Body Wash VS.Soap

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Originally Posted by rgcraig

Me too!! I made it last year for Christmas gifts and loved it!! Thank goodness for Pinterest. Time to make some more!!

I made cocoa butter cream too!

Here's one recipe I used:

Sea Salt Citrus Body Scrub

1/2 cup sea salt
1/2 cup sweet almond oil
(can substitute light olive oil or vegetable oil)
1/2 teaspoon lemon zest
1/2 teaspoon orange zest

Directions

In a medium dry bowl, combine all ingredients making sure to not let any water touch them as it will dissolve the salt. Pour mixture into an airtight container and store in a cool dry place.

To use: Just before showering, swirl ingredients together with your fingertips to mix. Clean body completely and just before exiting shower, apply Citrus Salt Body Scrub to body in a firm circular scrubbing motion with hands or a soft washcloth. Rinse off the mixture and pat body dry with a clean towel.

I'll have to try it with the zest! I was considering the lemon essential oil at the store the other day.

Originally Posted by Titus2woman

I keep our milk in old fashioned milk bottles like the milk man used to leave. I have one that has a cream collector on the top... in the morning the cream is poured off for coffee and then the milk left in the bottle is not so heavy.

Mind sharing your recipe for body scrub?

I use this one, and I modified it a little bit. It's a basic formula, so you can pretty much make it however you want.

Basic Salt Scrub Recipe:

Ingredients-

1/2 cup oil. Use sweet almond, grapeseed or another light-textured massage oil. Don't use simple cooking oil from your pantry.

1 cup fine sea salt. Don't use simple iodized table salt -- it's too harsh. If you have sensitive skin you can substitute sugar, which is gentler.

5-15 drops high quality essential oils.

I love almond oil, but my skin can also use the extra *sticking power* of the olive oil, so I mixed 1/4 c. almond oil and 1/4 c. EV olive oil. I added 5 drops of lavender essential oil, but when I smelled of it this morning, I couldn't even smell the lavender. The almond oil overpowers it. I like the smell of the almond oil, so that's fine with me. I'm thinking if you really wanted the lavender to stand out, you'd have to double the drops.