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We took a look at using BC Glacial clay, jojoba beads, and dermabrasion crystals in our surfactant based cleanser in yesterday’s post, yesterday. Let’s take a look at a few other exfoliants we could add. AUSTRALIAN PINK CLAY (INCI Kaolin clay)I bought some of this from Voyageur Soap & Candle because it’s supposed to be good for...
It’s been a while, but my testers have responded, so here are the results! I’m working with the base surfactant for oily skin we figured out in this post. If you don’t know what the ingredients are, you’ll find them in that post or in the ingredients list or the surfactants section of the blog. Part...
As a quick note, I have my surfactant based facial scrub products out for testing with a few people, so I need time to let them play with the products then write me a few reviews. When I hear from them – I hope it’ll be early next week – I’ll post their comments and...
I’m on holiday time this week to avoid more illness and catch up on my sewing and bath & body product making, so I’m going through my inbox (1024 new messages to go!) and the comments to address some stuff I’ve seen lately! Please don’t use water in sugar or salt scrubs. As I’ve mentioned...
I found this recipe on Voyageur Soap & Candle’s site a while ago – I can’t seem to find it now on their site! – and I thought I’d share my tweaks for this product. We’ve made it with the craft group a few times, and the ingredients I chose were to help with the...