Make your own spa experience at home for half the price. This DIY salt scrub will exfoliate skin leaving it smooth and positively radiant!
Ingredients:
12 ounce plastic or acrylic jar, preferably one with a tight close- you can find these at Target & Walmart for just a few dollars
1 1/2 Cups Sea Salt
1/2 – 3/4 Cups Almond, Grapeseed, or Sunflower Oil- you can usually find these at your local grocery store or at WholeFoods
3-5 drops essential oil:
Lavender- to soothe, calm and relieve stress
Peppermint- revitalize and stimulate, perfect wake me up
Tea Tree- to make a wonderful facial scrub, great for oily, acneic skin
STEP ONE: Measure out 1 1/2 Cups of salt and pour into your 12 ounce container. Your salt line should be one inch from the rim.
STEP TWO: Carefully pour oil up to the rim of your jar. Essential oils may be added at this time.
STEP THREE: With a knife or stir stick cut through the salt to help the oil reach the bottom.
STEP FOUR: Add additional oil as needed until oil line is 1/4 inch above salt.
Now you have a salt scrub you can use, or perfect to decorate and give as a gift.
Directions for use:
Janlynn
Thanks for this tutorial. I have bought something like this in the past. Now I can make it.<br />Thanks again.
Jayme
Hello, I'm new to your blog and was thinking of making salt scrubs for Christmas gifts this year. Do you have any suggestions about where to find a variety of essential oils?
Anonymous
These are a great idea. How well do they 'keep'? Do they need to be stored in a special way ie. fridge, cupboard?
Shwin R
You can get many essential oils at Whole Foods or a nutrition store. Also http://www.southernsoapers.com and you can find great deals on ebay. <br />For storage I would suggest storing it at room temperature, the salt will keep it from going rancid so they last for a long time, I have had some I made over a year ago and still great!
rebecca
do you use all the essential oils listed, or just one per jar???
Shwin R
Just one essential oil per jar, or you can experiment with different blends. I love Peppermint/Tea tree, Orange/Lemon or my face scrub is a blend of lavender/Tea Tree.
Create It Fabulous
Awesome i cant wait to make this! Thank you for sharing!! Now the almond oil, grape seed etc is those little cooking bottles or something else?
Shwin R
I bought my oil from whole foods and it came in a cooking oil type bottle. Depending on the store they can range in size from 4 ounces to one liter. You will typically find these with the cooking oils.
diy.craft.list
Hi,<br /><br />Just asking if I could link this tutorial on my blog: http://www.diycraftlist.blogspot.com<br /><br />Thanks,<br />Laurel.
Shwin R
Yes, that would be wonderful!
Jamie
Thanks for posting! Your skin looks great, and mine not so much right now. Any way you'd like to share what you personally use for cleanser/toner/moisturizer?
Shwin R
Thank you, that's sweet of you! For my skin care products I use two different cleansers depending on my skin condition. A tea tree bar soap (from the basin) for everyday (cleanse twice both morning and night) and when my skin is troublesome I use a salicylic acid cleanser from image. I recently made a toner that I love and will have the tutorial for that next week. For a moisturizer I use
Sassy
Can you use Olive Oil? I have seen some recipes that use it. I'm broke and have no money to go buy more oil. LOL
Shwin R
Olive oil is a heavier oil which can clog pores but as long as you cleanse well after use you will be fine.
molina
Thanks so much for sharing. I just made my salt scrub and the lemon toner!! Cant wait to star using them!! I will let you guys know how it went!
Angel
I am always looking for more great natural recipes like this one. Love it! I use essential oils for about everything. Don't forget the quality of the oil matters and you will get what you pay for. Since I use them so much I became a distributor at http://www.livinity.com/sandsangel. These oils are high quality and distributed in a little town in KS. Try them, you will not be disappointed.