Scent Ideas for Foot Scrubs

A thorough foot scrub leaves you with clean and fresh feet.

Foot scrubs are an important treat for your feet, as they provide muscle relaxation, exfoliation, hydration and also provide a pleasant scent. A wide variety of foot scrubs is available on the market, but it isn't difficult to make one of your own with easy-to-find ingredients. The basic ingredients of a foot scrub are the carrier oil, which holds the mixture together; the exfoliating agent, which removes dead skin; and the fragrance, which gives the foot scrub its distinctive scent.

Things You'll Need

• 1-cup bowl
• Salt
• Sugar
• Ground coffee
• Grape seed oil
• Sunflower oil
• Coconut oil
• Lavender
• Geranium
• Lemon

Instructions

Strong Lavender Scrub

1. Pour a quarter-cup of sea salt in a 1-cup bowl. The sea salt is a strong exfoliating agent that can help you get rid of dead skin on your feet.

2. Pour a quarter-cup of sunflower oil in the bowl. Sunflower oil doesn't have a very strong odor, so it won't cover the smell of your fragrance, and is absorbed quickly by the skin.

3. Add between 10 and 15 drops of lavender on the mixture. The lavender acts as a fragrance to your mixture, giving your feet a pleasant scent after a thorough scrub. Mix the ingredients and pour the product in a small empty lidded container and store it in a dry area.

Feast of Scents

1. Add a quarter-cup of ground coffee to the 1-cup bowl. In addition to the grounds' exfoliating properties, coffee also adds a piercing smell to the mixture.

2. Pour a quarter-cup of coconut oil in the mixture, acting as the carrier oil. Just like ground coffee, coconut oil will provide its distinctive odor to the scrub.

3. Complete the mixture with 20 drops of geranium. All three ingredients ensure that after the foot scrub, your feet will be left with a strong, pleasant scent.

Homemade Scrub

1. Pour a quarter-cup of sugar in the 1-cup bowl. Use white, brown or coarse sugar as your mixture's exfoliating agent. Contrary to salt, sugar doesn't "sting" when rubbed over sores or cuts.

2. Add a quarter-cup of sunflower oil to the bowl and mix it with the sugar. Drop 10 to 15 drops of lemon to give the mixture its characteristic scent.

3. Transfer the mixture to a lidded container and store it in a dry place. This mixture, created exclusively out of ordinary household ingredients, is a cost-effective option when your budget doesn't allow investments in foot-care products.

References

• Abundant Life Essentials: Exfoliating Foot or Body Scrub
• Homemade Gifts Made Easy: Homemade Body Scrub

Resources

• Skin Care Recipes and Remedies: Foot Scrub Recipes
• The English Chamomile Company: Essential Oils