Product Spotlight: Signature Salt Scrub – ultimate shower accessory?

Many, many years ago, while working as a PR assistant in buckhead, Ga, I passed a very upscale spa and decided to stop in. I’ve always LOVED bath and body care items, especially top quality spa products, and I had already been making my own soap for a few years. I looked around and something caught my eye, a large jar of something called “salt scrub”. I had never heard of it, and decided to take a sniff and see what it was all about.  The scent was nice, a strawberry fragrance.  The jar was pricey, especially 10 years ago!, but I decided to buy one, and see what it would do.

I took it home, jumped in the shower and followed the directions. It was AMAZING!!!  this thing sloughed off old skin, I didn’t even know was there!  I mean, granted, I had NEVER salt scrubbed before, so there was a LOT to get rid of.  When I emerged from my shower, my skin (including my elbows, knees and feet!) was glowing, smooth, I was already moisturized (no lotion needed) and I smelled good.  I decided in that moment that this was the PERFECT shower “accessory”.

Treat yourself or someone you love to this teeny bit of luxury! Fullearths, etc. Signature Salt Scrub is made with skin nourishing oils, lavender & geranium essential oils, and topped with lavender & rose buds!

I marveled at the simple ingredients – what if instead of synthetic fragrance, the designer used essential oils that, not only, smelled divine, but lifted the mood, and benefited the skin?  What if skin nourishing oils like sweet almond, and avocado were added?  What if, instead of just ’salt’, the benefits of the caribbean sea bath was introduced, with sea salt?  I stared at the, less then glam, plastic jar this concoction sat in and thought of just how imappropriate this packaging was, considering the “gritty gold” that lay inside. That day, I made an even bigger decision.  I would make my own!  Signature Salt Scrub was born, and even more amazing, Fullearths, etc. was born.

So, what’s all the rave about salt scrubs? lets see if I can keep it simple and brief. :) My skin has always had large pores, mostly my legs and especially my upper legs – genetics, I assume. I have NEVER been one to consider myself a good candidate for the old “who wears short-shorts” commercials.  They weren’t bad, just not smooth as a baby’s bottom.

next time you're seaside, grab a handful of sand and gently scrub away! The sea salt in the sand will give your newly exfoliated skin an instant shot of trace minerals your skin will love!

I HAD noticed that whenever we went on vacation to the caribbean, and swan in the ocean (salt water) and scrubbed with the sand, that my legs did become smooth as a baby’s bottom. Here’s how it worked.

The scrubbing in itself benefited my skin greatly, exfoliating away dead skin and allowing the new skin underneath to appear. But 3 other things happened as well, that lendt to the skin transformation:

* Blood Circulation – the act of exfoliating the skin in a circular motion stimulates the skin and gets the blood circulating. Bringing fresh oxygen to the top layer of the skin, and carrying impurities away from the top layer of the skin. 1 reason for the “glow”.

sea salt is amazing stuff!

* “cellulite loss” through Cell Detox – now, i am NOT going to say that my scrub will take your cellulite away, but here’s how this works. Sea Salt has LONG been recognized for it’s detoxifying properties. When body cells trap toxins, the body encapsulates them in a bag of water under the skin – cellulite. When I bathed in the ocean, a sort of osmosis effect, where the salt in the ocean sucked the water out of these cells. The same happens when sea salt is applied to the skin. (ever wonder how spa sea-weed wraps can give a 5-8 lb weight loss in 10 minutes? there’s your answer!)

* Healing – I think everyone knows that sea salt heals wounds and illness. When we visit the caribbean, we regularly swallow and inhale small amounts of ocean water (yes, yuck! LOL) for stomach and sinus health.  And it WORKS people!!  in a MAJOR way! Many skin blemishes are actually “conditions,” like eczema, minor skin bacteria and/or skin psoriasis. In addition to simply healing normal skin, Sea salt can greatly benefit these, and other skin conditions, giving the skin a healthy, “new” look.