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The magazines we peruse, the ads that assault us: All tell us that we need to have satiny skin. It's not just the look we care about, either. Our sense of touch seems to demand a velvety softness. You can offer your skin this much-desired tone and texture with a body scrub made from just a few basic ingredients - sea salt, essential oils and ground nuts. Scrubs rid you of skin that's dry, scaly and flaky, often the result of overexposure to dry heat or cold, dehydration or plain neglect. In these cases, built-up cellular debris has clogged pores and blocked the flow of sebum. A body scrub can help reverse this process, encouraging blood flow, giving moisturizers the chance to reach underlying layers and supporting the skin's task of toxin removal.
SCRUB AND BRUSH IMPURITIES AWAY
Scrubs can be used once each week, although a few gentle ones can be used more often. However, if you have rashes, acne, sunburned skin and/or spider veins, avoid scrubs, as they might worsen your condition; instead, use a soft body brush. In fact, daily dry-brushing before showering is useful for almost everyone: It helps to eliminate scaly skin from knees, feet and elbows. In the shower, massage these areas again with a natural bristle brush or loofah.
BODY SCRUB APPLICATIONS & INGREDIENTS
APPLICATION
Spread a generous amount of one of the body scrubs on this page onto damp skin. Thoroughly massage the body with firm circular motions; start at the feet and work your way up to the shoulders, massaging each area for just a few seconds. Rinse off with plenty of warm water, and follow with an application of moisturizer.
EXFOLIATORS FOR SMOOTHING SCRUBS
A number of natural substances can serve as exfoliating agents. Sea salt, fine or coarse, will help to remove toxins, supply minerals to tissue and stimulate stagnant circulation. It also aids in tightening and toning slack skin: A sea-salt scrub battles the dimpled look of cellulite that often appears on the thighs and buttocks by helping to break up fat and water deposits. For removal of scaly, tough, dry skin, ground almonds prove both thorough and gentle, and provide more moisture. Wheat or oat bran is an excellent, non-abrasive and non-irritating exfoliator for sensitive skin.
CARRIER OILS FOR MOISTURE AND SOFTNESS
Grape-seed, hazelnut and soybean oils, used in many body scrubs, penetrate the skin readily. They supply essential fatty acids to the skin, lending it increased elasticity and a soft sheen.
ESSENTIAL OILS FOR FRAGRANCE AND HEALING
Grapefruit essential oil gently stimulates and refreshes, adding a slight deodorizing effect. Juniper oil is especially useful for combating water retention as well as stress and fatigue. Essential oil of lavender can help heal painful fissures and minor inflammations.
GREEN TEA FOR TONING AND OILY BUILDUP
The caffeine contained in green tea helps to tighten and tone the skin. The tea is also quite beneficial for oily skin, as the tannic acid works to remove any excess oil.
Money Tip - Mix used coffee grounds that are still warm with a dash of a carrier oil to make a scrub that is good for cellulite-prone spots and thick and calloused areas.
BATH SCRUB RECIPES
SEA SALT BODY SCRUB
1 cup Fine Sea Salt
1/2 cup Grape-Seed, Hazelnut or Soybean Oil
10 drops Grapefruit Essential Oil
10 drops Juniper Essential Oil
Instructions:
1. Combine all the ingredients in a small bowl and stir thoroughly.
2. Spread the mixture onto damp skin and massage in. Concentrate on the tough, rough, thickened areas of the body, such as the feet.
You can also use this scrub to alleviate a dry, flaky scalp and dull hair - often the result of long-term use of permanents and colorings. It rids your scalp of dry skin and sebum buildup, leading to shinier, healthier hair. Gently massage 1-2 tablespoons of the scrub onto the entire scalp for 5 minutes. Then shampoo and condition as usual. Because this scrub can be harsh on the skin, use only 1-2 times per month.
