No cooking needed! My latest kitchen adventure ended in the bathroom. Wait, that does not sound right….
I made scrubs for my feet and my face. Each scrub has a sugar, a base oil for moisture, and a several drops of each essential oil used.
For the face:
Date Sugar (it has a fine grain)
Lavender Oil
Tea Tree Oil
For the Feet:
Turbinado Sugar (coarse grains)
Lavender Oil
Tea Tree Oil
Eucalyptus Oil
I need to put some more base oil in both mixes to get it the way I want, but they are really nice.
I wash my face as usual after the facial scrub (1-2x/week) but just a good rinse and my special, fuzzy nighttime time socks for my feet.
It does make a bit of a mess. I therefore, have relegated the foot scrub to the tub and the facial to the shower.
Have you ever “cooked” your cosmetics or soap?
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I’m too old to learn new tricks….lol but i admire the fact that you do things like that…Diane
It is my home chemistry set. Experimenting on myself is great entertainment! …And cheaper than going to the movies 🙂
lol 😉 Diane
It’s not you in the tub or shower sandblasting yourself Katie which I find funny. It’s the special, fuzzy nighttime time socks which are intriguingly funny 😆 Happy Sunday !! Ralph xox 😀
And we do seem to talk about fuzzy socks and slippers a lot. 8)
Have a lovely!
Have a lovely what Katie ?? Oh. Have a lovely exclamation mark !! Silly me. Thank you Katie. I had a wonderful exclamation mark on Friday and Saturday’s one was bliss. How did your * go this week ? 😉
Absolutely fabulously! Thanks for asking. 😉
How about a superfine sugar instead of date sugar? And I’m thinking lavender and peppermint oils for the feet…hmmm, may have my own kitchen/bathroom experiments. Thanks, Katie! xoxoM
Peppermint! Of course! I guess because I keep that one in the bathroom….out of site, out of mind. Thanks! 8)
Any sugar you have in mind? That was the finest I saw at my little organic shop. There is a natural shop up the street that might have a different selection. If I want to use it more often, I will need a finer grain.
I was also thinking maybe a salt for the feet next time??
I was just thinking of the supermarket superfine sugar, nothing fancy since it’s not being ingested and is just being used for the abrasive qualities. I thought of salt, too. Whole Foods has a salt scrub scented with vanilla and clove, I think, which I usually don’t like, but the combination is to swoon for! I think they call it Zanzibar blend, or something like that. But I like the home-made approach – just don’t use citrus essential oils in these experimentations since they’re photosensitive and you spend a LOT of time in the sun! 😉 xoxoM
I will have to try that combo. I have clove that needs to be used.
Thanks for the citrus tip!!!
You’re welcome! Let me know how your vanilla/clove combo works out! xoM
Will do. 8)
Oh yummy, K. My feet are looking forward to this already (now, if I can just convince LM to give me a foot massage…)
lol. Try, “it’s a hand scrub that works best if you rub on someone’s feet for at least 10 minutes.” 8)
I will try this… It may freak my husband out a little, but he has getting use to the things I try… lol…
Sometimes, I think it amuses men to witness all the crazy stuff we try for things they never worry about. 8)
I’ll have to try your recipes! I never exfoliate like I should. I can imagine how good your skin must feel after using it! 🙂
It does feel nice. I don’t do it as much as I should either. 8)
🙂