How optimistic of me (or just plain silly i think)
Planning what to make for all my female relatives this year, I thought...."why dont i make them all bath and body hampers" The plan was, soaps, body scrub, body butter and little lip balms.
Got my supplies delivered 2 weeks late due to the awful weather over here in england, leaving me 3 days before christmas day to make the things. Rubbish right, sooooo rushed.
I set out tonight to make the sugar scrub and body butter, but my scrub has turned out absolutely horrible, its like smearing cooking grease on your skin (according my other half who volunteered to test both my attempts in the shower) My recipe was:
1 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup olive oil
1/4 cup jojoba oil
2 tsp honey
vitamin E
I'v thought this would be so simple to make and sounded like it would be lovely to use but Its awful. So, panicking just a lil bit, I checked on here to see if i could save it at all.
Someone suggests making a whipped butter and adding sugar and jojoba oil so i whizzed up some mango and cocoa butter and slowly added 1/4 cups of the crappy scrub. It felt brilliant in my skin but just would not come off! I still feel like 'im covered in the stuff an hour later . FAIL.
Anyway, lesson learned. if you think you've done enough research, DO SOME MORE!
Iv since read that emulsified scrubs are the best was to avoid the nasty after-feel of sugar scrubs, but i really don't like the look of all those chemicals. I'd love to know if there is anything that would replicate the feel of an emulsified scrub (preferably with ingredients that I can pronounce!), and quick!
Iv given up for tonight, sofa, T.V and a very strong G&T..........and breathe.
Happy christmas to you all XXX
Planning what to make for all my female relatives this year, I thought...."why dont i make them all bath and body hampers" The plan was, soaps, body scrub, body butter and little lip balms.
Got my supplies delivered 2 weeks late due to the awful weather over here in england, leaving me 3 days before christmas day to make the things. Rubbish right, sooooo rushed.
I set out tonight to make the sugar scrub and body butter, but my scrub has turned out absolutely horrible, its like smearing cooking grease on your skin (according my other half who volunteered to test both my attempts in the shower) My recipe was:
1 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup olive oil
1/4 cup jojoba oil
2 tsp honey
vitamin E
I'v thought this would be so simple to make and sounded like it would be lovely to use but Its awful. So, panicking just a lil bit, I checked on here to see if i could save it at all.
Someone suggests making a whipped butter and adding sugar and jojoba oil so i whizzed up some mango and cocoa butter and slowly added 1/4 cups of the crappy scrub. It felt brilliant in my skin but just would not come off! I still feel like 'im covered in the stuff an hour later . FAIL.
Anyway, lesson learned. if you think you've done enough research, DO SOME MORE!
Iv since read that emulsified scrubs are the best was to avoid the nasty after-feel of sugar scrubs, but i really don't like the look of all those chemicals. I'd love to know if there is anything that would replicate the feel of an emulsified scrub (preferably with ingredients that I can pronounce!), and quick!
Iv given up for tonight, sofa, T.V and a very strong G&T..........and breathe.
Happy christmas to you all XXX
