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How To Make Black Lava Salt & Charcoal Scrub
Do you ever feel like your body and soul need a way to relax, get clean and receive some much-needed TLC? Make your own Black Lava Salt & Charcoal Scrub, an invigorating scrub that offers a long list of benefits to leave your skin soft, smooth, detoxified, and squeaky clean. In this blog post we’ll provide step by step instructions on how to mix up your own batch of salt-filled charcoal goodness so that you can enjoy the therapeutic effects of exfoliation and be taken away into relaxation heaven.
Not only does this natural DIY scrub deliver exfoliating benefits that gently cleanse the skin, but using the nutrient-rich therapeutic properties of black lava salt and charcoal helps create a powerful yet gentle cleanser that removes dirt and toxins from deep within pores. So why wait any longer? Let's dive into how you can make this amazing Black Lava Salt & Charcoal Scrub!
What is a Body Scrub & its benefits?
A body scrub is the perfect exfoliating product to cleanse and nourish your skin. Designed with a granular texture, a scrub is used to remove dead skin cells, clean out pores and leave your skin silky smooth. Often with a slightly thicker cream base to ensure a smooth spread, scrubs can be made using a range of wonderful ingredients. From aloe vera gel to foaming bath butter and even liquid soap bases, depending on your preference and if you also want it to be extra foamy or refreshing.
All scrubs vary in exfoliating capabilities, the harsher the exfoliant the smaller the grain. For example, sea salt often has larger particles in comparison to ground almond shell. The harsher the exfoliant the more in depth your scrub will be, getting deep into your pores and removing all of those unwanted toxins. Check out our range of exfoliants here.
What is Activated Charcoal?
Derived from coconut, Activated Charcoal is a versatile ingredient with amazing uses in soaps, bath bombs, lotions, scrubs and more. Made from carbon-containing material, it is finely reduced to a powder making it easily applicable in your formulations.
It's fine powder, means a little goes a long way and it carries extensive absorption properties. As well as removing impurities, reducing blemishes and cleansing your skin. It's microfine particle size means it gets into all the nooks and crannies, ensuring a deep cleanse, absorbing excess oils, minimising pores and removing toxins.
What is Hawaiian Black Lava Sea Salt?
Made from sea salt harvested from the pacific ocean, the salt is infused with activated charcoal to give it the distinctive black colour and beautiful black shine. The salt is known to have detoxifying and purifying qualities, it's granular texture makes it a wonderful exfoliant and cleansing additive, leaving your skin with a healthy glow. With the added benefits of the activated charcoal, the salt is great for use in soothing scrubs and along with essential oils can be made into striking bath salts.
How do I use a Body Scrub?
To use a body scrub, with a little water, gently massage the scrub into your skin. You will feel the grain under your finger tips, carefully scrub for 30 seconds applying gentle pressure and ensuring you cover the full surface of the area you are exfoliating. Then simply rinse away and your skin will feel smooth and refreshed.
Only use your scrub once or twice a week, we would recommend applying a gentle moisturiser as a final bit of tender loving care.
Always ensure you rinse your sink, bath or shower after use, the charcoal can leave black rings around your bath.
Equipment:
• Mixing Bowl
• Hand Blender or Whisk
• Spatula
• Suitable Container & Closure
Ingredients:
• 150g OPC Foaming Bath Butter
• 50g Hawaiian Black Lava Sea Salt
• 6g Activated Charcoal Powder
• 6g Fragrance Oil
Shop all ingredients below.
This recipes makes approximately 200g of body scrub.
How To Make Your Own Scrub...
- Firstly, prepare your area by gathering all the necessary equipment needed.
- Wearing gloves, start by carefully using your hand blender to soften your OPC base, until you reach a thick creamy texture.
- Slowly, sprinkle in your charcoal powder and mix well. Be careful as it can float and make a mess.
- Once fully dispersed, pour in your fragrance oil and fold in until completely blended.
- Next, a bit at a time, sprinkle in your salt and mix, ensuring the salt disperses evenly throughout your scrub.
- Finally, scoop your finished scrub into a suitable container.
- Then you can enjoy your Black Lava Salt & Charcoal Scrub!
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