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Making home-made foot scrubs is a wonderful thing to learn. You can be sure that you are only using the best ingredients, you can alter the recipe to suit your own personal taste, and when you have practiced a bit, you can make lovely gifts for people!

Home made foot scrubs are based either on salt or sugar crystals, as these act as the abrasive agent to scrub your feet. To this you can add essential oils for their aromatherapy properties, lemon juice for it's skin lightening properties, and herbs for their healing properties.

One of my favorite recipes is

2 tablespoons dried lavender flowers
2 cups sea salt
1/2 cup almond oil
1/2 cup olive oil
2 vitamin E oil capsules
3 drops lavender oil

Use rosemary oil for a really spritzy scrub, and add crushed rosemary leaves. You can add a teaspoon or two of glycerin soap to make it smoother. Try peppermint oil and mint leaves for a real pep-me-up recipe.

Just mix all the ingredients together and pop them into a screw-top jar. For a gift, use a really pretty jar and dress it up with a length of ribbon to match the perfume.

Lots more recipes can be found at http://www.industryinet.com/~r uby/salt_sugar_scrubs.html

You might also be interested in my Helium article on making Bath Salts at http://www.helium.com/tm/66876 6/salts-easiest-gifts-simple - just paste the link into your browser bar.

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