How wonderful to be able to easily make your own violet salt scrub with amazing benefits to your skin! Such an easy recipe with few ingredients! Works with just 2 ingredients but more can be added for additional benefit.

violet salt scrub with flowers and leaves

Making your own skincare products from flowers, herbs and other medicinal plants and weeds is a fun beneficial activity.

To deliver the healing benefits of violets to your skin, use a violet oil, salve or this wonderful DIY whipped body butter! Violet oil is oil that has been infused with dried violet leaves and flowers. The dry leaves and 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 violet leaves and flowers to be extracted and drawn into the oil.

Another great reason to make your own violet 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 violet salt scrub is easy to do and much more affordable than store-bought skin care products.

Violets can be very prolific in the late spring and early summer. The violet blossoms are very delicate and beautiful flowers. I have a patch of wild violets growing in my yard.

This recipe uses dead 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 violet 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!

Benefits of Violets for the Skin

This article includes edible and medicinal benefits of violets and states the following:

“Topically, violet is used as a poultice, compress, infused oil, and salve for dry or chafed skin, abrasions, insect bites, eczema, varicose veins and hemorrhoids. It is cooling, soothing, and anti-inflammatory.”

It is said that violet oil can help soothe and calm irritated skin and that its astringent and antimicrobial properties make it suitable to treat acne. Plus the antioxidants in the oil can help protect skin from premature aging. Violet is also said to help reduce hair loss and dandruff.

It has traditionally been used to ease inflammation from rashes, eczema, dermatitis, and other skin conditions.

Violet’s gentle astringent and antimicrobial properties also make it suitable for acne-prone skin. The antioxidants in the oil help protect skin from premature aging caused by environmental damage. Violet oil can also reduce hair loss and dandruff.

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 Violet-Infused Oil – See my Violet-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 tsp dried violet leaves and flowers
Optional: 5 – 10 drops fragrance or essential oil

How to Make a Violet Salt Scrub

Add your 1 cup of sea salt to a large bowl.

sea salt added to a large bowl to make sea salt scrub

Add the remaining ingredients.

violet salt scrub ingredients added to bowl

Mix the ingredients up well.

violet salt scrub ingredients mixed in a bowl

Store in an airtight container or glass jar until ready for use. I found that these glass jars work 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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