scrubs

Facial scrubs: Adding essential oils to an oil based scrub

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I am asked all the time about adding essential oils to facial products and the short answer is yes, you can use essential oils in facial products. The long answer is slightly longer…And as usual, please treat essential oils with respect, acknowledging that they aren’t just about adding scent to a product, they may also...

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Facial scrubs: Adding oil based extracts

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Oil soluble extracts of things we’d normally use as water soluble ingredients can add a little oomph to our oil based facial scrubs. A lot of these you’ll find are extracts in fractionated coconut oil (capric/caprylic triglycerides) or a fairly neutral oil, like sweet almond oil. Let’s take a look at a few of them...

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Facial scrubs: Adding the exfoliants to the oil base

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As this post is all about the scrubbies, please refer to the physical exfoliants (part 1) and physical exfoliants (part 2) posts rather than having me recap them there.  You’ve created your most excellent oil base for your facial scrub (dry and normal skin or oily skin), and now you want to add some scrubbies...

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Facial scrubs: Creating the base of an oil based scrub – specific examples for oily or acne prone skin

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In all honesty, those of us with oily or acne prone skin should probably stay away from oil based scrubs and stick to using water based or surfactant based scrubs. If you really want to use one, consult a good list of comedogenic ingredients, formulate something really simple (one or two oils maximum), and keep a...

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Facial scrubs: Creating the base of an oil based scrub – specific examples for dry and normal skin

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Since this product is all about the oils, taking time to choose exactly the most awesome oils for your skin type is a good use of your time! We took a look at a few possible choices yesterday – let’s see some examples today! As a quick aside, I know it’s tempting to include dozen...

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