With this cold weather, I have noticed my skin tends to be *alot* drier than usual. In the past, I have made a homemade exfoliant that was basically just sugar & olive oil combined. You then take a loofah and rub it all over your dry body parts. While it is a mess to clean up afterwords, it does work remarkably well. However, there is also the problem that you need to make it before you take the shower/bath, as I do not know of any way that it could just sit in a jar and be as effective. Part of what makes it work - I think - is the sugar granules rubbing off any dead skin cells, and then the olive oil gives you the moisture back after you have done so. If the sugar sits in the olive oil too long, I think it would dissolve and be just plain nasty.
Has anyone else tried something similar? Any tips?
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I've done this with kosher salt and walnut oil, but I just made it and used it.
I don't think the oil will dissolve the granules so much.... maybe next time I just let the stuff sit. It seems like it wouldn't otherwise you would ever find salt scrubs.
Maybe it is all in the ratio - if the oil is super saturated it will kind of stop dissolving the granules. So lots of sugar or salt and little oil.
Silly Q, but how does kosher salt & walnut oil smell? Or if it does smell, is it worth the results? lol
And yeah, you could be right about the ratio =) Will have to experiment and see!
The sugar will definitely not dissolve. I can't explain why 'cause i'm not a chemist, but I have a jar of sugar and sweet almond oil that's been sitting in my shower for a few weeks that will vouch for this. You can add a few drops of essential oils if you want it to smell like something.
Thanks a bunch Adrienne for your input! I do like the sugar/oil mixture really well, as it seems to do better than some store bought stuff ya know?
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