No. 14 of 29
Kaolin
A soft white clay that lifts oil and the day’s grime.
- On the label as
- Kaolin
- What it is
- A soft white clay, also called china clay: the same mineral that makes porcelain.
- Why it’s there
- In the Face & Body Scrub it lifts oil and grime while the volcanic sand buffs, and it gives the scrub its creamy, even body.
- Where it comes from
- Kaolin is found across the world; the most famous British deposits are around St Austell in Cornwall. Ours is mined, washed and refined in Europe.
- Found in
- Face & Body Scrub
In more words
- Feels like
- Creamy, not gritty: the grain is the sand’s
- Works with
- Icelandic volcanic sand, in the same jar
- How often
- Face once or twice a week, body two or three times
Clay has been used to clean skin for as long as there has been clay. Kaolin is the gentlest of the family: fine, white and less thirsty than the green and red clays, so it takes up excess oil without leaving skin feeling parched.
In the Scrub it does two jobs. It lifts the day’s oil and grime as you massage, and it thickens the base so the sand is held evenly rather than sinking to the bottom of the jar.
Rinse with warm water and it leaves with everything else. What stays is skin that feels clean and smooth, ready for the Body Oil or the Body Cream.
From the journal: Sunday night with the scrubFound in
One of ours: the Face & Body Scrub
Pick it up where it works best. Every order brings a sample, and sixty days to change your mind, even opened.
