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Coconut Salt Scrub

Salt scrubs are wonderful for exfoliating and revealing fresher-looking skin.

They leave skin soft, smooth and well moisturized!

But the ones in stores can cost a small fortune, and worse than that, they can be filled with artificial fragrances, synthetics, and other fillers.

No need to buy those manufactured ones when it is so easy to make your own.

It literally takes only 3 ingredients and about 1 minute to make your own homemade, high quality coconut salt scrub with essential oils.

Couldn’t really be any simpler!

 

Easy 3 ingredient salt scrub exfoliates, moisturizes, & nourishes skin. My favorite thing is that there are 18 recipes for essential oil blends to customize your salt scrub!! blends include: cellulite helper, calm skin, muscle soother, grapefruit & fir, mojito, invigorating, rosemary & lavender, sea breeze, lemonade, good times, Hawaii dreams, autumn breeze, sweater weather, gingerbread, candy cane, and Christmas tree. So fun!! These would make great gifts!

 

What’s in Coconut Salt Scrub?

1- Coarse Sea Salt

These large salt crystals are gentle on your skin, yet they still do an amazing job of exfoliating, smoothing skin, revealing younger-looking skin, and stimulating circulation.  Plus in addition to getting smooth, fresher-looking skin, sea salt is also great for your skin in ways that you can’t see–it’s full of vitamins and minerals that support healthy skin, and it’s a natural detoxifier, absorbing toxins from the surface of your skin.

2- Fractionated Coconut Oil

Fractionated coconut oil is feather light and absorbs easily into skin.  It’s a great, non-greasy moisturizer.  Also, it’s odorless so it blends well with any essential oil.  And it’s colorless, so there’s no risk of it staining your towel as you dry off.

3- Essential Oils

When you make your own homemade salt scrub, you can use essential oils to customize it however you want.

Depending on the essential oils that you choose to use,

The salt scrub can be energizing, uplifting, or calming.

Have a favorite scent?  You can use essential oils to make your salt scrub smell like a spring day, a minty mojito, or a gingerbread cookie.

You can choose to use essential oils that help reduce cellulite (grapefruit), soothe skin (lavender), or improve elasticity (myrrh).

{be sure to check out the essential oil recipe suggestions later in the post}

 

Easy 3 ingredient salt scrub exfoliates, moisturizes, & nourishes skin. My favorite thing is that there are 18 recipes for essential oil blends to customize your salt scrub!! blends include: cellulite helper, calm skin, muscle soother, grapefruit & fir, mojito, invigorating, rosemary & lavender, sea breeze, lemonade, good times, Hawaii dreams, autumn breeze, sweater weather, gingerbread, candy cane, and Christmas tree. So fun!! These would make great gifts!

 

How to Make Coconut Salt Scrub with Essential Oils

step 1: add 1 cup of coarse sea salt to a glass bowl

Easy 3 ingredient salt scrub exfoliates, moisturizes, & nourishes skin. My favorite thing is that there are 18 recipes for essential oil blends to customize your salt scrub!! blends include: cellulite helper, calm skin, muscle soother, grapefruit & fir, mojito, invigorating, rosemary & lavender, sea breeze, lemonade, good times, Hawaii dreams, autumn breeze, sweater weather, gingerbread, candy cane, and Christmas tree. So fun!! These would make great gifts!

 

step 2: add 1/2 cup of fractionated coconut oil

Easy 3 ingredient salt scrub exfoliates, moisturizes, & nourishes skin. My favorite thing is that there are 18 recipes for essential oil blends to customize your salt scrub!! blends include: cellulite helper, calm skin, muscle soother, grapefruit & fir, mojito, invigorating, rosemary & lavender, sea breeze, lemonade, good times, Hawaii dreams, autumn breeze, sweater weather, gingerbread, candy cane, and Christmas tree. So fun!! These would make great gifts!

 

step 3: add 25-30 drops of essential oil

Easy 3 ingredient salt scrub exfoliates, moisturizes, & nourishes skin. My favorite thing is that there are 18 recipes for essential oil blends to customize your salt scrub!! blends include: cellulite helper, calm skin, muscle soother, grapefruit & fir, mojito, invigorating, rosemary & lavender, sea breeze, lemonade, good times, Hawaii dreams, autumn breeze, sweater weather, gingerbread, candy cane, and Christmas tree. So fun!! These would make great gifts!

