If you've visited a shopping mall in the past several years, chances are you've been stopped and accosted by a Mediterranean man working one of the little booths. Sea salt scrubs supposedly made by the therapeutic salt found in the Dead Sea are growing in popularity in the Western world. But you don't need to spend $60 or travel across the planet to get your hands on a jar. In fact, for several dollars you can achieve the exfoliating effects of sea salt without even leaving your home -- by making your own.

• 2 tablespoons sea salt (exfoliant)
• 3 teaspoons grated ginger (warms when scrubbed to improve circulation)
• 1 finely grated lime peel
• 6 slices of cucumber, chopped (acts as a coolant)
• 1/2 fl.oz. almond oil

Use on the dryest, roughest areas that need the most exfoliation. Blend together in a food processor.

• 2 tablespoons green tea leaves
• 1 tablespoon uncooked brown rice with the husk still on
• 1 teaspoon honey (binds the scrub together)
• 1/2 fl.oz. sweet almond oil

Blend together with a wooden spoon, use on the more delicate areas of the body, like neck and chest.

Josephine Fairley, author of The Beauty Bible, offers a recipe for her own homemade scrub.

Into a large jar, pour:

• 16 oz. brown sugar (sensitive skin) OR salt

Then add:

• 5 1/4 fl.oz. grapeseed oil
• 3 1/2 fl.oz. sweet almond oil

Drop by drop, add:

• 25 drops neroli essential oil

• 10 drops sandalwood essential oil

• 10 drops sweet orange essential oil

• 10 drops ylang-ylang essential oil

• 5 drops patchouli essential oil

Put the lid on the jar and shake well. Apply by hand while in the shower, and you shouldn't even need a moisturizer afterwards.