What did you put in your scrub? I've tried a couple of times to make a sugar scrub at home but haven't had much luck. The scrubs I like all have shea butter in them so I'm thinking of buying some shea butter and playing around with that. We should document our results here and see if we can come up with a good recipe.

Many of the store-bought scrubs separate but I don't think it's a problem. You have to be sure to mix them thoroughly before using them. If you don't, you'll end up with all sugar and no oil by the time you get to the bottom third of the jar. Here's a link to another good scrub www.lecouventdesminimes.us/  It's the Natural nourishing honey and shea butter skin softening sugar scrub. It's less than 1/2 the price of the Fresh body scrub, which still isn't cheap but I haven't found anything I like nearly as much. They used to sell it at Bath & Body works and it would go on sale in June but now I can only find it on-line, which means paying full price, which is why I tried making my own.

Cetaphil is water-based so the sugar would just dissolve. However, adding baking soda to cetaphil makes a great facial scrub. I wouldn't use it everyday though; twice a week works well for me.

I use Cetaphil in the morning and an oil-based cleanser in the evening. The oil-based cleanser does of great job of removing makeup (even eye makeup) and leaves a bit of oily residue, which I consider a good thing since I have dry skin. The oil-based cleanser comes in a pump dispenser and doesn't travel well so when I'm traveling, I use Nivea eye makeup remover to remove all my makeup and then wash my face with Cetaphil. The Nivea is a lotion and isn't expensive. I don't know if it will remove waterproof mascara but it works fine on regular mascara and eye liner and leaves your face nice and clean but not "tight" and dry when combined with the Cetaphil.

Does it turn your bathtub into a skating rink?