to try this. Honey, olive oil, brown sugar are great beauty treatment ingredients. A good foot scrub can really transform dry, crackly feet!

AmberB 7 Feb 2013 11:47 PM

love a good foot scrub

Blink182 6 Feb 2013 8:12 AM

Nice!

Himlt 5 Sep 2012 7:25 PM

I have tried this and thanks very much

Himlt 19 Aug 2012 4:55 AM

Thanks - this is too good I am going to have to try it tonight

Fashionista8P 4 Aug 2012 1:42 AM

i have all these things in my cupboard right now :) :)

Divine Diva 23 Jul 2012 4:47 AM

Love DIY foot products and this is something I would love to try.

Chicklet 8 Mar 2012 8:21 AM

This sounds like it would be nice after a big day of shopping!

Icecream1985 5 Feb 2012 8:34 AM

i like applying foot scrub and will defenetly try this one

Rebeccalife 18 Jan 2012 12:59 AM

Sounds sticky and amazing. I'll bookmark the page and try it out one day. Foot treatment is a commonly forgotten part of body care.

Green_Jaguar 11 Oct 2011 6:06 AM

This is a really good article. I think that sometimes people forget about there feet. I have been out and seen women that have perfect make up and a great outfit on with expensive looking strappy shoes and then you notice their feet. Cracked heels, poor pedicures and old nail polish!!!!