Epsom salt, or magnesium sulfate, is a proven way to ease sore and achy muscles in a bath soak, but it also has a variety of surprising, non-beauty uses in your home. The name is a bit of a misnomer ...

Both sugar and salt scrubs are designed to exfoliate the skin. Massaging them into damp skin removes layers of dirt and dead skin cells and encourages skin to shed at a more rapid rate, typically ...

Exfoliation has always been an important part of skin care and a must-follow step of beauty regime to get rid of dead cells on the skin. It helps rejuvenate the skin and makes it appear smooth and ...

Melissa Breyer was Treehugger’s senior editorial director before moving to Martha Stewart. Her writing and photography have been featured in The New York Times, The Guardian, National Geographic, ...

As the hot summer months creep near, I have been in the market for a good scrub to keep my skin exfoliated and moisturized. I have tried several types of scrubs, from high-end to drugstore, from salt ...

Gather your materials: Virgin coconut oil (refrigerate it in warm weather for easier mixing), fine-grained natural sea salt (real seal salt has bonus minerals, and larger crystals are too rough for ...

Every fortnight we ask four femail.co.uk readers to road-test a selection of top-selling cosmetics. This week, our panel of testers have been pampering themselves with four of the best body-smoothing ...