A good cocoa sugar scrub should smooth your skin without stripping it, and this one does that with ingredients you could put in your mouth. Raw Cocoa Sugar Paste is five things: cane sugar, Ghana sea salt, raw cocoa butter, raw coconut oil, and raw cocoa powder. That’s the whole list. It smells like a Ghanaian chocolate bar, and a taste won’t hurt you.
Why this cocoa sugar scrub works
The sugar does the polishing. As you massage it in, the cane sugar melts and lifts away the rough, dull surface layer, which is what leaves skin feeling smoother. Ghana sea salt adds a firmer mineral edge that’s good on the body. Then the raw cocoa butter and coconut oil move in to soften, so you rinse off comfortable instead of tight. Because it’s oil-based rather than dry and scratchy, most skin can handle it. The cocoa powder is the part that makes it smell like dessert.
How to use it
- On the body: massage over damp skin in slow circles, then rinse.
- On the face: keep it light and brief, no hard scrubbing.
- On lips: a tiny bit smooths flaky lips, and it’s safe if a little reaches your mouth.
- Before you moisturise: polished skin lets an oil or butter sink in deeper.
Two or three times a week is plenty. If your skin is sensitive, use the lightest touch and the shortest contact, and skip it over broken or irritated skin. There are no preservatives in the jar, so keep water out and scoop with a clean, dry spoon.
The best part: you can actually eat it
This isn’t “edible” as a marketing wink. Every ingredient is food-grade, so a taste won’t harm you. Cocoa, coconut, sugar, salt, nothing else. We still make it as skincare, so keep your jar for your skin, but the point holds: if it’s good enough to eat, it’s good enough for your face. That’s the whole Skin Gourmet idea in one jar. And no, the cocoa won’t stain you, it rinses clean.
The details
GHS 220 for 160g of cocoa sugar scrub. Handmade in Ghana. Five ingredients, no preservatives, no filler. Want a cooler, coconut-and-cinnamon polish instead? Try our Coconut & Cinnamon Salt Scrub.