After careful thought and the realization that if I don’t try to make a little money off of this blog, Fiance’s going to severely slash my natural ingredients budget, I’ve decided to sell my new favorite facial scrub here on Crunchy Betty.
My new mantra: Do what you can with what you have where you are.
That being said, the packaging isn’t fancy (even remotely fancy, really), but the scrub is pure heaven. It’s a full cup of delicious moisturizing, gentle ingredients perfect for all skin types during the winter (or any time really, but it’s more fun to call it a “winter scrub”).
Even though I’m offering to ship you some of this lovely stuff, I still want you to:
a) know exactly what’s in it and
b) feel comfortable enough to make it yourself at home – if you have the ingredients
Unfortunately, life happened in the middle of the exciting new plan to sell it, and I couldn’t keep up with whether or not they all made their way to their new homes and whether or not you guys loved/liked/felt neutral/threw it in the fire.
So tell me, those of you who are the proud owners of the facial scrub, do you like it?
Were there any problems with it?
Has it completely changed your life and brought you joy and happiness you’ve never felt before?
And when they’re gone, I think I’m done with this round.
Every so often, I’m going to do this with other things, though. It was unexpectedly fun to get to touch you guys (rrowr) on a more personal level, y’know? Crafting things and writing your fancy-schmancy names on packages and visiting with the postmaster for hours at a time.
(He likes to talk about his mustache.)
(It’s a fine mustache, to be sure.)
(Like a little white dog under his nose.)
So let’s look at what’s in this scrub, shall we?
Crunchy Betty’s Winter Facial Scrub
Thanks to a VERY surprising conversation on the Homemade Bronzer post earlier this week, I was inspired by Katie to make a scrub with rice flour.
Why haven’t I done this before? This stuff is gently exfoliating and super soft on the skin. So with organic rice flour as a base, I chose other ingredients that would be both cleansing and moisturizing for all skin types – but especially concentrating on things that will help dry and irritated skin. Here are the base ingredients:
Oats: Great for oily, dry or normal skin, oats are cleansing and soothing. I don’t think I’d ever use a daily facial scrub without ground oats.
Coconut: I grind the coconut up into even smaller shreds, and it leaves behind a very soft, very moisturized finish. This is the ingredient that makes it exceptional for the winter.
Kaolin Clay: The bonus ingredient that helps control oil without drying out your skin.
Neem Powder: Neem is a wonderfully effective skincare ingredient – it will stave off pimple attacks with its potent antibacterial power, and it’s high in vitamin E, so it nourishes even the most irritated skin.
Chamomile: Softening, beautifying, antiaging, and soothing – finely ground chamomile adds even more boost to this scrub’s ability to lessen the effects of harsh winter or furnace-heated air.
Calendula: Heals, softens, and clarifies the skin. In fact, you can even buy calendula cream in just about any store these days – it’s that awesome.
White Rice Flour: The star of this scrub – it offers cleansing, gentle exfoliating, and an amazing texture.
Essential Oils: To all of this wonderful stuff, I’ve added Rose Hip Seed oil, which is a light moisturizer and fabulously antiaging, as well as chamomile essential oil and rose otto essential oil. Both of the essential oils are beautifying and lend this scrub a lightly luxurious scent.
Make Crunchy Betty’s Winter Facial Scrub Yourself
Here’s the recipe if you want to make it at home. This makes 1 cup of scrub, which should last just about 3 months if you use 1 tsp a day.
Crunchy Betty’s Winter Facial Scrub
- 1/3 c. organic white rice flour
- 1/4 c. finely ground organic oats
- 1/8 c. finely ground shredded coconut
- 1 Tbsp kaolin clay
- 1 Tbsp neem powder
- 2 Tbsp finely ground chamomile
- 2 Tbsp finely ground calendula
- 15 drops rose hip seed oil
- 10 drops chamomile essential oil
- 10 drops rose essential oil
Grind all of your ingredients well in a spice grinder or food processor. Combine all dry ingredients in a bowl and stir very well. Add oils drop by drop, stirring after each addition.
Shelf life: 6-12 months
To use as a scrub: Rinse your face with lukewarm water. Add about 1 tsp of the scrub to the palm of your hand with a little water. Mix together with the fingers of your clean hand. Apply to face and scrub lightly for 2-3 minutes. Rinse well.
To use as a mask: Mix 1 tbsp of the scrub with 3 tsp milk, water, or organic juice. Stir very well and apply to a clean face as evenly as you can. Allow the mask to dry for 15 minutes. Rinse well with warm water and remove with a wet washcloth.
Order Crunchy Betty’s Winter Facial Scrub Now!
Remember how I said my new mantra is “Do what you can with what you have where you are?”
