Has anybody ever made their own bath products?

[Rubyfruit]

I'm addicted to salt scrubs and I thought it would be fun to make my own.

The one I'm using now is all organic ingredients. Pretty straight forward. Sea salt, safflower oil, vitamin e oil and essential oils. All found with relative ease on the net.

But there is one little ingredient I'm not so sure about. Phospholipids.

Does anybody have any idea if this is a stabalizer, moisturizer or preservative? In other words, essential to the product?

 

[heterotic]

Watch Fight Club.

 

[amiss]

Watch Fight Club.

*LMAO!!!*


Edited...
Phospholipids are fat derivatives in which one fatty acid has been replaced by a phosphate group and one of several nitrogen-containing molecules.
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But Ruby, to answer your question... Basically, they help clean. The salt exfoliates, the oils moisturize (and add scent and help with relaxation, etc effect), and the phospholipids clean.
I'd simply recommend using essential oils with caution. You might want to look up Aromapedia (the program) to help you with any mixtures you might make. It'll tell you what oils are good for what, and any precautions you should take (such as what not to mix them with).
Good luck!

 

[APhil]

I'm addicted to salt scrubs and I thought it would be fun to make my own.

The one I'm using now is all organic ingredients. Pretty straight forward. Sea salt, safflower oil, vitamin e oil and essential oils. All found with relative ease on the net.

But there is one little ingredient I'm not so sure about. Phospholipids.

Does anybody have any idea if this is a stabalizer, moisturizer or preservative? In other words, essential to the product?

Phospholipids, translated as "light fats", are mostly moisturizers and protectants. They are harmless.

 

[Dhalgren]

I find that a combination of salt, mud and lye will leave your skin feeling sporty fresh!
~grins~



Hey Ruby...how ya doing?

 

[WhiteRose]

"Phospholipids are diglycerides that are covalently bonded to a phosphate group by an ester linkage. The diglyceride is composed of a glycerol backbone that has esterified to two fatty acids."

I've never used it in any bath salts I've made. Maybe it's a moisturizer or something that keeps the salts from getting clumpy once you add oil to them, but I haven't had problems with that either.

 

[Rubyfruit]

Dhal, that's my goal, baby. To be as sporty fresh as you. *g*

I really do love the way my skin feels after a salt scrub. It's so soft that it glows!

I'm peachy keen sweetheart. Why don't you write to me? We should make our phone call a weekly thing, don't you think?

_____

Thanks for the info, amiss.

 

[Dhalgren]

I'm more of a dry as bark, alligator skin girl whom slathers baby oil on wet skin type.


Well since we can't get tipsy at Sierra's..talk girl talk..than go home and fuck our husbands silly..yeah, our phone calls are very cool.
~smiles~

 

[Rubyfruit]

You are such a bitch! Bringing up an old Valley hang out when you know I'm homesick. Shame, shame.

Dhal, baby oil is so 2001. Salt scrubs are 2002.

Seriously, Nevada is dry, ok? Very, very dry. I did the baby oil on wet skin thing for a while, and it was ok, but you must try salt scrubs. Ummm....delicious.

Of course, now that I'm going to make up a batch, I can send you some.

 

[Dhalgren]

Do you scent it?
I know your nose doesn't really pick up scents.

I'm in love with anything that smells like vanilla or lavender.

 

[Rubyfruit]

That begs the question, Dhal, if one can't smell, does aromatherapy do anything?

I make other people smell things before I buy them. I say, "I want something invigorating," or, "calming."

I will scent yours with lavender, because I know I don't like vanilla.

(My sense of smells comes and goes. It's mostly gone, but every once in a while it overpowers me.)

 

[Problem Child]

I made a decorative centerpiece out of lacquered cow dung once.

 

[Laurel]

I made a decorative centerpiece out of lacquered cow dung once.

Did you scent it with vanilla?

 

[Rubyfruit]

And it was beautiful, PC, no matter what your Mom said.

 

[Problem Child]

And it was beautiful, PC, no matter what your Mom said.

Leave my mother out of this. She's a beautiful woman.

Laurel, it sort of had it's own built-in scent.

 

[Tropism]

Just soap on a string, I think, for science class.

 

[heterotic]

I like your chosen name, Tropism. I'm sure it suits you, but I'm curious as to what your tropism is for.

 

[Tropism]

I like your chosen name, Tropism. I'm sure it suits you, but I'm curious as to what your tropism is for.

Depends on what stimulation the lady is providing at the time...

 

[Rubyfruit]

Leave my mother out of this. She's a beautiful woman.

I know she is, PC. Afterall, she did produce at least one beautiful son.

 

[Laurel]

Laurel, it sort of had it's own built-in scent.

Ah. A sandalwood sort of thing? Or potpourri, maybe?

 

[Laurel]

I know she is, PC. Afterall, she did produce at least one beautiful son.

Really?

 

[Problem Child]

I know she is, PC. Afterall, she did produce at least one beautiful son.

Darn, that was nice.

Thank you.

 

[Problem Child]

Really?

bitch.

 

[Laurel]

I only meant that "beautiful" wasn't superfluous enough to describe the majesty of your presence.

 

[Problem Child]

I only meant that "beautiful" wasn't superfluous enough to describe the majesty of your presence.

Surperfluous doesn't make sense in that sentence. I think the word you may have intended to use was superlative.

But thanks anyway.

You Rock!