This wonderful homemade honeysuckle salt scrub is so easy to make and has amazing benefits to your skin! Such a great recipe with just 2 ingredients. A couple more ingredients can be added for additional benefit.
Making your own skincare products from flowers, herbs and other medicinal plants and weeds is a fun beneficial activity. And they make great gifts!
To deliver the healing benefits of honeysuckle to your skin, use a honeysuckle oil, salve or this wonderful DIY whipped body butter! Honeysuckle oil is oil that has been infused with dried honeysuckle flowers. The dry honeysuckle flowers are steeped in a carrier oil such as olive, almond or jojoba oil using one of the infusion processes included below. Infusing allows the natural active resins within the honeysuckle flowers to be extracted and drawn into the oil.
Another great reason to make your own honeysuckle oil and salt scrub, salve and other items, is that store-bought skincare products contain synthetic fragrances, harsh preservatives, and other harmful chemicals that can irritate sensitive skin and contribute to long-term health concerns. Plus making your own honeysuckle salt scrub is easy to do and much more affordable than store-bought skin care products.
This recipe usesdead sea salts.
Dead Sea salts offer numerous benefits for skin and overall health, including improved hydration, muscle relaxation, and potential relief for skin conditions. The high concentration of minerals in Dead Sea salts, like magnesium and calcium, helps to soothe and revitalize the skin, making it a popular choice for bath soaks, scrubs, and skincare products.
Other types of salts can be used, such as pink salt, sea salt and Epsom salt.
This wonderful honeysuckle dead sea salt scrub is wonderful for exfoliation of your skin and leaves your skin feeling soft and smooth. Exfoliation has many wonderful benefits for both the body and for the face. Dead skin cells build up and can make skin look flaky and dry.
When you exfoliate, you can remove these old, dead skin cells and renew your skin. Sea salt adds even extra detox benefits!
Honeysuckle is very prolific in the late spring and early summer. The honeysuckle blossoms are very delicate flowers and the scent of honeysuckle is so fragrant. I have wild honeysuckle growing in various places in my yard. Honeysuckle is considered invasive and does seem to pop up everywhere.
Benefits of Honeysuckle for the Skin
Honeysuckle is reported to have many skin benefits as discussed in thisarticle.
The article discusses honeysuckle anti-inflammatory and antibacterial properties for the skin. Also the potential for honeysuckle to treat wounds, repel insects and includes ant-aging properties for the skin.
Ingredients for Violet Salt Scrub Recipe
- 1 cup Dead Sea Salt: Option is to use regular sea salt, epsom salt or pink salt
- 1/4 cup Honeysuckle-Infused Oil – See my honeysuckle infused-oil recipe. Option is to use a non-infused oil such as plain olive oil, almond oil, sunflower oil or jojoba oil
- Optional: 1/2 – 1 Tbsp dried honeysuckle flowers
- Optional: 5 – 10 dropshoneysuckle fragrance or essential oil
How to Make a Honeysuckle Salt Scrub
Add your 1 cup of sea salt to a large bowl.
Add the remaining ingredients and mix well.
Store in an airtight container or glass jar until ready for use. I found that theseglass jarswork great!
Enjoy!
Enjoy your homemade violet salt scrub that has so many benefits and uses. It is wonderful to make your own skincare items that do not have preservatives and chemicals. Plus it saves money! And it makes a great gift!
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Honeysuckle Salt Scrub Recipe
Yield: 3 4-oz jars
This wonderful homemade honeysuckle salt scrub is so easy to make and has amazing benefits to your skin! Such a great recipe with just 2 ingredients. A couple more ingredients can be added for additional benefit.
Ingredients
- 1 cup Dead Sea Salt: Option is to use regular sea salt, Epsom salt or pink salt
- 1/4 cup Honeysuckle-Infused Oil-See Recipe for Honeysuckle-Infused Oil. Option is to use a non-infused oil such as plain olive oil, almond oil, sunflower oil or jojoba oil
- Optional: 1/2 - 1 Tbsp dried honeysuckle flowers
- Optional: 5 - 10 drops honeysuckle fragrant or essential oil
Instructions
- Add the ingredients to a large bowl and mix well.
- Store in an airtight container or glass mason jar until ready for use.
