DIY Lush Coalface

Since last week's blogs were about Lush products I love, I decided to do a tutorial on how to make your very own Lush product for a fraction of the price!  Since Lush products are very natural, the price of their products tend to be steeper than other brands.  A trademark of Lush is their wide variety of face scrubs/washes, so for this blog I will explain how to create your very own Lush Coalface face scrub.
This only requires three ingredients: Coconut oil, Charcoal caps, and baking soda.  I know that most everyone will have baking soda, a well-known ingredient in home made beauty products, but Coconut oil and Charcoal caps are more difficult to locate. I found both of these ingredients at Walmart, Coconut oil in the baking aisle, and Charcoal caps in the dietary supplements aisle.
To mix my ingredients together I used a mortar and pestle, but a small plastic container and spoon will also do.  First you need one half a cup of Coconut oil and since the coconut oil I have is in solid form I continuously scraped off shavings until I reached one half of a cup.  Another way you could do this is put the Coconut oil in the microwave for about twenty seconds then drain the liquid into a measuring cup. Next you add in three contents of the Charcoal capsules, to get these open I cut them close to one end of a capsule and tapped the contents into the bowl. Lastly, add in one tablespoon of baking soda and mix all of the ingredients up, crushing everything with either your spoon or pestle.
Now you have your own Lush face scrub!  My mask was a bit more liquid than I wanted, so to fix this I would add in more baking soda next time, and probably a bit under one half a cup of Coconut oil.  
 For me I apply this by pulling back all my hair with a ponytail and a headband, and taking two fingers, dabbing it on my face starting from the top of my forehead and moving down to my chin.  When I apply this I keep a towel below just in case the mask drips.  Before rinsing with a washcloth, (the charcoal can be a bit difficult to get off when it is paired with Coconut oil), I leave the mask on for fifteen minutes, and don't worry, if the mask gets in your mouth it is completely harmless!
You will probably end up with leftovers, so store them in the refrigerator, and when you want to do another mask you will have to re-stir the concoction because some solid parts of the mask form at the bottom when left sitting for hours on end.