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ALMOND & BRAN SCRUB
1/2 cup very Finely Ground Almonds
1/2 course Fround Wheat Bran
1 cup hot Green Tea
10 drops Lavender Essential Oil
1. Mix the almonds and bran.
2. Add the tea; stir until the mixture forms a smooth paste. Cool just to body temperature. Add the lavender essential oil, thoroughly blending the mixture. Use this scrub as often as once a week.
SEED SCRUB
1 cup finely Ground Flaxseed or Sunflower Seeds
1/2 cup Heavy Cream or Milk
Combine the seeds and the cream or milk in a small bowl and stir thoroughly. This scrub is gentle enough that it can be used daily, even on sensitive skin. It's especially useful in the winter, when the dry air tends to starve our skin of moisture.
BRAN BATH & BODY SCRUBS
2 ounces Apricot Kernel Oil
1 ounce Sunflower Oil
1 ounce Jojoba Oil
1 ounce Rice Bran or Oat Bran
6 Drops essential Oils of Lavender or Rosemary
Heat plant oils together. Mix in bran and essential oils. Stand on a large towel and gently rub mixture into the skin in small, circular motions. Work from the toes to the neck, avoiding the face. Rinse in a lukewarm shower, without soap. Give a blast of cold water and towel dry.
Bath scrub recipes leaves your skin feeling fresh and looking radiant.
QUALITY SUPPLIES & PRODUCTS
Mountain Rose Herbs: Aloe Vera Gel (8 oz to 5 gallons)
This incredibly stable Aloe Vera Gel with a pourable consistency is highly beneficial for dietary, cosmetic, and household use. A helpful and indispensable household ally for treating burns, bites, and other skin maladies. Pulverized from the inner fillet of certified organically grown Aloe Vera plants, and further filtered to produce a clear and consistent Aloe gel with a well rounded, and fresh odor. Contains 99.7% pure organic Aloe Vera, and natural preservatives and stabilizers consisting of Potassium Sorbate, and Citric Acid at a percentage not to exceed 0.3%. May occasionally contain pieces of pulp and inner fillet. The 8 ounce retail bottle is packaged with a pump top and the other sizes are packaged in bulk. Choose from 4 different sizes.
Mountain Rose Herbs: Apricot Kernel Meal (1 lb to 50 lbs)
A natural source, finely ground meal from the pits/kernels of Apricots. This is an ideal medium that produces a gritty sensation for soaps, facial scrubs and exfoliating body care products. Works wonderfully as a stand-alone application that can be applied to the skin or it can be included with other ingredients in developing your final product. Choose from 3 different sizes.
Mountain Rose Herbs: Arrowroot Powder, Organic (1 lb to 5 lbs)
A natural powdered root starch that is white in color and very light in weight from the genus of plant Maranta arundinacea. Our certified organic Arrowroot powder is used as a thickening and stabilizing agent in food preparations, as a base for some of your body care formulations, and it is the main foundation for most body powders. Choose from 2 different sizes.
Mountain Rose Herbs: Baking Soda (1 lb to 50 lbs)
A natural source Sodium Bicarbonate that complements body care recipes by adding a smooth texture to creams and lotions. Also acts as a wonderful pH stabilizer and subdues viscosity thus making your products easier to handle. Choose from 3 different sizes.
Mountain Rose Herbs: Borax Powder, Cosmetic Grade Sodium Borate (1 lb to 50 lbs)
A natural source cosmetic grade Sodium Borate that does not contain surfactants and detergents which are commonly found in commercial Borax products. Borax acts as an emulsifier, natural preservative and buffering agent for moisturizers, scrubs and bath salts. Choose from 3 different sizes.
Mountain Rose Herbs: Buckwheat Hulls, Organic (1 lb to 25 lbs)
A great medium for making all natural pillows, herbal packs and cushions. These certified organic Buckwheat hulls are an economic and environmentally safe solution for those of us producing our own handicrafts for the natural home. Choose from 3 different sizes.
