Salt is one of those ingredients it is easy to overlook. It’s in almost everything we use in the beauty world, but it doesn’t exactly set the heart racing. You never hear anyone say, “Ooh, the salt in this really makes it for me!” Normally it sits there in the background, keeping things together, thickening up cleansers, or providing the basic mineral backbone in a formula. It’s all very useful, but frankly, a bit bland.