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Sugar Body Scrub with a twist {DIY}

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Ok, let me confess that making a DIY every week is really not easy for So, today’s recipe is almost a copy of the sugar body polish which I have posted long back. I could think of nothing else and I have so many products to finish that it simply discourages me from whipping anything up. So, I have decided that next week I shall bring you a different series of DIY’s which will include Essential Oils because currently, I am a lot into them.
Ingredients
  • 3 table spoon sugar
  • 1 table spoon fuller’s Earth or multani mitti
  • 1 table spoon rose petals powder
  • 1 tablespoon spices (mixture of nutmeg, cinnamon and cloves)
  • Honey (as required)
  • Essential Oils (optional)

Method

Mix all the ingredients except EO and honey. Add honey and make a gooey paste. Add 1-2 drops of your favorite drops of EO’s and, scrub and rub a dub 🙂
Results
Awesomely soft and instantly glowing skin. Moisturize well and sleep off to protect this glow and it will last you for days together. Do this once a week for a good scrubbing.
The rose petals provide luxury and spices provide a spicy edge to the scrub. And, you will like the smell too.
Hope you like it 🙂 

Earthy Goods Forest Honey Nourishing Handmade Soap {Product Review}

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Last week, I discussed with you the difference between a soap and a beauty bar. So, the speciality of this soap is that it is handmade and full of natural ingredients for real.

Price: Rs 95 for 100gms.
Ingredients

Pros
– moisturizes the skin and keeps it soft
– made up of natural ingredients
Cons
– melts very soon 🙁
My Experience

It is a really good awesome soap. It is moisturizing and doesn’t let your skin dry. In winters, I went without a moisturizer after my bath both at night and in the day time and my skin didn’t really feel stretched at all. So, in summers, its gonna be great!!! And, I can definitely say this is one of the few soaps I have loved completely and I do love the ingredients.
Ok, there is one problem – Palm Oil.  If you are not aware, palm trees are getting endangered due to their extensive deforestation so palm oil is being actually avoided in products and its substitutes are being used. Sometime back, Lush also started a “Save Palm Trees” campaign (something like that if I didn’t get it right exactly). So, I would definitely appreciate that ingredient to be not used.
Availability
Website – Earthy Goods
And, I also feel good that the company is trying to do a bit of good for the rural people. And, you should definitely check out all the things they have in their store.

Have you ever used a face wash as a body wash? {Your Opinion}

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I just wanted to ask you all if you had ever used face wash in place of a body wash? I have definitely done so on many occasions, the most being during my travel. If I am going to my relatives place or some where else, I always carry my face wash and use it for my body as well. This serves to lighten my travel kit and spares me the necessity of debating on the best body wash which can be easily carried. Also, I feel that face washes are supposed to be milder than the body wash (need not be so in all cases, though) so they keep the body skin softer and do not dry out the body as some soaps and body washes tend to.
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