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"like sands through the hourglass, so are the minutes of our friday."
Getting stuck in the things that are fading, the friendships that have slipped through neglect and distance, place to go but no time to go. I need to make a disc of Neko Case and drive Columbia Parkway for a while to purge my system. Fall leaves, crisp air, something to clean out the dank regrets that are growing on the edges of my life.
It's fall and my skin was feeling less than happy, so I decided to experiment with making an oily scrub using info from my Annie Bond book. I used 2 tablespoons of white sugar and 2 tablespoons of salt for the grainy, scrubber portion. The oil part of the recipe is where I ran into trouble. The recipes I read recommended grapeseed, apricot, or almond oil. My options on hand were coconut oil (very rich, and at cool room temperature it is a solid) or canola oil. Coconut it was! I also included a drop each of lavender and rosemary essential oils.
The result: Excellently scrubby. Sugar and salt dissolve in water, not oil, so my scrubby paste was perfectly gritty. The coconut oil was way too intense for this purpose. After using the paste, I had to soap off the excess oil. However, once that was done, there was just enough oil leftover to feel nice and moisturized.
I've got the remaining scrub stored in a canning jar ready for next time.
Update: Made another batch. This time I lightly ground the salt and sugar in my coffee grinder before mixing. The grains are much finer. Used it on my face.
Gorgeous work by Bijoux Extraordinaire
Mandarin Garnet Secret Garden Ring
I never thought I would appreciate orange stones until I saw this band. Check out the darker orange circular stones hidden around the border.
Hand Engraved Band with Yellow Diamond
Similar surprise appreciation for this yellow stone (wouldn't have to be an unethical diamond, many other options to choose from). Very small. Very perfect.
