Soap-Free, Hydrating Skin Cleanser

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Vegetable glycerin is a gift for the skin because it is emollient–softening and soothing skin–and a humectant, helping the skin hold moisture. Because vegetable glycerin it is soluble in both water and alcohol, it is invaluable as a natural ingredient that provides such properties as emolliency. As a natural solvent, herbalists use it to extract botanical properties from plants without using alcohol.


Soap-Free Hydrating Skin Cleanser

1 teaspoon vegetable glycerin
3 teaspoons water

Combine the ingredients in a small glass jar. Shake or stir to blend. Then lightly coat a cotton ball and dab on the skin. Remove the excess with fresh cotton balls. Rinse with water.

Variation: Add 1 teaspoon of pure rose water to the blend.

 

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