Now that the SuperBowl is over, our Seahawks soaps made (congratulations to the Seahawks on your win!), it’s time to turn back to our DIY obsessions. Consider this a deluxe Sunday Night Spotlight — today we’re not only introducing you to the wonders of Pink Sea Salt, we’ve got a bonus foot scrub tutorial as part of Show Your Love. Read on to learn more about this versatile salt and how to make a nourishing scrub for yourself.
Pink Sea Salt comes in four different sizes: Coarse, Medium, Small and Extra Small. The coarse salt is great as a garnish on cold process soap or melt and pour, while the smaller sizes can be used in scrubs. Bramble Berry’s Pink Sea Salt is mined from salt beds in the Himalayan Mountains, and it is believed to be the purest form of salt available. You can find variety of tutorials using this wonderful salt on the Soap Queen blog. Some of our favorites include:
From left, clockwise: Coarse, Medium, Small and Extra Small Pink Sea Salt.
Everyone loves a little foot pampering, and this Pink Sea Salt Foot Scrub made with extra small pink sea salt is wonderfully exfoliating. Treat yourself (or someone special) to a day at the spa. As a bonus, the entire kit costs under $25!
What You’ll Need:
7.5 oz. Extra Small Pink Salt
.5 oz. Avocado Oil
2 oz. Liquid Soap Concentrate Base
8 oz. Short Plastic Bail Jar
6 ml Grapefruit Essential Oil
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ONE: Portion out the Extra Small Pink Salt in a medium-sized glass container.
TWO: Add the Avocado Oil and Liquid Soap Concentrate Base. You do not need to dilute the concentrate base.
THREE: Mix the oils and salt together with a spoon. Be sure to incorporate the oils completely into the salt.
FOUR: Add in the Grapefruit Essential Oil and stir.
FIVE: Your scrub is ready for packaging! We like using our 8 oz. Short Plastic Bail Jars. This recipe fills one jar completely, but if you’d like to make multiple jars simply double or triple the recipe.
We’re in the middle of our ‘Show Your Love’ themed week. Keep you eyes on the Soap Queen blog for more special tutorials and discounts coming this week.
Hi,
Can I know why preservative is not necessary for this recipe?
Hi Haritha!
Typically, we only include preservatives in recipes with water. However, as with other scrubs, it may get water splashed into it during use. You can add a preservative to be extra careful! Optiphen would work well in this recipe. You can use it at .5-1.5%. 🙂
You can find out more in the Talk It Out Tuesday: Preservatives post: http://www.soapqueen.com/bath-and-body-tutorials/lotion/talk-it-out-tuesday-preservatives/
-Kelsey with Bramble Berry
Wow the new and improved Soap Queen site. It looks very cute. How do I print a recipe now? I looked for a printer icon but could not locate it. I do not have a tablet so I always print my tutorials so I can gather up my supplies and bring them down to the kitchen to make soap.
Thanks
ML
Hey Mary Lou!
I’m so happy you enjoy the redesign! We love it too.
Also, to print, you can click “File” at the top left corner of your browser, then scroll down to the “Print” section. You can also hit Ctrl + P to print. 🙂
-Kelsey with Bramble Berry
I got the pink sea salt and green clay from the Givember promo! I finally tried using the salt in some melt and pour and it went horribly wrong. It wouldn’t mix even a tiny bit into the melt and pour and I ended up with some kind of soapy goo from mixing so much. Had to scrap my idea for a margarita soap, maybe I need you use the bigger salts. :/
Hi Leanna!
Adding salt to melt and pour can be tricky as the salt will naturally sink to the bottom. However, you can get a nice even (and non-goopy) design by scooping the salt into your mold! I’ll include a tutorial on how to do that. 🙂
-Kelsey with Bramble Berry
Pink Salt and Shea Bath Bar: http://www.soapqueen.com/bath-and-body-tutorials/melt-and-pour-soap/home-spa-pink-salt-shea-bath-bar/
I got the pink sea salt and green clay from the Givember promo! I finally tried using the salt in some melt and pour and it went horribly wrong. It wouldn’t mix even a tiny bit into the melt and pour and I ended up with some kind of soapy goo from mixing so much. Had to scrap my idea for a margarita soap, maybe I need you use the bigger salts. :/
Hi Leanna,
Melt and Pour Soap and salt don’t really go well together, they end to get all soft and gummy and make the surrounding soap gummy. But if you wanted to try it in a small batch, you could let us know how it turns out for you.
You might want to use the larger salt for a more exfoliating bar and found a really awesome tutorial on using melt and pour with the Himalayan Sea Salt.
http://www.soapqueen.com/bath-and-body-tutorials/melt-and-pour-soap/home-spa-pink-salt-shea-bath-bar/
Hope this does help.
~Kevin with Bramble Berry
Dear Brambleberry,
I tried this recipe tonight and found that it was clumpy, so I added more avocado oil and soap concentrate, but no more sea salt. It is still clumpy. I was thinking that it would turn out more like your emulsified sugar scrub.
What should I do, or is this normal?
Thanks in advance.
Barbara Jean
Hi Barbara!
If you found that your scrub was clumpy, or too dry, I would recommend adding more oil or soap concentrate (like you did). I would try adding a little more oil, and using a whisk, try to break up any salt clumps that might be in the mixture. This isn’t something we had a problem with, but I hope this solves the problem for you!
-Amanda with Bramble Berry
Awesome! I will definitely try that one too. I loved the foot scrub. It smells sooo good and it seems really high quality. My friend and mom also loved it. My skin is just so dry in the winter. I’m going to order the coconut now. Thanks!
Hi Jennifer!
You’re so welcome! I totally get that, my skin is pretty dry right now as well. Can’t wait for it to warm up a bit :). I think you’ll really like the Coconut Oil Recipe!
-Amanda with Bramble Berry
I find this to be a little bit drying, perhaps because of the soap base concentrate. Is there anything that could be used to replace the soap base or maybe something else that could be added for more hydration to the skin?
Hi Jennifer!
If you find this recipe to be drying, you may like an oil based scrub recipe better! The Exfoliating Coconut and Pink Salt Scrub is made using Coconut Oil, so it feels really moisturizing on the skin 🙂
Coconut and Pink Salt Scrub: http://www.soapqueen.com/bath-and-body-tutorials/soaks-and-scrubs/coconut-oil-pink-salt-scrub/
I hope this helps!
-Amanda with Bramble Berry
-Amanda with Bramble Berry
Can we get a pink salt bar tutorial? I haven’t tried one of those yet, and I love your tutorials because they always work just as described. This way you can also discuss the various salt textures and how that makes soap more or less scrubby. Your mention of the coarse salt being used as a soap garnish has left me yearning for more.
Hi Margaret!
If you’re interested in making a pink salt bar, we do actually have a great melt and pour project using the Medium Pink Himalayan Salt. It gives the bar such a nice amount of exfoliation 🙂
Pink Salt and Shea Bath Bar:
http://www.soapqueen.com/bath-and-body-tutorials/melt-and-pour-soap/home-spa-pink-salt-shea-bath-bar/
I hope this is what you were looking for 🙂
-Amanda with Bramble Berry
This sounds very nice. I love pink salts, they are so pretty!
Hi Darlene!
I hope you give this recipe a try! It’s so simple, and produces such a fantastic product! I love the color as well 🙂
-Amanda with Bramble Berry