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Salt might seem like a strange addition to your beauty routine, but it actually has quite a few beneficial properties. Check out these beauty uses for salt!<\/strong><\/p>\n There are a couple of different sorts of salt at play in the recipes below, and neither of them use traditional table salt. The salt you choose depends on your needs. Epsom salts<\/a> are good at soothing muscle pain and exfoliating. Sea salt has a nice coarse grain for heavy duty scrubbing.<\/p>\n 1. Epsom Salt Facial Do you use a cream facial cleaner? Try adding 1\/2 teaspoon of epsom salts for an exfoliating boost. Massage gently into your skin, then rinse with warm water.<\/p>\n 2. Epsom Salt Soak<\/strong><\/p>\n Melt tension and soreness away with a simple epsom salt bath. Add a cup of epsom salts and 15-20 drops of soothing essential oils to the tub for instant relaxation.<\/p>\n 3. Pit Scrub<\/strong><\/p>\n Give your natural deodorant a boost! This salt scrub<\/a> helps exfoliate and moisturize those pits, so your natural deodorant doesn’t have to work quite as hard to keep you smelling fresh all day.<\/p>\n 4. Homemade Bath Salts<\/strong><\/p>\n Want to get fancier than just dumping epsom salts in the tub? Try making your own bath salts, so you can have a lovely-smelling bath in a flash. This tutorial comes with a printable label<\/a>, so you can give this as a gift, too!<\/p>\n 5. Salt Scrub for Feet<\/strong><\/p>\n Get those tootsies sandal-ready with a simple homemade salt scrub. Just combine 1\/4 cup sea salt with 1 tablespoon sweet almond or olive oil, and scrub away!<\/p>\n Image Credit: Sea Salt<\/a> photo via Shutterstock; Salt Spa photo by aztlek<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"5 Beauty Uses for Salt<\/h2>\n
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