Newbie Tuesday

I know sometimes when people see the word “chemical” they stress out, but it shouldn’t! The word chemical only means “something that contains elements“, which is to say everything on earth. Your hair, your window, your cup of tea, arsenic, mushrooms – everything on earth is a chemical. So when we talk about chemical exfoliants,...

How do we turn the facial cleanser with botanical extracts (part three) into an exfoliating cleanser by adding a physical exfoliant? I’m so glad you asked! Check out the first part of this post by clicking this link, or scroll down to see the other posts in this series. HONEY, CHAMOMILE & CUCUMBER FACIAL CLEANSER...

So you’ve made a facial cleanser you really like. What’s next? Let’s turn it into an exfoliating cleanser! There are two ways we can exfoliate – using chemical exfoliants or physical exfoliants. Physical exfoliants are ingredients like loofah, jojoba beads, sugar, salt, fruit seeds, and anything that removes dead skin by abrading it. For facial products,...