How to Make Salt Scrub

    Salt scrub works wonders for aging skin. If you've never tried one, you're in for a treat. The salt removes dead and dry skin and is rinsed away by the shower. The oil remains on your skin, protecting it and making it silky and smooth. Some scrubs contain sugar or brown sugar, but these do not have quite the exfoliation qualities of salt. You want your scrub to be slightly abrasive. The biggest problem is that these scrubs are very costly. You can make your own with a few household ingredients.

Things you needs: 

• Sea salt or Epsom salt
• Vegetable oil
• Essential oil (Scent of your choice)

1. Choose a container. Mason jars look pretty, but they can slip and break in a shower, and may not be an appropriate gift for an elderly person. Consider plastic containers instead. Make sure there is a tight-fitting top.
2. Fill the container 3/4 full with salt or Epsom salt (magnesium sulfate).
3. Pour the vegetable oil over the salt or Epsom salts as you stir gently. The mixture should feel like oily sand.
4. Decide on a scent. Many people are choosing subtle, natural scents instead of store-bought scents, which have chemicals that stimulate reactions in the allergic and asthmatic. Some easy ones: vanilla (from pure cooking vanilla); mint, cut and steeped in equal amounts of water; rose petals, simmered gently in water; and lavender (blossoms simmered gently). Add the scent (or an essential oil), and mix well.
5. Package your salt scrub by sealing in containers. Attach a pretty label.

   Tips

• If you're using mason jars, select wide-mouth jars so you or others can scoop up the salt scrub easily.
• Choose an oil that will not make you smell like a salad; for instance, safflower and almond are lighter than olive or corn oil.
• DO NOT use mineral oil (just another name for petroleum. It is not absorbed in the same way as plant oils).