A salt scrub makes your skin feel nice. Salt has natural relaxing and soothing properties, and it also helps circulation and exfoliates your skin, but they can be 

expensive. Luckily there is an easy way to make a salt scrub at home, and all you need is a few household products which can make a salt scrub that will give you great results like a store bought one, but without the price!

Things You'll Need, Tips and Warnings

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Find a jar to hold your salt scrub. Almost any jar would be fine. You can get one that locks or one that has a screw on lid. If you are a clumsy person, use a plastic jar instead of glass, because this scrub will be put near the shower or bath tub, and a glass jar may slip out of your hands and break into shards! 

Plastic has its disadvantages too. 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!

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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. Epsom salt has relaxing properties, while sea salt is often used in bath salts. Once you have chosen your salt, fill about half of your jar or container with it.

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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.

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Fill the jar with oil until it is almost full.

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Mix your salt scrub using a spoon.

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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. Or you can try extracts, like vanilla, almond, peppermint and coconut. Stir the salt scrub after you put add the essential oil.

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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. After waiting for a few minutes for the scrub to do its job, rinse off with warm water and pat dry with a soft towel. If your skin feels a tad bit too oily, you can wash it off with some soap, but it is not necessary because usually the skin would absorb all the oil and that would benefit dry skin more. Your skin should feel soft, moisturized, and exfoliated, with the hint of the fragrance you've chosen. No need to reach for the body lotion afterwords. The salt in the scrub had exfoliated the layer of dead skin on the surface, while the oil had already done the job of moisturizing the new skin exposed, leaving you with super soft skin.

*Notes:Add a seashell into your jar of salt scrub as a cute scooper. That way you can keep your wet fingers away from the inside of jar and bacteria is less likely to form. If the scrub seems too oily for you, use less oil to more salt. Some people prefer to have ½ cup oil to 1 cup salt. Don't worry if your skin is a little red after you scrubbed your body. It is because of the salt's grainy and rough texture that your 

skin has a bit of redness. It will soon go away.You can make your salt scrub out of 

two ingredients or twenty. Be creative with salt, oil, and scent combination! The simplest and cheapest scrub I ever made is table salt and canola oil. Even though it 

is not fancy, it is a good abrasive rub and exfoliates well. It can't get any easier than that!Add in any other optional beneficial ingredients into your salt scrub like cornmeal, sugar, honey, aloe vera, liquid soap, lemon/orange peel, oatmeal, cinnamon, clove, vanilla extract, shea/cocoa butter, lotion, milk, coffee grounds, green tea leaves (from the tea bag) even lemon or orange juice. Add a few drops vitamin E (from two capsules) into your scrub for a natural preservative. This is optional, since salt by itself is a natural preservative, but it will make your scrub last longer.Give your scrub texture and color if desired. For color, add in a few 

drops food coloring, and put in a few crushed flower petals or herbs or even ground flaxseed if you want a nice texture. Stir this salt scrub before each use. The salt tends to sink to the bottom and the oil rises to the top, so don't freak out! This salt scrub will last longer if no water gets into the jar. Lavender essential oil will turn your scrub into a natural insect repellant. This salt scrub makes a great gift! Put it in a a pretty jar, tie with a ribbon, add a tag and add a little spoon for scooping this 

scrub out. What a cute and affordable gift! You could also add a few porridge oat flakes to make it slightly thicker.