What is a salt bar?

[fabulousfunfur]

I have heard all this talk of a salt bar........

it sounds really drying to me....coconut oil and table salt..........

Do you still add a lye/water mixture???

I'm not quite understanding it.

What is the recipe for it, and what are the benefits of a salt bar?

[Purple Lilac]

Glad you asked - I had the same question - have asked before but did not get a reply.

[Jcandleattic]

I have heard all this talk of a salt bar........

it sounds really drying to me....coconut oil and table salt..........

Do you still add a lye/water mixture???

I'm not quite understanding it.

What is the recipe for it, and what are the benefits of a salt bar?

It actually (to me anyway) is not very drying. It is a soap bar, and yes you use a lye solution. You can use other oils besides coconut, it's just that salt will take away the bubble action, and coconut is very good about bubbling in and with salt.

It's almost like a salt scrub only in bar form. Although, it's not really "scrubby" it's smooth. They are wonderful for your skin. I love them and use them about once a week for the conditioning affects of the salt.

Hope this helps answer some questions.

Maybe somebody who can explain it better will jump in here and have a go.

[Purple Lilac]

Thank you - so it is somewhat of an exfoliating bar.

[Jcandleattic]

Kind of. But most salt bars that I've used/made are very smooth and not rough/scrubby like the scrubs are. So it doesn't really "scrub" the skin to exfoliate it, so much as it just conditions it.

That's been my experience anyway.

[Purple Lilac]

I see, Thanks