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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...
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...
We’ve decided we want to make a facial scrub, but we aren’t yet sure what kind of scrub we want to make or what exfoliants we want to use. Let’s take a look at the different scrubbies we could include in a facial scrub, then take a look at the different kinds of scrubs we...
Rosi suggested we take a look at making some facial scrubs, and I thought we’d start with some oil based scrubs then move to some surfactant based ones after Christmas. As usual, let’s review what we should know before we start! Why use a scrub? What’s the goal of this product? The goal is to...