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Sweet and Spicy Brown Sugar Body Polish
Adapted from Organic Body Care Recipes by Stephanie Tourles (Storey Publishing, 2007).
This scrub is a true sensory delight for the spice lover. The stimulating aroma subtly lingers long after the sugar has been rinsed away, and is wonderful for men and women alike. Especially seasonal with harvest spices including cinnamon, this is a particularly inviting scrub, providing effective exfoliation and deeply moisturizing smoothness to skin.
Recommended for all skin types except those with acne (use with care on sensitive and environmentally damaged skin).
INGREDIENTS
1 cup organic brown sugar
1 cup white granulated sugar
¾ cup almond, soybeans, hazelnut, or macadamia nut base oil
2 teaspoons cinnamon, powdered
2 teaspoons ginger, powdered
2 teaspoons nutmeg, powdered
40 drops cardamom essential oil
In a medium-sized bowl, combine all ingredients except the essential oil. Using a whisk, blend ingredients thoroughly, making sure to break up any lumps of brown sugar or spice. Add the essential oil drop by drop, blending after each addition.
Spoon into a storage container with a tight-fitting lid.
Massage approximately ¼ to ½ cup of scrub onto pre-moistened skin using circular motions. Rinse.
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thank you for sharing this recipe, i am going to try it. does anyone know how to incorporate lemongrass in some useful way, maybe as a shampoo or bath scrub? i have a huge container that will come in for the winter, i usually just cut it back but i hate to waste the fragrant blades of grass.
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Hi Bonnie,
You can use any one of the base oils that you mentioned alone as a single indgredient. Here is my favorite brown sugar scrub recipe that I use for myself;
1 cup turnbinado or raw brown sugar
1/2cup base oil (your choice)
1 tablespoon organic honey
1/4tsp of essential oil, I typically use lavender and grapefruit. Although there are a list of oils indicated for the skin.
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I wanted to know if I have to use the almond, soybeans, hazelnut, or macadamia nut base oil all at one time, or can I just use one oil at a time?? Kindly let me know cause I am so excited to use it. Thank you. Bonnie
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Eileen Olsen, you can find the organic sugar at Whole Foods Market. I swear by this recipe. I've been using this for three years and my skin looks great and I just turned 30. I've had compliments where people tell me that I look 21. Now THAT's A compliment!!!!
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I have been trying to find a homemade useable bath scrub receipe, so I am grateful that this one was finally sent via care2com. I have experimented in my own bath salts and such for years and everyone loves them but I just never knew exactly how to make a scrub. Thanks again and it will be fun experiementing but if there are any others that have other receipes or suggestions, I would love to hear them.
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To Sumana Ju, I would suggest asking your physician if jojoba oil would be good for you to use, it is very hydrating and absorbs into the skin quite nicely. Good luck, my thoughts are with you.
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I have cancer and not been able to shower or bathe for 6 months. Sponge wash only. My skin is terribly dry and flaking. Would this be too harsh to use in my case. It sounds absolutely right up my alley, so to speak. I love spicey fragrances. Also any tips on how to do my back area. I live alone and am shy about asking my personal carer. Thank you in advance.
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Where can you purchase unbleached organic brown sugar, and the other products?
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Make sure you use unbleached organic sugar in the recipe rather than the refined stuff. I too prefer to use jojoba oil as a base as it stops essential oils going rancid and the product lasts longer. I agree veg glycerin helps people with sensitive/fine/thin skin. 40 drops of cardamom would be way too strong for me, so I would use a different blend of oils. Experimenting is what is so fun about this type of stuff! www.GrassdancerEssences.com
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