A salt scrub is great for exfoliating and moisturizing your skin for face and body. Add your favorite essential oils and your own creations to homemade salt scrubs to make them interesting colors and to give them relaxing or invigorating scents. Keep your salt scrub into decorated jars to make a lovely gift.
Main Ingredient
Salt is used as an exfoliant that scrubs away dead skin and leaves your skin soft and smooth.
Salts: table salt, sea salt, Himalayan salt, Dead Sea salt, kosher salt, or Epsom salt.
Type: Fine and coarse. Also can substitute with white sugar, brown sugar, coffee, oatmeal, or ground nut shells
Carrier oil is the base that will keep the salt scrub together and also moisturize your skin.
To prevent slips in the shower, choose a thin or medium consistency oil that will be washed away easily.
Type:
Type:
How to make:
Pour the salt into the container, followed by the carrier oil. Finally, add some drops of essential oils until you achieve an aroma and strength you like. Stir the mixture well before using.
How to use:
Wet your skin in your bathtub or run a shower. Hop in for a few minutes and get your skin nice and wet. This will make it easier to spread the salt scrub over your skin.
When you’ve finished with your salt scrub, put on the airtight lid. Store the scrub in a cool, dry location, such as a bathroom cupboard. Because salt is a preservative, the scrub could last anywhere from one to two years without going rancid.
Sugar is also a preservative, but a sugar-based scrub will only last for a few months.
Gentle reminders:
Salt with small or fine granules can be suitable for the face as long as it is used gently.
Larger grains can create small cuts on the skin and worsen the skin condition over time. However, scrubs like this are best used only on the body and not the delicate skin areas. Never use near your eyes or the surrounding fine skin.
Tips:
Using 2 parts salts to 1 part carrier oil
Start with essential oil about 1 to 3 drops then add more as needed. Most essential oils are synthetic and could be harmful. Choice to natural products.
Main Ingredient
Salt is used as an exfoliant that scrubs away dead skin and leaves your skin soft and smooth.
Salts: table salt, sea salt, Himalayan salt, Dead Sea salt, kosher salt, or Epsom salt.
Type: Fine and coarse. Also can substitute with white sugar, brown sugar, coffee, oatmeal, or ground nut shells
Carrier oil is the base that will keep the salt scrub together and also moisturize your skin.
To prevent slips in the shower, choose a thin or medium consistency oil that will be washed away easily.
Type:
- Grape seed and jojoba oils are thin and have very faint aromas
- Sweet almond oil has a medium consistency and a mild aroma
- Vegetable, olive, and canola oils are medium and have little aroma
- Coconut oil is medium and has a very strong, sweet aroma or colorless, odorless and no greasy, no stain or go rancid i.e Fractionated Coconut Oil (FCO)
- Peanut, walnut, and hazelnut oils are thin to medium and have nutty aromas
- Castor oil is thick and difficult to wash off
Type:
- Citrus oils like lemon, orange, and grapefruit are fresh, energizing, and great for spring- and summer-themed scrubs.
- Flower oils like ylang-ylang, rose, and geranium are sweet and summery.
- Peppermint and cinnamon are invigorating oils that are also great for Christmas and winter scrubs.
- Lavender, vanilla, chamomile, and frankincense can be very calming fragrances.
How to make:
Pour the salt into the container, followed by the carrier oil. Finally, add some drops of essential oils until you achieve an aroma and strength you like. Stir the mixture well before using.
How to use:
Wet your skin in your bathtub or run a shower. Hop in for a few minutes and get your skin nice and wet. This will make it easier to spread the salt scrub over your skin.
- To scrub just your feet or hands, fill a bucket or bowl with water and soak your feet or hands for a few minutes.
- You can also use a salt scrub on your face, but be very gentle, and avoid your eyes. Fill a sink with some water and use your hands or a face cloth to wet your face.
Rub the salt scrub into your skin. Open the jar of salt scrub and use a spoon to stir the mixture. Spoon out a tablespoon (15 g) of salt scrub and place it in your palm. Gently rub the salt scrub into dry or rough areas of skin, such as your hands, feet, and elbows.[12] Rub in a circular motion for one to two minutes to exfoliate and remove dead skin.
Storage:- If you use a salt scrub on your face, be very gentle when rubbing your skin. Do not get the salt scrub in your eyes.
- It’s important to use a spoon for the scrub, otherwise bacteria, soap, and water from your hands may contaminate the mixture.
Rinse the scrub. After gently rubbing the scrub into your skin, rinse the salt scrub off under running water. If you're in the bath, dip the scrubbed area under the water and rinse the salt away.
- For normal skin types, don’t use a salt scrub or exfoliate your skin more than twice per week.[13] Over-exfoliating can lead to dry, red, itchy, and sensitive skin.
- For oily skin, use a salt scrub two or three times per week.
- For dry skin, only use a salt scrub once weekly, or as needed to remove dry skin.
When you’ve finished with your salt scrub, put on the airtight lid. Store the scrub in a cool, dry location, such as a bathroom cupboard. Because salt is a preservative, the scrub could last anywhere from one to two years without going rancid.
Sugar is also a preservative, but a sugar-based scrub will only last for a few months.
Gentle reminders:
Salt with small or fine granules can be suitable for the face as long as it is used gently.
Larger grains can create small cuts on the skin and worsen the skin condition over time. However, scrubs like this are best used only on the body and not the delicate skin areas. Never use near your eyes or the surrounding fine skin.
Tips:
Using 2 parts salts to 1 part carrier oil
Start with essential oil about 1 to 3 drops then add more as needed. Most essential oils are synthetic and could be harmful. Choice to natural products.
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