Citrus salt scrub

Waaaaay back in December, my roommate and I made this wonderful face and body scrub for our housemates' Christmas presents. It's quite simple to make, smells delicious, and feels wonderful on your face.

(And apparently, I'm on a citrus kick for the blog!)

Since we were making this scrub as a present, we mixed it up in our bathroom to keep it a surprise. (We felt a little like we were cooking drugs, so I made this logo as a play on AMC's "Breaking Bad.")

We started out by zesting a lemon and an orange — except we didn't have a zester at the time, so we peeled the fruit and diced the peel into the smallest pieces we could manage.

Fear not: Cold medicine and hair gel are not part of this recipe.

We put the zest in a bowl, then added the coarsest salt we could find without going as coarse as rock salt.

Then we added light olive oil...

We used light olive oil for two reasons: 1. We couldn't find a lot of almond oil for a reasonable price and 2. normal olive oil is more likely to cling to your skin and cause acne. On this note, remember that light olive oil is different from extra virgin olive oil!

We mixed everything together (though it did separate quickly), and poured it into a jar for each of our housemates.

I made up a little label for them, we wrapped them, and gave them away. Afterwards we realized that it wasn't exactly tactful to give the people we live with soap... but this smells so darn good that none of our housemates minded!

Citrus salt scrub
Ingredients:
0.5 cup light olive oil, or almond oil
0.5 cup coarse sea salt
1 teaspoon lemon zest
1 teaspoon orange zest

To make:
Mix ingredients. Store in an air-tight container.