Gorgeously Green Salt Rub

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posted by Jana Ballinger Jan 26, 2009 9:00 am

filed under: True Beauty, Bath & Shower, aromatherapy, body scrub, DIY, essential oils, salt, sea salt

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Forget all the worrying about the dangerous ingredients found in most beauty products these days by making your own.

This salt rub from Gorgeously Green: 8 Simple Steps to an Earth-Friendly Life by Sophie Uliano is easy, completely safe and a perfect salve for dry winter skin.

INGREDIENTS
2 cups fine sea salt
4 cups apricot or almond oil
20 drops of your favorite essential oil (mixing lavender, geranium and orange is always nice)

Simply combine all the ingredients in a glass jar and stir or shake to blend. Get in the shower, wet your skin and then scoop out a handful of the scrub. Apply to your skin, and rub and scrub from your neck to your toes.

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Body I. says
Mar 12, 2009 8:48 PM

I would be careful with the amount of oil in this scrub...this could make your tub/shower flour very slippery!

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Patricia A. says
Feb 11, 2009 11:25 PM

try 1/4 c. oil. i use either cold pressed virgin coconut oil or olive oil.

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Karen Baez says
Feb 5, 2009 10:38 AM

Maybe is 4 tablespoons... I think 4 cups is toooo much. For me works better the sugar and tha Olive Oil.

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Kathy C. says
Jan 29, 2009 10:09 AM

Put some sugar in a container, add a few drops of olive oil and mix. A great scrub and the olive oil makes my skin so soft.

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Anne M. says
Jan 28, 2009 12:53 AM

Its great even for my dry skin, but I recommend having a shower mat under your feet because if not you might die of a broken neck because of the slippiness. However, you would be a very attractive corpse ;-)

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Alexandra C. says
Jan 27, 2009 4:59 PM

Sugar and olive oil work for me...

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Kathy B. says
Jan 27, 2009 3:02 PM

I agree 4 cups??? Maybe tablespoon or something smaller. Can someone check this out?

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Caralien S. says
Jan 27, 2009 2:48 PM

I would use sugar instead of salt because my skin is so dry. They glycolic acid in the sugar assists with exfoliation, without the drying effects of salt.

Really, a 1:2 ratio of salt or sugar:any oil would work. Just use what's on hand!

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Nena Gay says
Jan 27, 2009 2:09 PM

4 CUPS of Apricot or Almond Oil? Is that correct? Yikes!

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Andrea Olson says
Jan 27, 2009 1:15 PM

Don't slip!

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