 

step 4: stir well to combine

Easy 3 ingredient salt scrub exfoliates, moisturizes, & nourishes skin. My favorite thing is that there are 18 recipes for essential oil blends to customize your salt scrub!! blends include: cellulite helper, calm skin, muscle soother, grapefruit & fir, mojito, invigorating, rosemary & lavender, sea breeze, lemonade, good times, Hawaii dreams, autumn breeze, sweater weather, gingerbread, candy cane, and Christmas tree. So fun!! These would make great gifts!

 

step 5: store salt scrub in an airtight container made of glass or a plastic that is safe for essential oils (#1 PET or #2 HDPE)

Easy 3 ingredient salt scrub exfoliates, moisturizes, & nourishes skin. My favorite thing is that there are 18 recipes for essential oil blends to customize your salt scrub!! blends include: cellulite helper, calm skin, muscle soother, grapefruit & fir, mojito, invigorating, rosemary & lavender, sea breeze, lemonade, good times, Hawaii dreams, autumn breeze, sweater weather, gingerbread, candy cane, and Christmas tree. So fun!! These would make great gifts!

 

Here’s the Recipe again for Coconut Salt Scrub

1 cup coarse sea salt

1/2 cup fractionated coconut oil

25 drops of essential oil

mix well and store in an airtight container

 

How to Use Coconut Salt Scrub

  • wash your skin with soap or body wash and rinse well
  • scoop out salt scrub with a clean spoon (be careful  to not get water into the salt scrub container)
  • apply a generous amount of salt scrub to wet skin
  • work on one area of body at a time, then when finished with that area apply salt scrub to another area and work on that area
  • massage salt scrub into skin using a circular motion to help exfoliate and remove dead skin cells
  • rinse well
  • pat skin dry
  • apply whipped body butter for an extra layer of moisture (and it keeps your skin feeling amazing!!)  click here for  my absolute favorite recipe for DIY whipped body butter

 

Easy 3 ingredient salt scrub exfoliates, moisturizes, & nourishes skin. My favorite thing is that there are 18 recipes for essential oil blends to customize your salt scrub!! blends include: cellulite helper, calm skin, muscle soother, grapefruit & fir, mojito, invigorating, rosemary & lavender, sea breeze, lemonade, good times, Hawaii dreams, autumn breeze, sweater weather, gingerbread, candy cane, and Christmas tree. So fun!! These would make great gifts!

 

Essential Oil Blend Ideas

cellulite helper: 6 drops cypress + 6 drops grapefruit + 6 drops juniper berry + 6 drops rosemary

calm skin: 7 drops helichrysum + 7 drops frankincense + 7 drops sandalwood + 3 drops rosemary

muscle soother:  7 drops wintergreen + 7 drops peppermint + 5 drops juniper berry + 5 drops lemongrass

grapefruit & fir:  15 drops grapefruit essential oil + 10 drops white fir essential oil

mojito: 6 drops lime + 6 drops grapefruit + 6 drops tangerine + 6 drops spearmint

invigorating: 8 drops orange + 6 drops white fir + 4 drops rosemary + 4 drops basil

rosemary & lavender:  10 drops rosemary essential oil + 15 drops lavender essential oil

sea breeze: 10 drops lavender essential oil + 10 drops lime essential oil + 5 drops spearmint essential oil

lemonade:  18 drops lemon essential oil + 3 drops basil essential oil + 3 drops spearmint essential oil

good times: 6 drops white fir + 6 drops grapefruit +4 drops orange + 2 drops lemon + 2 drops tangerine + 2 drops bergamot

Hawaii dreams: 12 drops lavender + 8 drops bergamot + 4 drops lemon + 4 drops sandalwood

chill out: 9 drops grapefruit + 9 drops orange + 6 drops lemon + 3 drops bergamot

grounding:  8 drops spruce essential oil + 8 drops cedarwood essential oil + 6 drops juniper berry essential oil + 6 drops white fir essential oil

autumn breeze:  12 drops orange essential oil + 8 drops patchouli essential oil + 3 drops clove essential oil

sweater weather:  12 drops eucalyptus essential oil + 6 drops juniper berry essential oil + 3 drops sage essential oil

gingerbread:  10 drops ginger essential oil + 3 drops cinnamon essential oil + 3 drops clove essential oil + 3 drops nutmeg essential oil

candy cane: 25 drops peppermint essential oil

Christmas tree:  12 drops douglas fir + 8 drops cedarwood + 4 drops juniper berry

 

Where to Get Supplies to Make Coconut Salt Scrub

coarse sea salt- find my favorite here

fractionated coconut oil- love the pump that comes with this one– makes it very easy to use for DIY recipes and fill roller bottles

glass jars- these are adorable and make great gifts

plastic jars- these are safe for essential oils

mini wooden spoons to scoop out salt scrub

 

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