Homemade Sea Salt Foot Scrub

Before you get started on this project, try beachcombing for a small scallop shell or another attractive shell to package up with the jar as a scoop, or ask at your local fish store for any spare scallop shells.

Materials Needed:

• 1 cup sand
• 1 tbsp sea salt
• 1 tbsp powdered dulse seaweed (available from health-food stores)
• 1 tbsp powdered kelp
• 1 wide-necked preserving jar, or kilner jar, with an airtight, hinged lid
• wooden spatula or spoon

• 7fl oz olive oil
• peppermint foot gel or essential oil (optional)
• 1 label listing the name of the scrub, and with instructions to apply a little of the scrub to the soles of the feet in a circular rubbing motion, paying particular attention to any hard areas of skin
• 1 scallop shell
• recycled ribbon or natural raffia

Step 1

Put all the dry ingredients into the preserving jar and mix them together with the spatula or spoon.

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Step 2

Gradually add the olive oil and stir the ingredients well with the spatula as you pour.

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Step 3

Add six drops of peppermint essential oil or foot gel, if you wish. The peppermint gives the scrub an extra freshness.

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