Watch your step!

Have you ever heard of a sugar scrub? Once you try one (especially if you've made it yourself) you'll be a convert. Gives ya baby-soft skin for days!  Mmmmmm... they're pricey to buy but very, very cheap and easy to make. I have a 2-cup size plastic container with a lid so I can make a couple cups at a time - lasts maybe 2-3 applications. Then it's on for more experimentation.

At its most basic, it's just sugar and oil, maybe some scent or essential oil or liquid glycerin soap (easy to get at health food stores or organic markets, so is jojoba oil mentioned below). If you do a Google search for sugar scrubs you'll find a plethora of homemade recipes. There are also salt scrubs but I have not tried those yet.

I like to improvise... the latest concoction I have to admit is the best-smelling and most nummy so far. It was about a cup or so of raw sugar, couple tablespoons of brown sugar, little bit o' fresh squeezed lemon juice, walnut oil, jojoba oil, Neutrogena oil, lemon oil, couple spoonfuls of white sugar (because yours truly put too much oil in the mix and it was far too runny hehehe) and a tiny big of liquid glycerin soap. It should be like cookie dough - kinda clumpy, not runny, falls apart easily. Have to say, that stuff smelled great!

Word of caution - watch your step in the shower! That oily sugary mess on the floor can be more slippery than, well... oily fiberglass. Stand on an old terrycloth towel, it'll give you traction and save your noggin.

Last week did a white sugar, olive oil, jojoba oil, glycerin deal with some lavender oil that was very nice. And no, I didn't smell like a Greek salad, but that was one slippery floor (hence the towel).