Well, what I have is 100 paper bags, a bunch of fabulous ingredients, and a printer. So your packaging is going to be said paper bag, decorated personally by me, and lovingly packed.
When you receive this bag o’ goodies, you will want to transfer it to an empty jar with a lid, so you don’t accidentally get the bag wet.
Of course, you’ll want to do this after taking in the magnificence that the bag is. You’ll probably want to frame the bag too, really.
It’s just that artistically genius.
Your bag will not look exactly like the one above – it will be similar, but unique to you.
Here’s the Rub
I don’t know how long I’m going to do this. When I run out of bags, I may very well stop selling this scrub. I may very well never sell anything again. My first love is writing, my second is encouraging everyone to learn how to make their own beauty and home products.
So I’m going to say right now: ORDER THIS NOW if you want it. This offer could last a day, a month, or … who knows? Maybe I’ll do it forever. This is just a trial run to see what happens.
The likelihood, though, that the price will go up if I continue to do this is VERY high. I’m pricing it on the extremely low side at the moment, given the ghetto-but-heartfelt packaging that’s going on here.
NOW WHAT YOU’VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR – THE BUY NOW BUTTON!
Below, order 1 full cup of Crunchy Betty’s Winter Facial Scrub for $7.50 (plus shipping). This will last approximately 3 months.
Thanks, lovelies!
Do it! Do it before it goes away and never, ever comes back!
Now, I want feedback if you have any. Is this exciting to you? What might keep you from ordering it – and what might keep you from making it yourself?
Is there anything else you’d like to by from Crunchy Betty?
Love you guys!
Also, if you contacted me at all about anything else during the month of December and I didn’t get back to you, feel free to contact again – my inbox was full of over 1000 emails (most of them notifications that I’d won the Swiss lottery – my troubles are over) when I got home and I’m sure I overlooked something somewhere.
Big love!
Who Really Cares What the Neighbors Think?
Please keep selling this stuff, and shipping it to the UK! It’s done wonders for my dry skin, and I can’t find the ingredients! I’ll take the price increase!
I knew in the back of my mind I needed a spice grinder but was not quite sure for what. I have a lot of chamolile around now I have an excuse, have to put it to use. I love the idea of the shredded coconut have to try it!
I ordered! Im super excited for my new facescrub!
Ooohhhh! I am going to order some tonight after I check with my hubby. I LOVE your blog and have tried oodles of the recipes with stuff I have around the house. I have hesitated in making a good face scrub because of finding the ingredients. Now I can buy it from you and quit covetting it 🙂
Cruuuunchy! Where to begin. Oh! First things first, love your new mantra!!
Next…”My first love is writing, my second is encouraging everyone to learn how to make their own beauty and home products.” You are ROCKING BOTH OF THESE OUT. Good for us!!! So glad that these are your loves. You’re engaging, period, so whatever you choose to talk about is going to be a great read, but I also so appreciate your mission and your recipes, and that you test them for us, that you solicit feedback from others who have, and that you are a rich source of information on and resources for how to get off the chemical teat.
I feel so much more informed – and pampered – when I come hang out here. (And that’s just from reeeading, can’t imagine what’s going to happen when I get your scrub.)
Thaaaanks!
KP
P.S. You’ve probably already seen this given your crusade, but just in case, because Annie Leonard’s speaking your language.
How do I order just the bag for framing?
Well, obviously I WANT.
Cause I’m not buying the zillion dollar one again.
Want want want.
Such lovely comments! You know I am a make it yourself kinda girl but… I, of course, want to support your business venture. And I have no idea where to find neem and clay and it’s December and I don’t like going to stores in Decemeber. So… here’s what I am thinking for me and Katie- figure out how much it is going to cost to send it to us. Can’t be too much b/c it’s little and doesn’t weigh much. Then we can pay for the scrub and the shipping and then you can mail it. As a gift. Otherwise we will have to pay duty. What do you think?
🙁 hopefully you continue selling this & soon internationally 😀
sydney reader here, and i have no idea what calendula is, hopefully ill be able to buy it somewhere here.
I was wondering if you had a list of resources on where you get your products? I have one place to get kaolin (white) clay but was wondering about others (not sure if the price differs).
Thanks!
Well, I get a lot of my stuff locally. We’re pretty lucky to have a few amazing natural foods stores that sell in bulk (and some at a nice discount), so the majority of my stuff I get here. There’s also a local “real foods” group here in town where we can buy at wholesale prices from natural herbs/oils/beauty companies – and food, too – (because we buy as a group). THAT is the most awesome thing.
That being said, I am a HUGE proponent of Mountain Rose Herbs as a source online (http://www.mountainroseherbs.com). IHerb.com, too, has some good stuff for a really great price. Their essential oils, especially, are very reasonably priced.
Those, really, are the two least expensive places I’ve found in my extensive searching online.
