Oil or emulsified scrub?

My friend Ken, an herbal nutritionist, asked me about the differences between oil based and emulsified scrubs and why he would choose one over the other. The functions of the two scrubs are quite similar – they are both intended to exfoliate the skin with salt, sugar, or other scratchy things and leave behind a...

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Experiments in the workshop: An anhydrous whipped butter for my aching back.

You may remember the post from a few days ago when I made a whipped butter for my best friend’s horribly mangled foot…well, now it’s my turn! My lower back has not been nice to me for almost two weeks. (I fell down a flight of stairs on a ferry two years ago, leaving me...

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Experiments in the workshop: Anhydrous butter & body butter modification

So I’ve decided. I’m making a whipped butter for my best friend with the aloe butter and some lovely oils. Part of this is that my back hurts a lot so I can’t be in the workshop for a long period of time while I make a lotion and part of this is that I...

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Experiments in the workshop: Healing products for my best friend

As I may have mentioned, my best friend, Wanda, had an operation on her foot about 6 weeks ago, and she is need of some soothing foot products, so I’ve turned to a few different ingredients to help moisturize the skin around the bandages and to help speed the healing (although I’d never make a...

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Experiments in the workshop: Golden shea butter sugar scrub

I think we all know by now what I think of emulsified sugar scrubs. (Do a search for sugar scrub and you’ll find a ton of them), so I thought I’d try this recipe using the golden shea butter. For some reason – and I’m not sure why now – I decided to use 25% golden...

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