Make Gingerbread Body Scrub

Love the smell of gingerbread? Well, here's a scrub that smells so good, it's good enough to eat!

Ingredients

Ginger spice (a few pinches)
Vanilla extract (a few drops)
Cinnamon and pumpkin pie spice (tsp each.)
Almond oil (as the moisturizer) - other oils are also suitable, e.g. jojoba oil, apricot kernel oil, safflower oil, olive oil or grapeseed oil3/4 cup
brown sugar (yummy, gentle & nice fragrance) or salt (as the exfoliant) 3/4 cup
Honey - See above
Beeswax - Adds constitution to the mix and allows for some interesting fragrances

Pour your dry ingredients into a bowl. Add the oil and mix until you have a slushy mixture. (Use a wooden spoon to mix if possible to prevent any possible fragrance reactions with a metal spoon.)
Add to your small container.
Let it firm a bit overnight. Leave in the refrigerator if you like but make sure you put the lid on to prevent fridge smells from contaminating it.
Decorate your container if desired to make it look like one of your make-up products.
Massage into your skin and leave on for 5 to 10 minutes. Rinse off and your skin should be left feeling silky and soft.

You could also try ginger and avocado - avocado is a soothing and moisturizing. Mash into a paste and keep the pit for massaging.
You can put sesame oil in it. It's really good for the skin.

Cinnamon and ginger can cause skin irritations due to their high content in essential oils. Make sure not to overuse these spices, especially if you are planning to give your homemade scrub away as a gift. If you want to make sure, put a bit of the finished product on the inside of your wrist and wait about 10 minutes. If you experience no redness or discomfort, it is safe to use.
Don't eat it! The fact that you are leaving it unrefrigerated for days on an end could lead to the buildup of harmful pathogens within the scrub. You could essentially eat it just after you make it, but there is little point in doing so. Just use a regular gingerbread recipe.

A small container - glass, ceramic, or pottery are best to avoid reactions with metal or plastic