Mountain Rose Herbs: Castille Soap, Liquid, Organic (8 oz to 5 gallons)
A truly luxuriant, extra mild and gentle liquid soap made from certified organic ingredients. No harsh chemicals, additives, colorants, sudsing agents or other ingredients, just pure derivatives from plant sources. Great for the face, body, as an all purpose wash, and it makes a wonderful base ingredient for your own soaps and shampoos. Enjoy the cleaning power of pure liquid castille soap that suds beautifully, without leaving a residue. The 8 ounce bottle comes in retail package with pump top and all other sizes are packaged in bulk plastic bottles. Contains: Water, Saponified Organic Coconut and Olive Oils (with retained glycerine), organic Jojoba oil, organic Aloe Vera, and Rosemary extract. Choose from 4 different sizes.
Mountain Rose Herbs: Citric Acid (1 lb to 50 lbs)
This anhydrous Citric Acid comes from the fermentation of crude fruit sugars and is chiefly used to help extend a products shelf life, in retaining a products texture and guarding against appearance loss. It is also a fabulous base ingredient in bath fizzies and scrubbing salts. Blends easily and fluidly without creating a gritty feeling to the final product. Choose from 3 different sizes.
Mountain Rose Herbs: Grapefruit Seed Extract (1 oz to 1 gallon)
This Citricidal brand Grapefruit seed extract is one of the most widely applied ingredients for its anti-bacterial & preservative qualities. It has marvelous stabilizing properties and has become a regular part of most of our body care formulations. This Grapefruit seed extract is combined with glycerin where as most suppliers have their extracts based in propylene glycol. A much cleaner alternative. Choose from 5 different sizes.
Mountain Rose Herbs: Lecithin Powder (1 lb to 44 lbs)
Lecithin is a waxy like ingredient derived from soybeans. It acts as an emulsifier and thickening agent for both food and cosmetic products and improves a products shelf life by acting as a mild preservative. A valuable ingredient for cosmetic creams, lotions and other body delights. Powdered lecithin blends easily and disperses evenly into most products and recipes. Certified Non-GMO. Choose from 3 different sizes.
Mountain Rose Herbs: Lecithin Liquid, Organic (8 oz to 1 gallon)
A revolutionary process which does not utilize solvent or alcohol extraction has now awarded us with certified organic liquid lecithin. A special medium for both dietary and cosmetic purposes, this lecithin acts as an emulsifier and thickening agent for body care products and improves a products shelf life by acting as a mild preservative. Because of its liquid nature, it may be seamlessly blended into cosmetic creations, thus removing blending barriers commonly found in both granules and powder. Choose from 3 different sizes.
Mountain Rose Herbs: Menthol Crystals (4 oz to 55 lbs)
A carefully crafted, natural product that originates from Mint essential oil extraction. Menthol crystals come from freezing the base concentrate oil from a common mint, Mentha arvensis. From here the crystals are commonly applied to cosmetics, salves and balms, which are created to assist in coughs, congestion, upper respiratory problems, and the Flu. A great inhalant by itself and easily combined into recipes. Choose from 4 different sizes.
Mountain Rose Herbs: Stearic Acid (1 lb to 55 lbs)
A white, waxy, natural acid found in animal and vegetable fats. Our Stearic acid is from vegetable origins and is manufactured and designed to blend well with your cosmetic recipes. These small flakes are ideal as an emulsifying agent in creams, lotions, deodorants and most natural body care. Stearic acid is best known for the "pearly" and "waxy" feel that it adds to your body care products, which ultimately has a cooling effect when applied on the skin. Choose from 3 different sizes.
Mountain Rose Herbs: Vegetable Glycerine (16 oz to 5 gallons)
This pure 100% USP grade vegetable glycerine (glycerin) is used in cosmetics and body care products to assist in retaining moisture and is helpful in pulling oxygen into the skin. Vegetable glycerine is a natural emollient that adds a cooling effect on the skin and has become a predominant ingredient in most skin care products and soaps. Vegetable glycerine is also the principal medium for the manufacturing of non-alcohol based herbal extracts, which are called glycerites. This makes for a sweet alcohol free extract that can be easily administered to children, animals and those with alcohol sensitivities. Kosher certified and suitable for food and cosmetic use. Choose from 3 different sizes.
