Recipe: Descaling scrub

Clearer complexion, more matte skin and refined skin texture!

Ingredient list
Recipient: Small tank (250mL)
Choose the desired quantity : mL
0.5 g
16.5 g
Water
0.5 g
0.15 g
3.0 g
0.5 g
1.25 g

Cost: 1.33 € 1.33 EUR

TIME
10min

DIFFICULTY
Medium

CONSERVATION
7 days

COST
1.33 €

Score YUKA
86 / 100
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Recipe

This scrub effectively unclogs pores, removes impurities and visibly reduces blackheads. The complexion regains its radiance and the skin is visibly clearer and smoother.

Skin type: oily acne-prone skin

Préoccupations : boutons, points noirs, excès de sébum 

Texture: exfoliating gel

% of natural origin: 99%

vegan: yes 

Number of ingredients: 9

An excellent score on Yuka: 93/100


Description of ingredients: 

Water: it is the solvent of the recipe. It dissolves the other ingredients.

Peppermint hydrosol: Certified organic hydrosol from France, suitable for combination, oily, acne-prone skin, with astringent and invigorating properties to purify and rebalance while reducing redness.

Thickener: natural thickener, Cosmos certified, used to make homemade gels, to stabilize emulsions.

Glycerin: moisturizing agent of plant origin (flax and rapeseed), certified organic and sourced in France, high concentration to provide softness and suppleness.

Hazelnut oil: vegetable oil, certified organic and of French origin, with a dry touch, ideal for regulating excess sebum, reducing the appearance of imperfections, healing and softening combination skin with an oily tendency.

Ultra-gentle foaming agent: mild surfactant, Cosmos certified, which gently cleanses the skin

Preservative: Cosmos-certified preservative allowing you to keep your product for 3 months while avoiding the proliferation of micro-organisms.

Apricot kernel powder: natural gentle exfoliant, certified Cosmos and of French origin, to effectively eliminate dead cells on the surface of the skin to bring vitality, radiance and tone


Liste INCI : Aqua, Mentha piperita flower/leaf/stem/water, prunus armeniaca seed powder, glycerin, prunus amygdalus dulcis oil, xanthan gum, benzyl alcohol, sodium cocoyl glutamte, sodium chloride, dehydroacetic acid

Usage

For a first use, test your skin's tolerance to this new product by applying a small amount in the bend of the elbow. Wait 24 hours to confirm the absence of reaction, without reaction use the product normally.

Twice a week on wet face. Gently massage then rinse. Avoid contact with eyes. Do not apply on damaged or irritated skin.

Precautions before starting

Before starting, it is advisable to clean and disinfect the work surface and the utensils: the prepared products will go on the skin, it is therefore necessary to avoid any microbial contamination!

Thoroughly clean the BeautyMix. Then, soak a clean cloth in 70° alcohol (available in supermarkets) and use it to disinfect the BeautyMix tank and all the utensils. Let dry.

Clean the work surface and remove objects that could get in the way.

Place a clean paper towel on the work surface, and place the utensils on it. Have available: a clean teaspoon or spatula, and a clean, dry container for pouring the preparation once ready. Wash hands thoroughly.

Respect the dosages indicated for the ingredients of the recipe.
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Preparation
1
Thoroughly disinfect the work surface and the BeautyMix with 70° alcohol and clean paper.
2
Weigh the required amount of water into the tank then place the tank without the lid on the base of the BeautyMix.
16.5 g
3
Take one of the transparent trays that protect the balance in order to use one as a container, place it on the balance and press the T key. Weigh the required amount of thickener into the tray.
0.5 g
4
Before dispersing the thickener in the tank, start the blue program by pressing the button twice. Once the program has started, gently disperse the thickener little by little as a rain then close the tank with its lid and wait for the end of the programme.
5
Place the cuvette back on the scale and press T to reset the scale to 0. Add the required amount of glycerine.
1.25 g
6
Press T, then pour in the required amount of peppermint hydrosol.
3.0 g
7
Press T, then pour in the required amount of hazelnut oil.
0.5 g
8
Press T, then pour the required amount of ultra gentle foamer.
0.5 g
9
Press T, and add the preservative drop by drop (one drop = 0.02 g)
0.15 g
10
Place the bowl on the BeautyMix, and press the button twice to start the blue program and stop it as soon as the mixture is well done.
11
Take one of the transparent trays that protect the scale in order to use one as a container, place it on the scale and press the T key. Weigh the required amount of apricot kernel powder in the tray.
2.5 g
12
Before dispersing the apricot kernel powder in the tank, start the blue program by pressing the button twice. Once the program has started, gently disperse the apricot kernel powder little by little, then close the bowl with its lid and wait for the end of the programme.
13
Use now or incorporate into a clean, sanitized container. Can be kept for 7 days in the refrigerator.
14
To wash the tank, fill it with water up to the upper line with a little washing-up liquid and start the program (purple) by pressing once.
And There you go !