I’ve never been a huge fan of winter. I don’t like cold temperatures and an inch of snow in our area means everything comes to a halt. Even worse, I suffer from dry cracked skin in the winter unless I spend a lot of time moisturizing and exfoliating. This added up to a serious chunk of change I was spending on lotions and scrubs. Several years ago I found a great scrub recipe that moisturizes and exfoliates, but costs around a dollar to make. Best of all, I could make it in any scent I want. This recipe only has three ingredients. If you don’t have any essential oil, you can just use a teaspoon of extract of your choice. I like using essential oil because of all the varieties available.
You’ll need petroleum jelly, epsom salts, and essential oil in the scent of your choice. I’ve included a list of scents and their uses below:
For a relaxing exfoliating scrub: use lavender or chamomile
For an energizing scrub use peppermint, spearmint or rosemary
For a scrub to help relieve stuffy noses: Eucalyptus (I have a recipe for DIY Soothing Sinus Salt Scrub here It’s a favorite in our family.
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Mix the petroleum jelly with the epsom salts until blended. Add three to five drops of essential oil and stir. You can adjust the amount of essential oil in the mixture to your preference. Like a lightly scented scrub? Use less. Love a strong, refreshing scrub? Use more. If you are allergic to fragrance, leave it out.
Once the scrub is blended, store in a tightly covered jar. I like to use small mason jars because they look pretty. You can use the scrub on dry patches or all over your body, but don’t use it on your face. It is a little too harsh. This can also be used as a lip scrub, but only use it once or twice a week.
- 1/2 cup petroleum jelly
- 1 cup epsom salts (can use 1/2 cup more if you like a thicker consistency)
- 3 to 5 drops essential oil in the scent of your choice (try lavender or peppermint)
- Mix petroleum jelly with epsom salt. Blend well. Stir in essential oil until blended. Store in a tightly sealed container.
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I have always wanted to do this. I have some new oils I can add to this.
This is awesome! I go through a lot of exfoliants, myself. I like that you can flavor these on your own.
What a great idea to make it yourself. I’m game, I’d try it!
Winter is rough on my skin. This scrub sounds like an easy way to keep my skin looking good, even when it’s yucky out.
I could sure use this right now. My poor skin is having such a hard time. Our weather has been crazy and my skin has been dry, oily and then back to dry. I will try this out!
Well that seems easy enough. I got my first jar of this for Christmas and LOVE it. Will have to try
This post is perfectly timed. I feel my skin is so dehydrated right now. I really need this scrub!
I petroleum jelly safe for pipes? I had a friend clog up her pipes from using too much coconut oil.
I do love the thought of making my own scrubs! I have some lavender oil I love.
I did some research and found they use petroleum jelly around plungers to create a tighter seal and unclog drains, so I suspect the answer is no. But I am not sure.
I love using my essential oils and making scrubs.
This sounds like a great tutorial on how to make exfoliating skin scrub! This would be handy during the winter.
I think my daughters and I will try this this weekend.
I’m going to show this to my daughter. She tried a few DIY salt scrubs and a couple sugar scrubs last week.
This is a great idea for a scrub.
My sister and I are both interested in skin products.
This is so great! My daughter loves stuff like this, will pass the link along to her to make it!
I’ve shied away from making my own scrubs, because they seemed too complicated. I think this is a perfect one to finally give a try.
This sounds like a great scrub. I like the idea of making my own.
I love scrubs. Thanks for sharing the recipe.
I love this! I’ve recently gotten into DIY scrubs, but so far, the recipes haven’t come out like I thought. This one seems so easy, it’s impossible to mess up.
I made my first scrub not long ago and it was much easier than I thought. This will be an awesome second one to make 🙂
Ooh, I can’t wait to try this. I’ve seen a lot of DIY scrubs out there, but I’ve never tried making one. This one seems really easy, though.
I definitely want to try this. My skin is SO dry this winter and needs to be exfoliated BAD.