Homemade Peppermint Foot Scrub

When my heels and toes become dried out and cracked, I know its time to make and use a homemade peppermint foot scrub on them. The scrub helps scrub off the dead rough flaky cracked skin from my feet well leaving them soft, smooth and feeling pampered. This homemade foot scrub also helps relax the feet and relieves any aches and pains you might have in them.

The ingredients I like to use to make the homemade peppermint foot scrub are 1 cup of sugar, '¼ cup of honey, '¼ cup of olive oil, 25 drops of peppermint oil and 10 drops of menthol essential oil. The sugar helps exfoliate the skin, the honey helps soothe and nourish the feet, olive oil acts as a natural moisturizer to the dry skin and the peppermint and menthol oils helps provide a cooling soothing sensation and pleasant uplifting aroma. Now if you do not have these natural ingredients on hand you should be able to find them at your local grocery store and herbal store.

The way you make the homemade peppermint foot scrub is by placing the ingredients into a large mixing bowl and combining the ingredients together with spoon until you get a thick gritty peppermint foot scrub. If you find the foot scrub is too runny add another tablespoon or two of sugar into it, and if you find the scrub to thick add another 2 tablespoons of olive oil to it. Once the foot scrub is made it is best to use it right away.

The first thing you should do before using the foot scrub is soak your feet in a relaxing footbath for 20 minutes or so. This will help soften up the skin on the feet and relax them. When the skin is soft and warm it is much easier to exfoliate. After the footbath take a handful of the scrub and rub it into your feet using circular motions for about 2 minutes. The scrub will be cooling and soothing to the feet. Once you are done exfoliating your feet pat them dry and apply a foot cream if you wish to help keep your feet soft throughout the day. To keep your feet soft and silky you should use this foot scrub about 3 times per week.