Today we’re whipping up something fun and different—a Sourdough Body Cream. I had a blast developing and testing this DIY! This is a great way to start using fun and beneficial fermented ingredients in your DIY skincare in an easy, accessible way.
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In addition to the ferment-y goodness in this cream, it’s also vegan and smells absolutely fantastic all on its own. It’s positively mouthwatering. You could incorporate a hydrosol or herbal infusion if you wanted to (I think a bit of rosemary would be great), but I encourage you to try it as written at least once.
Something else that’s really neat about this Sourdough Body Cream is that it’s made entirely from ingredients that you can buy at any grocery store, so it’s super accessible, no matter where you live.
I do recommend packaging this Sourdough Body Cream in a wide-mouthed tin or jar after it has cooled; it’s far too thick to work in a pump-top bottle or squeeze tube.
Sourdough Body Cream
20% April
30% Fool’s
50% Joke 😄I hope you got a bit of a chuckle out of this! I do not recommend putting sourdough starter in your skincare products, but it makes a very delicious bread 😄
Thanks so much to my patron Annie for this idea!
Gifting Disclosure
The tin was gifted by YellowBee.
You got me!! Although I was thinking “huh???” all the way down to the April Fools Joke! Hey – with formulating, anything’s possible. Lisa Lise got me too with the polka dot cotton sock infusion……..
I loved her post! Hehehehehehe 🙂
Hilarious
I was wondering what the *** is this recipe? I fall into it!!!
Haha that was a good one, i was wondering about the texture inside the tin in the picture at the beginning
Hilarious
Hehehehe I had fun 😀
Ha ha, good one!….. I was thinking … what the heck, lol, you got me!
LOL Good one.
Haha great 😀
Thanks for laughing with me!
Thanks for sharing a laugh with me!
WOW! you had me wrapped around your finger the whole time! Totally got me. I was thinking, “Wow the picture really looks like sourdough! I wonder how that will work as a cream?” Even after you ate it and said April fools! I was still like, well where is the recipe? Great job! No one has ever April fooled me before. P.S, I freaking love you and all your videos. 🙂
Thanks for sharing a laugh with me, Cassandra! ❤️
Lol at that picture.
I had a lot of tasty fun with it 😀
Good one!
Absolutely hilarious 🙂
When I saw the picture, my first thought was, “But that’s plain ol’ sourdough bread…” Thanks for the laugh 🙂
Thanks for laughing with me!
You are so naughty, LOL!! Thanks for the laugh!
Oh, man! You got me all the way to the recipe! That was hilarious! Great one.
Thanks for laughing with me!
bahahhahaha good one!
That was too funny and you had me believing it right up until I was looking for ingredients!
Thanks for sharing a laugh with me 🙂
Lol you got me! I thought this was some LUSH-type dupe. They make all kinds of weird stuff haha.
Thanks for sharing a laugh with me!
On my God, I am embarrassingly gullible ……..just shows how we all hang on your every word!!! You got us good
Thanks for having a bit of a laugh with me 😀
LOL! That was a good one!
FOOLED. *slow claps* Good one.
love
I was so into this diy thinking you were going to use the Saccharomyces Ferment I just got to try a deodorant recipe! Lol
Oooooh it could’ve done double duty as a sandwich medium + an underarm product 😀 Hmmmm when does April 1 fall on a blog post day again….? 😛
Being a sourdough lover was at first thinking. – finally!! But alas it couldn’t be! Love the joke. We all sure need it!
Thanks, Laurie!
Ha, ha, In Sweden we say.
April, april you stupid fish, I can lure you where ever I will
I love that! Thanks for having a laugh with me 🙂
Hola, estuve revisando algunos productos y veo que incluyen dentro de sus activos botánicos bacterias vivas como los lactobacilos u otros, me gustaría saber como se podría incluir en una formula artesanal.
Te felicito por todo tu trabajo y eres generosa al compartirlo.
También estudie en Formula Botanica.
Saludos
Hello, I have been reviewing some products and I see that they include live bacteria such as lactobacilli or others among their botanical active ingredients, I would like to know how it could be included in an artisan formula.
I congratulate you on all your work and you are generous in sharing it.
I also studied in Formula Botanica.
Greetings
I’m afraid this isn’t a question I can answer—the realm of live bacteria is mind-bogglingly massive. I would start by looking for cosmetic ingredients made with ingredients you are looking for and see what the suppliers recommend for their products. Good luck + happy making!
hahahaha! loved it! (:
Man, I got all excited bc there’s this great humectant ingredient I’ve had my eye on at LotionCrafter for months that’s derived from a fermented something something and I was like “OMG I bet she used it in this formula!!” and I really love bread and tiny versions of larger things like a pocket sized loaf of sourdough!
Sigh. Some day!!!
Hahhahahahhahahaa I like this!