Homemade Salt Scrub

I don’t know anyone out there who doesn’t love a good body scrub - exfoliating, moisturizing and a nice fragrance.  I hate paying $10 plus and this way I also know what’s in my scrub.  It’s also nice to be able to change the fragrance and not have three or four big containers taking up room. 

What I used:

Plastic storage container

Kosher Salt

Olive Oil

Fragrance

What I did:

In the plastic storage container add ½ cup kosher salt,

1 tablespoon of olive oil

and 1 teaspoon of fragrance. 

Mix it up really good.

That’s it – just store it until you’re ready to use. 

I prefer Lavender as my smell of choice and I get it at Hobby Lobby for $2.99.  You can also use lemon or lime juice, or even go fragrance free.  Additionally, you can use sugar instead of salt, I personally prefer the salt since the granules are bigger and seem to do a better job exfoliating and salt doesn’t attract ants. 

Here are a few things you need to know:

Always use a plastic container, I’ve dropped my container in the shower and boy was I glad it was plastic!  I just use regular Glad ware with the twist on lid.

Start with just 1 teaspoon of the scent.  After you've tried it and it isn't strong enough, then add more.  I've made some powerful smelling scrubs in the past!

Be careful of slips.  You’re using oil here and oil in the tub can be not so good.

If you are going to shave your legs – use the salt scrub first!  Imagine a small nick and then salt. . . .

Tune in next week for a cheap easy alternative for foam soap refills!


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