DIY: Brown Sugar and Epsom Salt Body Scrub

Santa brought me some Epsom Salt because he knew I wanted to make a few things, the first being some body scrub.  December is all about pampering yourself on FlyLady and I really wanted to make my own body scrub to save some green.  It turned out fantastic! The Epsom Salt I got was lavender scented which I thought would smell great but it doesn't to me.  Not to worry I used a few other things that smelled super yummy.  So if you are going to make this you might want to get plain Epsom Salt, I know I will be next time.  To offset the smell of not so great lavender I used Shea and Cocoa butter baby oil, brown sugar and vanilla.  It works amazing and smells pretty good, probably pretty great if you like lavender.

Here is my recipe:

You'll need about 5 minutes to whip this up and a plastic container with lid, spoon, tablespoon, teaspoon and 1/3 measuring cup.

1/3 cup Epsom Salt (mine was lavender scented but would be better with no scent)
1/3 cup Brown Sugar (light or dark doesn't matter)
4 tablespoons Baby Oil (I used the shea and cocoa butter kind)
2 teaspoons of vanilla extract

Just wet a washcloth and scrub away.  This batch makes enough to scrub your whole body and I did my feet twice.  Please make it in a plastic container, it wouldn't really be pampering yourself if you dropped a glass container in the shower and then had to clean it up.  My body scrub is in this super duper, kid snack, princess container because that's how I roll.  After all the Christmas cleanup I need some pampering and you do too!

Yes that's one of those plastic baby spoons, now you know what to do with them!

Why yes I am a princess!

The cool thing about it is the lid that lifts up.

FYI: My husband loves this stuff.  He even asked me what it was and asked if I would keep using it because it smelled so good and he noticed how soft my skin was.  He oooohhhed me.  Mom tested and husband approved!

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