I am a Do It Yourself kind of person. Coupled with that, I like a good deal. In my travels around the web, I have come across a stellar recipe to gently exfoliate your face, (arms, back etc.), with some lovely, earthy ingredients readily available at the supermarket. Best of all, it's inexpensive and works great... even for the most sensitive skin.
DIY Goat's Milk Facial Scrub Recipe
Ingredients:
2.5 oz. powdered goats milk
2.5 oz. colloidal oatmeal (or oat flour)
2.5 oz. baking soda
1 oz. salt (optional - but you know how much I love it)
1 small jam jar or similar
Directions:
Weigh out all of your ingredients using a scale, (or simply ratio it out into larger or smaller quantities), and combine in a
bowl. Mix well. Then spoon into air tight containers for storage. That's it!
To use, simply remove a small amount of this all natural facial scrub
from the
container and mix with just enough water or honey (up to one Tablespoon)
to form a paste. (For extra dry or mature skin, try mixing this scrub
with rice
bran oil or olive oil.) Then apply to facial skin in a circular motion
for up to one minute. Alternately, you can use this scrub as a mask by
applying and letting set for 5-10 minutes. Rinse with water to remove
and pat dry. Store your scrub in a cool dry
location.
Colloidal oatmeal works great to help relieve dry, skin patches (Eczema), psoriasis, acne, bug bites, sunburns, and other minor skin irritations. It also helps relieve chicken pox, poison ivy,
poison oak, poison sumac, and other itching and scratching rashes.
Since colloidal oatmeal has an anti-itch property that helps reduce the
“need to itch,” soaking in the bath brings soothing comfort to those
infected. When your skin is itchy and irritated, its pH level may be
higher. Colloidal Oatmeal helps bring the pH back to normal levels,
taming "the need to itch."
And What About Goat's Milk?
Goat's milk is a natural emollient that helps soothe and moisturize
the skin. It contains vitamins A, B6, B12 and E. Goat's milk has 3 times
more beta-casein than cow's milk. Caseins are easily absorbed into the
skin and allow for quick hydration of dry skin. The content of
triglycerides, capric, caprylic and caproic acid helps balance the
skin's natural pH and promotes natural exfoliation of dry skin. Goat's
Milk Powder is an excellent ingredient to include in bath, soap, cream
and lotion formulations.
Baking Soda?
This stuff is awesome at not just scrubbing away dead skin cells,
leaving your skin soft and smooth; it’s also an excellent contender
against those nasty, pesky blackheads. And because baking soda helps
neutralize your skin’s pH, your skin will start to produce less oil, and
eventually, with regular treatment, your blackheads will take a hike!
~Sandy
Whoooo Wah! Smell that barbasol! My workshop has smelled like a
barbershop for weeks now and I'm finally gonna let you smell it too.
Only the best for our manly-men...
Goat's milk and cocoa butter base... Top quality gear! Come to the
South Coast Botanic Gardens and grab yourself several pots of this clean
smelling shaving soap! 
