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3 DIY Last Minute Gift Ideas; Body Scrub, Lip Balm & Bath Fizzies

Updated: May 13, 2022


Simple & Easy Body Scrub

formula;

  • 80% sugar

  • 19% almond oil

  • 1% fragrance oil / essential oil

recipe;

  • 96 grams sugar

  • 22.8 grams almond oil

  • 1.2 grams fragrance oil / essential oil

Directions;

  • combine all ingredients together and mix

  • scoop into container

Substitutions;

  • sugar - salt or coffee grounds

  • almond oil - any oil of choice


Simple & Easy Lip Balm

formula;

recipe;

Directions;

  • weigh out the sunflower oil, butter and wax in a heat safe container and melt using a water bath

  • once melted immediately add in vitamin E and peppermint oil and mix

  • pour into lip balm tubes and let sit for a couple hours until hard

Substitutions;

  • sunflower oil - any oil of choice

  • shea butter - any butter of choice (will change hardness of lip balm)

  • candelilla wax - bees wax or another wax of choice (will change hardness of lip balm) if you use beeswax use double the amount I used

  • vitamin E - you can leave out no sub

  • peppermint essential oil - flavor oil


DIY Bath Fizzies

formula;

recipe;

Directions;

  • mix together baking soda, citric acid, and kaolin clay and sift the powders (sifting isn't necessary)

  • divide the powder equally into two separate bowls

  • next combine the polysorbate 80 and fragrance/essential oil and mix

  • equally divide the polysorbate 80/fragrance oil mixture into two separate beakers

  • add mica powder into each beaker. I colored one pink and one orange. & mix in the mica powder

  • divide the cocamidopropyl betaine equally between the polysorbate 80/fragrance/mica mixtures and mix them together

  • pour one polysorbate 80/fragrance/mica/cocamidopropyl betaine mixture into one bowl with the baking soda/citric acid/kaolin clay and the other beaker into the other bowl and mix with gloved hands

  • if it sticks to your gloves just scrape off using a spoon

  • it is totally normal for the mixtures to start inflating. this is due to the baking soda and citric acid activating

  • spread both mixtures onto a baking sheet and flatten out as much as you can

  • let sit over night. It is totally normal if it starts to inflate it will flatten out

  • the next day you want to brake everything up into chunks. I used a bread knife to scrap everything up

  • lastly, add a combination of each color into your mylar bags or another container of choice.

Substitutions;

  • baking soda - no sub

  • citric acid - no sub

  • kaolin clay - I'd imagine any clay will work

  • cocamidopropyl betaine - another liquid surfactant like AOS 40 or DLS

  • polysorbate 80 - poly suga mulse D9 or sunflower solubilizer




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