Thursday, June 13, 2013

Dirty Feet Scrub for Sandal Weary Feet!



Here we go!  Summer is here and feet everywhere are about to log many miles in sandals and flip flops!  Did you ever stop to think about what your heels look like after the end of a long day running around half barefoot?  Yeah, me too!




We've already chatted about cracked heel prevention {Here}, now it's time to address keeping heels *clean* as well as soft.


The beauty of this scrub, besides being effective, cheap and nice smelling is that it's so easy to use!  Keep an unbreakable container in the shower at the ready so you can scrub your feet anytime you need to.






This is all you need to whip up a batch of soapy, sudsy heel scrub.  A mix of sugar and soap will clean and soften heels, ridding them of embedded dirt that's unavoidable when wearing sandals!





Fill your container 2/3 full with sugar and start adding soap until it reaches a consistency you like.  Keep in the shower or bath!


Bonus points:  While scrubbing your heels, you're exfoliating your hands too and, you won't have to scrub the shower or bathtub down after use, no oily mess left behind :)


After your heels are scrubbed and shiny clean...





...don't forget to pamper them with All Purpose Healing Salve!  Coconut oil, olive oil and vitamin-e oil infused with lavender, lemon, and maleluca essential oils to nourish and soften weary feet and hands.  It's easy to make and your skin will drink it up!



P.S.
The unbreakable container in the photo is a freezer jam jar that I conveniently forgot to return to my daughter.  I love them almost as much as the glass ones.

P.S.S.
Tiff, thanks for the jam...it was divine :)  

P.S.S.S.  For my astute readers, this is the same formula as the Gardener's Scrub originally posted by my lil sis, Jillee.  Thanks for the "one good thing" with more than one great use!




20 Comments:

At July 4, 2012 at 6:14 AM , Blogger Becka said...

This sounds awesome! Can you use any soap?

 
At July 4, 2012 at 6:53 AM , Blogger Rebecca said...

Becka, you could but the Dawn with Oil of Olay is so nice! It really does have a softening effect and it smells goooood! Just buy a small bottle, you don't need much :)

 
At July 4, 2012 at 8:25 AM , Blogger Brandy said...

thanks very much for this recipe;) I am trying it today!!
I found your blog through Facebook, and will be visiting more to grab your tips!!

 
At July 4, 2012 at 8:28 AM , Blogger Rebecca said...

Awesome!

 
At July 5, 2012 at 12:13 AM , Blogger Karen said...

Made some of this a few weeks ago to clean my hands after working in the yard...love things that are multi purposed (=

 
At July 5, 2012 at 5:23 AM , Blogger Rebecca said...

Agreed!

 
At July 5, 2012 at 4:26 PM , Blogger Barbara said...

Just tried this today and it is incredible! Thank you so much for this great idea!!

 
At July 5, 2012 at 4:42 PM , Blogger Rebecca said...

Yippee!!

 
At July 6, 2012 at 8:21 PM , Blogger Bockheim-Myers Clan said...

Making for my mom, mil, grams and me....thanks

 
At July 7, 2012 at 8:17 PM , Blogger Unknown said...

can't wait to whip up a batch and try it out!

 
At July 14, 2012 at 8:07 AM , Blogger mandy said...

I made the scrub, which was super easy, but do you have a recipe for the moisturizer? I'd love to make that just not sure what ratios to use. Thanks!!

 
At July 17, 2012 at 1:01 PM , Blogger Angie said...

Going to try this tonight but not just or my feet but for hubby's hands after work and after he smokes, since he ALWAYS steals any scrubs I buy. I think I'll try a lemon/orange scent for him. Thank you!!!

 
At July 25, 2012 at 3:21 PM , Blogger Mrs. Schaefer said...

I love this stuff! My husband is a logger and he uses it to remove sap and grease from his hands/arms. I just wanted to let you (and your sister - pass it on...) know about another use. You know how it is when you don't have a very good exhaust range fan, or your husband never turns it on when he fries up a big mess of bacon and you get that icky greasy gunk on everything? Last night I used it to clean that greasy gunk off of my tea pot, it was amazing, virtually no scrubbing!

 
At July 25, 2012 at 8:20 PM , Blogger Rebecca said...

I know exactly what you mean! I keep a jar next to the sink and use it after I've gardened all day without gloves...and...for those horrid pans that take an overnight soak to get clean! Hands, feet, dishes, pans...so versatile :)

 
At July 30, 2012 at 8:09 AM , Blogger Momcat1211 said...

I soak my feet in espon salt water to get dead skin off, but I'll give this a try after I do the salt bath. I am a diabetic and foot care is a must! But my skin does get so try and I hat lotions that will not soak in and you feel like a grease monkey! lol I'll keep ready to see if you have any suggests for that one. lol

 
At March 30, 2013 at 3:12 PM , Blogger Eva Persson said...

FYI: I have made exfoliation scrubs with both salt and sugar. I found that even though the sugar felt really good initially, it dried the skin out. Sugar is very dehydrating. I prefer using Epsom salts. I did this comparison at an EO party I gave years ago, so I wasn't the only one testing.

 
At June 14, 2013 at 11:17 AM , Blogger neekyboo said...

Ha! was at the mall yesterday and one of those sales ladies was trying her hardest to get me to spend $140 on some Dead Sea Scrub. so I let her do her lil thing, then asked, "what's in this stuff?" so as she was telling me, i was running down all the stuff I have in my kitchen to make my own. I know that's her job and all but I can't fathom spending $140 for something I can make for pennies in my own home.

 
At June 17, 2013 at 8:59 AM , Blogger Mother of the Brides and Groom! said...

I prefer to use kosher salt instead of sugar.

 
At July 24, 2013 at 10:36 AM , Blogger Unknown said...

I have moved to salt instead of sugar as well. As sugar promotes the growth of yeast on the body.

 
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