This is the easiest scrub recipe around and probably the best. I've made lots of different scrubs and tested many recipes but always come back to the basic one because it works best. Makes incredible gifts!
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Source: This is my own recipe, as are the EO blends :)
By Lisa from Halifax, NS
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Pour 1/4 cup table salt in a bowl and add enough body wash or shampoo to make a paste. Use as a foot and body scrub. Don't use this on your face, as the salt is too harsh.
Make a medium soft paste with baking soda and any carrier oil of your choice, for example: olive oil, coconut, almond, or grapeseed. Apply with a washcloth or loofa pad. Your skin will be amazingly soft. Stand on a hand towel or bathmat because it can be slippery.
Make a paste of baking soda and any oil (I prefer grapeseed oil). Apply to wet skin using a washcloth or loofa pad. The baking soda exfoliates and the oil moisturizes.
Instead of spending additional money for a foot scrub, use your body scrub with your foot pumice stone or block. This way you get two for one and don't add additional clutter in the shower.
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Using all those sticky or expensive ingredients for a facial scrub or body stimulator are unnecessary. No need to make special purchases of sea salt, honey, sugar and/or olive oil to do the best job. Trust yourself!
Sit in a warm tub with two cups white distilled vinegar and two cups Epsom salts to soften and cleanse your body without drying or chemical bubble baths, soaps, or artificial additives. While you are unwinding, your whole body is softening and relaxing, naturally. Pour a small bit of Morton's salt into your palms, rub hands together, and then rub them ever-so-gently over your face, hands, legs, arms, feet, and so on.
When you do this, you will sense how much pressure to use on different parts of yourself and will lighten up or apply more pressure, or add more salt to get the softening effect or stimulation results you desire. Afterward, rinse and dry and feel your skin. See how soft?
By 'Miss' Bonnie from Denver, CO
I read somewhere that one could use Auzki beans (ground up?) for a body scrub. Does anyone know how?
Barbara from Michigan
Save money and make your own coffee body scrub with your used grounds. Try adding sugar and different oils. This is a page contains ideas for homemade coffee body scrub.
There are many variations on body scrubs made from oatmeal. Try mixing ground oatmeal, rosemary, and lemon juice for a scrub that helps relieve the itch of dry skin.
This is a page about homemade body scrubs and wraps. Here are some great recipes for homemade body scrubs and wraps, so that you can have a spa experience at home.
This is a page about making coconut body scrub and clay body mask. You don't have to spend a fortune if you are in need of some pampering. These easy to prepare recipes are a great way to rejuvenate your skin!
This page contains recipes for homemade sugar scrubs. Sugar works as a great base for an exfoliator. Exfoliation is an important step to keeping your skin looking young and vibrant.
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Are there any soapers out there who make their own body scrubs? Will you share your recipes? Thanks.
