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Spa at Home: Grapefruit Exfoliating Paste

Increase circulation and polish the skin with this fresh-and-fruity body scrub beauty recipe from Barbara Close, founder of the Naturopathica product line.
by Rachel Neal
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Photo by: iStockphoto.com

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 ounces almond oil
  • 25 drops grapefruit essential oil
  • 14 drops tangerine essential oil
  • 10 drops lime essential oil
  • 6 drops lavender essential oil
  • 3 ounces coarse sea salt

Directions

  1. Combine almond oil and essential oils in a glass jar and shake well. 
  2. Pour the mixture into a bowl and slowly add sea salts. Stir the mixture until a thick paste forms, let sit for one  hour, then pour it into a clean glass jar. 
  3. Once a week, vigorously massage the scrub over the entire body, then rinse.
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