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I love love love emulsified sugar scrubs in the summer! I can enjoy my time in the shower by exfoliating and moisturizing, then rinse pretty clean before getting on with my day. I’ve made so many of them – from this one with hokum butter and watermelon seed oil, which was quite stiff, to this one...
Yesterday, we took a look at my new favourite summery lime-scented emulsified scrub. Let’s look at the formula and how to make this! Combine the heated phase into a glass container and place in the double boiler. I heated it until it all melted – around 70˚C – and left it for another 5 minutes to...
In the June Q&A, Karrye asked, I’ve been musing over creating a creamy body wash. Something that would go in a bottle, and be a thicker consistency. I’d like to use SCI as I have loads on hand and it does give a nice skin feel. I also have DSL and Slsa. Could you point me...
In yesterday’s post, we used foaming bath butter (aka foaming bath whip) to create some lovely exfoliating scrubs with jojoba beads. Today, let’s look at how we can use foaming bath butter, jojoba beads, and pumice to create a garden or kitchen scrub. As a note, I’m still in bed in pain, so I apologize...
I really enjoy creating face and body scrubs with this foaming bath butter, so I thought we could incorporate some jojoba beads to create an exfoliating body scrub. Let’s alter this formula – foaming bath butter with walnut shells – to incorporate jojoba beads instead. If you’d like to learn more about foaming bath butter, click...