This green tea face scrub is superb in all categories. It does its job, is very gentle on the skin and nourishes the skin, and leaves it feeling ultra soft. Just don’t let the color put you off.
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Place the glycerin and xanthan gum into a beaker. Mix the xanthan gum and glycerin together, ensuring they are well combined and have no lumps, then Set aside.
10 g Glycerine, 1.5 g Xanthan Gum
In a separate beaker, dissolve the Matcha powder into the distilled water.
80 g Distilled Water, 2 g Macha Powder
Now it's time to add our preservative. Stir this into our matcha powder and distilled water, making sure it is completely combined into the gel.
1 g Preservative
Once dissolved, pour around a ¼ of the water and matcha powder into the beaker holding the xanthan gum mixture. Stir briskly. As the gel begins to thicken, add another ¼ of the matcha water, and continue until it has all been added.
The gel needs to be thick enough to suspend the bamboo. If it's not quite there, try stirring for a while longer. Sometimes the xanthan gum can take a few hours to completely reach its final thickness, so if it's still looking a bit thin, leave it alone for a few hours to thicken before adding the bamboo.
5.5 g Bamboo Powder
When the gel feels and looks thick enough to suspend the bamboo, go ahead and stir it in.
We can now transfer the finished gel to a bottle. If the mouth is too narrow, you can use a funnel.
1 4 oz PET Plastic Bottle
Notes:
As this is a water-based product we need to use a preservative. We’re using lots of lovely ingredients that bacteria and mold love to feast on, then giving them an endless supply of water too. Without a preservative, you expose yourself to a whole host of nasty bacterial and fungal infections.
This should be used no more than 3 times per week.