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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...
The first step in turning our surfactant based facial cleanser into a scrub is to choose our physical exfoliants. Some will be great choices, some will be terrible, and some will be all about your preferences and your budget! (Please visit this post and this post to see the complete and detailed list about these...
If you feel lost reading this post, please check out the previous posts on working on our surfactant base recipe part one, part two, part three, and part four. I think we’ve come up with a few ideas for surfactant bases that will work for various skin types. As with any product you want to make, learning about...