Exfoliating Salt Scrub Bar Recipe
Learn how to make exfoliating salt scrub bars to exfoliate, smooth and soften skin. Packed with naturally moisturizing body butters and oils, this natural skin care recipe not only gives you soft skin, it also helps to hydrate for dry skin relief.
This exfoliating salt scrub bar recipe is similar to traditional salt scrubs but in a convenient solid form. Similar to exfoliating sugar scrub bars, salt scrub bars are less messy than salt scrubs. They also exfoliate and moisturize skin. Therefore the are a wonderful, natural alternative to salt scrubs if you have dry or itchy skin.
Use these solid salt scrubs in the shower after bathing for soft, smooth skin that feels moisturized and happy!
Exfoliating Salt Scrub Bar Recipe
© Rebecca D. Dillon
Ingredients:
11.25 oz. fine cosmetic sea salt
2.5 oz. sal butter
2.5 oz. cocoa butter
1 oz. cupuacu butter
.5 oz. sweet almond oil
.25 oz. fragrance oil, of choice
Instructions:
Using a digital scale, begin by weighing out the sal butter, cocoa butter and cupuacu butter into a large glass Pyrex measuring cup (or glass bowl). Heat in the microwave at 50% power until melted. (Alternately, you can also use a double boiler.)
Remove from heat. Weigh out the sweet almond oil and your skin safe fragrance oil of choice. Stir into the melted butters. (In warmer climates or areas that aren’t temperature controlled you should start with half the amount of sweet almond oil and adjust as necessary. If you prefer to use an essential oil for fragrance, use half the amount.)
In a separate container, weigh out the fine sea salt.
Slowly pour the sea salt into the melted oil and butters, mixing as you go until you’ve combined all of the salt with the liquid ingredients.
Pour the combined ingredients for this salt scrub bar recipe evenly into three cavities of a Crafters Choice™ Basic Round Silicone Soap Mold
. Dust the tops of your salt scrub bars with pink Himalayan salt if desired.
Place your mold into the refrigerator until your salt scrub bars have fully solidified, then remove them from your mold.
If desired, you can decorate the tops of your salt scrub bars like I chose to. Simply press a soap stamp into mica, then tap the stamp onto the top of each of your salt scrub bars using a mallet. (You can find quality pre-made and custom soap stamps from Custom Soap Stamps on Etsy here.)
Your salt scrub bars are now ready for use or for gifting!
How to Use Salt Scrub Bars
To use, simply massage your salt scrub bar onto wet skin in the shower after bathing. Then rinse and pat dry. Be sure to store your salt scrub bar in a cool, dry location between uses. Otherwise they can dissolve and break down.
If you enjoyed this easy salt scrub bar recipe, then you may also like my other scrub recipes here.
Don’t have time to make your salt scrub bar recipe? Buy them instead! One of my favorites is Etta + Billie’s Grapefruit Cardamom Salt Scrub Bar. Or browse more of my favorite handmade bath and body treats from products that indulge the senses and pumpkin spice favorites to coffee + chocolate themed delights.
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