This class will teach you about exfoliants that can be used is soap making and other body products. An Exfoliant is a fancy way to say skin scrubber! Used to slough off dead skin cells and reveals new smoother skin beneath. However fair warning, over exfoliating can cause damage and scarring, so don’t do too frequently.
Exfoliants Often Used In Soaps and Other Bath Products
Almonds (ground)
Calendula (chopped or ground flower petals)
Chamomile Flowers
Clays (rhassoul, kaolin, bentonite, pink, red
Moroccan, French green etc.)
Coffee Grounds
Coconut Flakes
Corn Meal
Eucalyptus Leaves
Fruit Fibers (blackberry/raspberry)
Fruit Seeds (cranberry, blackberry, blueberry, strawberry, apricot etc.)
Jojoba Beads - If you use it in cold process soap,
don't let it get above 160 degrees
Juniper Berries
Kelp
Lavender Buds - (beware they turn brown in cold process soap)
Loofah - either whole, sliced or ground
Oatmeal - different amounts of grinding give different effects - coarse ground is very scrubby, whereas finely ground is very mild
Orange Peel Powder
Patchouli Leaves
Peppermint Leaves
Poppy Seeds
Pumice
Rose Hips (not the seeds) (finely ground)
Rosemary
Rose Petals
Spearmint - Again, beware the "botanical
color bleed"
Tapioca pearls - (seems to work best in melt and pour soap)
Tea leaves - Will likewise bleed color
Vanilla Specks
Walnut shells - (very finely ground)
Please Note: Some exfoliants will turn brown in soap.
