Home made sugar and salt scrubs?

I have a home base bussiness and I wanted to add sugar scrubs and salt scrubs to my menu. I was wondering if any one have made there own home mad scrubs or do you purchase them? I think it will be a nice touch if I created my own signature scrubs

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Permalink Reply by Natalie on April 17, 2013 at 1:26am

I love to make my own Scrubs- to Sell you have to go through all the legal aspects- list ingredients and each state is different as far as sales and if you can make in kitchen or have to rent a space

if you have the passion, time.. - I say do it!

What kind of salts do you use??

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Permalink Reply by Muriel newton on April 17, 2013 at 9:05am

Well right now I'm just doing some research on it I did purchase some salt from salt works the kind I purchased was the Ceara they said its good for making salt scrubs

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Permalink Reply by Nicole Weymer on July 4, 2015 at 2:13pm

Hi Muriel,

I have traditionally always worked in a regular spa. I am moving out-of-state, and I have the perfect room at new house for a small spa. Can you give me some tips and advice on how you got started? I don't know many people since I am new, however, I can do the treatments for a fraction of the cost of a spa. And most likely I will do it by donation. Any ideas? Tips? Anything that has worked, or anything that has been a problem I would love to hear. Thank you so much.

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Permalink Reply by coldsalineplexus on July 6, 2015 at 6:01am

The "by donation" idea was mentioned in another post and sounds very risky to me. If there were a problem, insurance may not be able to cover you since you were working around having the proper permits. In fact, your home owner's insurance might try to wiggle out of covering a slip and fall if you were doing business illegally. Mistakes and adverse reactions do happen and lawsuits scare me, so I would not invest in equipment and everything else unless I knew I could receive the right permit that would allow my insurance company to have my baack. This might mean adding an outside door, etc. depending on the state. I have never owned a home, but if I did I sure wouldn't risk losing it in a lawsuit. Another problem with starting home based in a new town is marketing. This is compounded if you are working out of your home illegally since you can't put up a sign and it would be risky to offer too much info on your website. I'm considering moving cities in the next couple years and while I would love to someday have a home based practice, I anticipate needing to rent at a salon or spa for a couple years first to build a client and referral base.