Make Your Own Salt Scrubs

1.Find a jar to hold your salt scrub.

Almost any jar would be fine. Just be careful, a plastic jar will absorb any essential oils you add into the scrub, and that means that you can never use the jar in any other purpose. Make sure whatever jar you are using is clean. A plastic ziplock container will work well too. Even a little sandwich bag works too!

2. Choose a salt to use.

Almost any kind will do. Sea salt, epsom salt, kosher salt, even plain old table salt! Usually table salt is the cheapest, and it has smaller granules, which means you don't have to mash any big salt clumps found in the other salts. Once you have chosen your salt, fill about half of your jar or container with it.

3. Pick an oil. Any kind will do, but a few skin nutritive oils are almond oil, coconut oil, grape-seed oil, safflower oil, jojoba oil, avocado oil, peanut oil, rosehip oil, sesame oil, macadamia nut oil, sunflower oil and olive oil.

However, you shouldn't have to go to the grocery store right now to buy these oils if you don't have them. Use whatever cooking or vegetable oil that is already in your kitchen! Even cheap canola oil, which is not fancy, works well too! But one oil you should avoid is baby oil, which contains mineral oil (a by-product of petroleum) because it doesn't absorb into skin and when it evaporates, this oil makes your skin feel even dryer than before. Also baby/mineral oil clogs your pores, making your skin look drab.

4. Fill the jar with oil until it is almost full.

5. Mix your salt scrub using a spoon.

6.Add a few drops of essential oils into the mixture.

Choose a scent that suits your tastes. Some great ones are lavender (relaxing), peppermint (energizing), orange, lime/lemon, sandalwood, and vanilla. Stir the salt scrub after you put add the essential oil.

7. Put your salt scrub near the bathtub, shower or sink.

Use your salt scrub while you are cleaning or soaking on particularly dry areas, like knees and elbows. This exfoliant works especially well on hands and feet too. Scrub skin in a circular motion using a loofah, shower puff, shower gloves, mesh scrubbie, washcloth, or even just your hands. Your skin should feel soft, moisturized, and exfoliated, with the hint of the fragrance you've chosen.