I’m in Canada, and thought I’d let your Canadian readers know about a great online source I’ve found: well.ca. It’s an online pharmacy, but they sell a TON of natural products (many of which I think would be hard to track down in my local natural food stores). I’ve been able to find almost all the ingredients you mention on their site (except dried herbs/flowers, but I know a local source for those). Their prices seem reasonable to me and they ship for free anywhere in Canada (no minimum purchase required).
I have a question about the clay – kaolin clay is one of the few things I haven’t been able to find – well.ca has Moroccan red clay – can it be used interchangeably with the kaolin clay?
Ok. I want to buy, but I want to buy 2. Do I have to submit an order twice with 2 separate payments? Is this wrong of me considering this is a rock bottom price with a limited supply? I want one for me and one for a Christmas gift. I want to purchase as opposed to make for the same reasons above – mainly, it would cost me more to purchase the ingredients than it would to buy your’s. I love your recipes and have made many of them. Can’t wait to try this one. Tell about ordering 2 or just to get over it and I’ll deal with only getting one (but I’m not sharing if you won’t let me have 2!!).
Oooh. Great question, lady! Honestly, I never even thought as much as someone wanting to order more than one. Ha!
I went in and changed the setup in the PayPal checkout, so you should be able to change quantities. It doesn’t change the shipping charge, however, which really shouldn’t be that big of a deal (unless someone gets it in their mind to order 100 of them at once …).
So we’ll just leave shipping at $4 total regardless. Now it’s an even better deal.
Tada!
Seriously. This is the best recipe ever, I love every ingredient in it. I just placed my order because I this is the best deal ever. I know myself well enough to admit I’m just lazy about purchasing all the ingredients and then putting it together. Really, I would buy any of the products you’ve posted about here. Thanks!
Yay! Yay! Yay!
You know your stuff, if you love these ingredients. I think that’s what convinced me to do this – I have a really great line to these awesome ingredients, and I know I can get them in bulk and pass them on for less than what you’d pay for all the oils and whatnot alone.
That being said, I think every woman should own a bottle of rose essential oil in her life.
Ah. Yes. Put that on your shopping list for sure.
Done deal! I just ordered… this is perfect for lazy people like me! ha ha ha! Now I don’t have lay out major bucks for all the ingredients I don’t have. Seriously, it’s an awesome idea, especially for gift giving. AND it will go great with the little booklet of recipes you have available for free download too. You are rockin’ the socks off of my Christmas gift-giving! Thank you Crunchy Elf!
Haha, so my mom, when she was in college, used to spend her summers here in Colorado Springs. Just outside of the city, tucked in the mountains, is The North Pole – a cutesy little theme park.
She was … AN ELF when she worked there!
It runs in the family.
I seriously cannot wait to hear what you think of the scrub. I’m shooting for Monday as the ship date for everything, so it shouldn’t be long! Tomorrow is huge-batch-making day!
Shoot! I’m in Canada! Guess I’m gonna have to drop you a line 😉
Seriously though, this is sooooo exciting! I’m super duper proud of you!
I would love to buy homemade lip chap/lip butter, cuticle cream, and a mix for your perfect chai concentrate.
Well, lady, THANK YOU for speaking up. Next week I’ll do a little more investigating into shipping to Canada and whatnot. I just couldn’t make this be too big of a deal for myself (and all of you), or else I’d have turned it into some grand thing I would’ve been afraid to accomplish.
Small steps, yeah?
Mmmm … LOVE the idea for the chai concentrate, too. Many things to think about.
Mwah!
I haven’t even bought Christmas presents, and I don’t have a lot of $ to spend at all, but I bought your scrub. I want to support you and your blog…because I just love it so much. You have really completely changed my skincare routine! I am off of proactiv after using it for YEARS. Plus, I would spend more on buying the stuff to make it than on the scrub. So I <3 you and can't wait for my scrub! And I've been loving your ACV toner, by the way, and washing my face with honey (ok, sometimes I let it sit on my face for like 30 minutes until my hubby asks me "what the hell is all over your face?" then I remember I have honey everywhere and better go wash it off before I fall asleep and get honey all over my pillow). Anyways, I want to support you in the little way I can. I used your link when I bought my Mountain Rose Herbs stuff, too. Can't thank you enough for the good stuff you share with us — please write a book, I promise I'll buy it too 🙂
You’re awesome, awesome (I think I mentioned that already).
I promise to finish the first book VERY soon (it’s all about natural ways to treat acne, even). Now that I know you’re waiting for it, it gives me GRAND incentive to finish up.
Hope you love the scrub!
Also – just let me say that “I am off Proactiv after using it for YEARS” is one of the best things I’ve ever read on this blog.
Yep. You’re awesome.