Mountain Rose Herbs: Witch Hazel Extract (16 oz to 5 gallons)
Unlike commercial Witch Hazel extracts which contain more alcohol than actual Witch Hazel, and having only been distilled once; the line we offer leads in both quality and potency. Enjoy this true Witch Hazel extract which has been double distilled in only a 14% alcohol base. Contains 86% Witch Hazel Extract and 14% grain alcohol. Choose from 3 different sizes.
Mountain Rose Herbs: Epsom Salts (1 lb to 50 lbs)
Epsom Salt is a truly luxurious product, often overlooked for its therapeutic benefits, and is principally used in bath salts to sooth, relax, and relieve sore muscles. They can be used as a stand alone salt for soaking, or may be blended with essential oils and botanicals for a truly splendid bathing experience. Aside from cosmetic use, Epsom Salt has numerous medicinal benefits and supplies the body with magnesium and sulfates. Therapeutic/Coarse Grade. Choose from 3 different sizes.
Mountain Rose Herbs: Dead Sea Salt (1 lb to 55 lbs)
A luxuriant sea salt extracted and solar dried from the saline and mineral rich marshes of the confined Dead Sea. Dead sea salt is a nutrient rich, extremely fine, and partially moist salt perfect for bath products and scrubbing blends. Because of its moisture content we have found it easily mixed with other ingredients with little or no separation. This salt is extremely wealthy in numerous key elements and has proven to be one of the best therapeutic salts available. Choose from 3 different sizes.
Mountain Rose Herbs: Himalayan Pink Salt (1 lb to 55 lbs)
Himalayan Pink Salt is one of the purest salts available for culinary, therapeutic and cosmetic uses. This delectable salt is hand mined from the pristine Himalayan mountain range and the crystals range dramatically in color from off-white to a lustrous pink, which indicates a quantifiable amount of 84 trace elements & iron. The benefits are endless but Himalayan Pink Salt is primarily used for gourmet cooking and in bath preparations. Choose from 3 different sizes.
Mountain Rose Herbs: Sea Salt, Fine or Coarse (1 lb to 50 lbs)
An excellent food and cosmetic grade sea salt from the coast of California. All natural, solar evaporated sea salt that makes the perfect scrub, bath salt, or for inclusion in your custom formulated bath blends. Lovingly create your own bath salts by mixing dried herbs, flowers and botanicals, or add your own essential oils to create an euphoric bathing experience. Choose from coarse or fine. Choose from 3 different sizes.
Mountain Rose Herbs: Aromatherapy Essential Oils
The essential oils offered by Mountain Rose Herbs are 100% pure steam distilled plant oils with an unsurpassable fragrance, exceptional depth, magnificent keynote, and are free of carriers, diluents and other inputs. Here you will find some of the worlds most magnificent oils from reputable distillers and suppliers we know, trust, and have a wonderful working relationship with. Mountain Rose Herbs essential oils are processed from freshly harvested material within clean distilleries, thus promising you some of the most magnificent oils available on the market.
Mountain Rose Herbs: Hydrosols & Flower Waters
Flower waters also known as hydrosols, hydroflorates or distillates are products from the direct steam distillation of whole plant materials. Unlike their "essential oil added to water" counterparts, true steam distilled hydrosols contain all the beneficial components that whole plant materials have to offer, and are more true to their scent. They are wonderful and inexpensive as a facial splash, as a deodorant, an air freshener, in the spa, for skin application, during massage, as a base in your body care recipes, and most may be used in culinary creations. They are moisturizing, fragrant, cooling and contain similar properties as essential oils but in much less concentration, which makes them a lovely alternative to those with sensitivities.
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