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To say that I’m living on a budget these days would be an understatement.  I thought I was broke in college…and then I thought I was broke when I first moved to Manhattan, learning to adjust my finances accordingly….but now, I’m really broke.  With no money to afford a haircut, I’m living off of the products I’ve been gathering for several months.  Needless to say, improvisation and creativity are key in sticking with your beauty regimen.  For those of you who didn’t see Tuesday’s blog on Beauty Cents, I wrote about sunless tanners and tips on how to properly apply them.  Naturally, I wanted to use mine after covering the topic; but was disappointed when I realized I’d used the last of my salt scrub and knew it would be a mistake to try and further my sunless tan without first exfoliating.  I’m sure most of you, at some point, have all read articles on how to make your own salt scrub, and so had I, apparently, because I darted to the kitchen in desperation, scouring the cabinets for coarse sea salt.

After several seconds skimming the contents of the spice cabinet with frantic eyeballs, I found it- Uniodized French Celtic Hand Harvested Sea Salt.  I knew next I needed something in which to soften the salt and was instantly taken back to 1987, to a young me playing in the kitchen with all my mother’s spices, inventing “gourmet” dishes with whatever available goods I could find.  Knowing that I was about to create something potentially ridiculous, I pushed my beauty pride aside and continued to search the cabinet for something I didn’t mind putting on my skin- olive oil.  If it benefits when skin when ingested, it must do good things for me topically!  BAM!  I drizzled a bit of olive oil over a bowl of sea salt, just enough to dampen the salt, not soak it, and I had myself a body scrub.  It was natural, it was easy, and best of all, it was free (sort of).

My homemade sea salt scrub is not what I’d call “luxurious,” but it did the job.  So I researched a few different sites and found some homemade scrubs that sounded quite, delicious, actually.  The brand I used, Eden Organic Products, offers up salt scrub recipes on their website.  And here is another scrub similar to the one I made onMake Your Cosmetics.com.  And here is a pomegranate salt scrub which looks a bit more difficult to make, but sounds luscious if you’re feeling up for it!  And lastly, here are several different recipes on Soap Crafters.com

The bottom line is that homemade salt scrub recipes are easy to come by and generally simple and affordable to concoct.  What I liked about making my own scrub was that the salt remained coarse.  I hate to buy a salt scrub that is saturated with too much oil because I feel that I’m simply drenching my skin in oil and never receiving the “scrub” I hope for.  Making your own allows you customize your scrub.  And did I mention it was (almost) free?  Happy Scrubbing!