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Making an oil based scrub for your face is pretty simple. Get some oils, pour them into a container, add some exfoliant, you’re done. The hard part is choosing which oils and exfoliants to use. I tell the kids in the groups this all the time. It takes maybe 5 minutes to make an earring,...
What other exfoliants can we use in facial products? (Click here for part one…) Seeds: You can find a variety of seeds at our suppliers, and you’ll have to check which ones stay crunchy even in water! Ask your supplier for the suggested usage rates. I’m loving cranberry seeds right now, and I added them...
Yep, us normal to oily types can use a cream cleanser with some modifications. If you have normal skin, I’d leave out the stearic acid and avoid the SCI containing stearic acid as it really is too moisturizing for your skin type. You can choose from a variety of surfactants – SMC or SMO taurate...
Solid scrub bars are a fantastic way to get the exfoliating and moisturizing action of a sugar scrub in the portability of a bar (as Homer notes, the only way to get the awesome power of food is in a bar format, only ours won’t contain Chinese newspapers). Solid scrub bars are really modifications of...
(This is a photo of my much beloved manicure scrub. As you can see, I really need to make more!) OIL BASED SUGAR OR SALT SCRUB Making a sugar or salt scrub is fairly simple. You need two major ingredients – salt and oil at equal amounts. IN THE TUB SCRUB (formula) 97% liquid oil...