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Potato Milk Clarifying Facial Cleanser
Potato's natural starches genuinely help absorb excess surface sebum during cleansing, which is why this is positioned as the book's dedicated oily-skin cleanser, combined with witch hazel's mild astringency, it addresses oil control without the harsh stripping that stronger acne cleansers often cause.
By Aunesty Janssen · The Big Book of Milk & Garden Beauty: 156 Natural Recipes for Skin & Hair Using Alternative Milks & Everyday Pantry Ingredients
Ingredients
- Phase A (Aqueous Phase)
- ¼ cup (60 mL / 60g) Fresh Potato Milk
- Phase B (Cleansing Base)
- 1 tbsp (15 mL / 15g) Unscented Liquid Castile Soap
- 1 tsp (5 mL / 5g) Alcohol-Free Witch Hazel
Method & application
- Combine fresh potato milk and witch hazel in a beaker.
- Slowly pour in castile soap, stirring gently with a spoon to avoid foam.
- Decant into a pump bottle.
- APPLICATION
- Apply 1 pump onto wet skin and massage gently for 60 seconds. Rinse clean with lukewarm water.
Kitchen note
Use fresh potato milk within the day it's extracted for this cleanser, while the formula itself refrigerates for 3–5 days, the starch's oil-absorbing quality is most effective when the milk is freshly made.
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