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The order matters more than the quantity. Follow it for two weeks and week three is when other people start noticing.
A generous handful of salts under running water so they dissolve before you get in. Water just past warm, never hot — heat strips the oils you are about to put back. Magnesium does its work in the last ten minutes, so do not cut it short.
Work in circles towards the heart on damp skin, and rinse without soap so the butters whipped into the scrub stay where they landed. Elbows, knees and shins take a second pass. If you shaved that morning, wait a day.
While the skin still holds water. This is the whole trick, and it matters more than the amount you use. Warm the oil between your palms first so it melts rather than drags. Oil for warm months, more of it when the air turns dry.
Part the hair into sections and work the oil into the scalp itself, not the lengths. Five minutes of massage — the point is circulation as much as the oil. Leave it in overnight and rinse out in the morning.
Unrefined butters work cumulatively. Nothing dramatic happens on day one — and anything that promises otherwise is doing it with silicones.
Every ingredient we use, what it does, and where it comes from.
Bought unrefined from a women’s cooperative, so it still smells faintly nutty. Seals water into the skin rather than sitting on top of it.
In: Whipped Body Scrub, Body Oil
Coarse pink halite dissolves slowly and softens the water; Epsom carries the magnesium that takes the ache out of a long day standing.
In: Bath Salts
Rounded grain that dissolves as you work it, so it cannot over-scrub. Gentler than salt on freshly shaved skin.
In: Whipped Body Scrub
Infused into sesame oil over three weeks rather than added as an extract. The traditional scalp herb, and the reason the hair oil smells of the kitchen rather than a salon.
In: Hair OilA light carrier oil that absorbs fast. It keeps the whip spreadable and stops the formula feeling heavy on the skin.
In: Body Oil, Whipped Body ScrubA natural antioxidant that keeps the oils from turning before the jar is finished. The only reason we can skip a preservative system.
In: everythingThere is no water in any formula, which is why none of them need a preservative system.