Thread: Facial scrubs

Baking soda - cheap an effective, I usually use this once a week, get my best shaves after scrubbing my face with this.

Originally Posted by Trimmy72

Baking soda - cheap an effective, I usually use this once a week, get my best shaves after scrubbing my face with this.

How do you mix it up, like a paste, very wet, dry etc? I like cheap, and not chemically. Cheers ed

been using St. Ives apricot scrub for years. always did the trick for me.

I bit the bullet and invested $2.45 in a box of baking soda, poured a decent palmful out, put in a pump of soap and away I went.
The scrubbieness wasn't as scrubby as I was expecting My face was squeaky (literally) clean at the end. I liked the result, but wanted more of an exfoliating sensation, I am just weird like that. Before anyone suggests sandblasting or something, I will say that I don't want it too hurt, just feel like it is there. Maybe I will add something grittier today.
I had heard that you can use it to clean your teeth too, so I gave that ago, just to compound this experement I had also been reading about tooth soaps, so as I have a bar of natural soap I thought soap up the toothbrush first, then some baking soda, scrubby scrub scrub. The end result was squeaky clean teeth. As a word of warning do not use sandalwood scented soap for toothbrushing, it works but the taste is not great, esp in conjunction with the slight salty taste of the soda.

Soda not too abrasive on the enamel?

Originally Posted by Kees

Soda not too abrasive on the enamel?

Hmmmm, I guess I will find out . I think you can buy baking soda based toothpastes, it I might check. I woke up an hour or so ago after 6 hours sleep and my mouth feels fairly fresh, more so than If I had used regular toothpaste. i need to find out the brand of mint soap that some guys use for their teeth.

Just a thin paste, but the consistency is really whatever you like.

Originally Posted by edhewitt

How do you mix it up, like a paste, very wet, dry etc? I like cheap, and not chemically. Cheers ed

Originally Posted by Trimmy72

Baking soda - cheap an effective, I usually use this once a week, get my best shaves after scrubbing my face with this.

I started experimenting with baking soda as a scrub last night. Water + baking soda is OK. I'm now looking into baking soda + liquid soap. Currently I'm using some Dr Brown's liquid soap. I'm still working on getting the right mix. I want a very thick paste with a good abrasive effect.

After getting involved with this post, I got to thinking about the face scrub I use. Last night I started looking for inexpensive and effective face scrubs to buy. I then starting thinking about homemade scrubs, since I like to make my own stuff at times. I saw baking soda scrubs listed in many DIY sites. A lot of the sites mentioned using lemon juice, but a user commented that she uses liquid soap, so I went down that route.

Good idea never thought to combine baking soda and liquid soap. I've thought about mixing it with a melt and pour soap

Originally Posted by henryconchile

I started experimenting with baking soda as a scrub last night. Water + baking soda is OK. I'm now looking into baking soda + liquid soap. Currently I'm using some Dr Brown's liquid soap. I'm still working on getting the right mix. I want a very thick paste with a good abrasive effect.

After getting involved with this post, I got to thinking about the face scrub I use. Last night I started looking for inexpensive and effective face scrubs to buy. I then starting thinking about homemade scrubs, since I like to make my own stuff at times. I saw baking soda scrubs listed in many DIY sites. A lot of the sites mentioned using lemon juice, but a user commented that she uses liquid soap, so I went down that route.

Ok yahoo answers says it is ok, in fact better than toothpaste. There is no flouride or sugar in it. It whitens teeth etc. The only downside is the additional salt you are intaking.