Himalayan salt is a pink-colored salt from the mountains of Pakistan. Along with sodium, it contains minerals like calcium, ...

Shared one of nearly 16,000 happy customers: "It smells wonderful, is gentle and leaves my skin feeling so soft and hydrated." ...

Himalayan pink rock salt, also known as Himalayan salt or pink salt, is believed to be one of the purest forms of salt ...

Goop’s G.Tox Himalayan Salt Scalp Scrub Shampoo retails for $42 per 6.7-ounce tub. We found that a little goes a long way. It took us the better part of six months to go through an entire tub.

Pink Himalayan salt is nutritionally very similar to regular salt. It’s just prettier and more expensive. Salt therapies at spas are also not yet backed by solid evidence.

It might look pretty, but a pinch of this stuff will cost you. 100 grams of pink Himalayan salt can cost $5 to $8, up to 20 times more than generic table salt. Ouch. But why is it so expensive?

Salt has its uses: It flavors food, keeps us from dying of a sodium deficiency (rare but real), and, well, that’s about it. And that’s true whether the salt is white or pink.